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Every day I continue to learn about this boundless blend of olfactory-art meets chemistry. Through RU-vid and other social media platforms such as Instagram, I'd like to take you on my journey as I develop my skills as a modern perfumer.
I'm Alexander McMurtry. Born and raised in the small town of Angus Ontario. Ever since I can remember I've had an unconventional view of the world. The questions couldn't stop at what? and why? I needed to know how.
Like many others I pride myself on one simple compliment. "You smell good". It's been said that when you look good; you feel good. This is a fact but when you smell good; you feel pretty damn good too. Once I discovered the art of distillation and perfumery, something just clicked and I was hooked.
In a fridge wouldn't hurt unless one or more of your ingredients has a really low freezing point. If that's the case, using a fridge that's too cold might recrystallize some of your ingredients
can you please make a video on how to prepare for 'International Technical Degree in Fragrance Creation and Sensory Evaluation' i have searched all over the place and couldnt find single useful info. hope you can help with it. thanks
Hello Sr can you answer me please it good to use natural ethanol as a carrier and propanediol as conservative.for sintetic perfume oil both are natural that mean will react well in the skin ? And will not change the smell of the perfume?. Thanks
Very welcome! Chocolate is such a difficult scent to replicate. At least if you use Chocovan as a base, you can start to shape a true chocolate scent by using other chemicals to add the depth.
Synthetic Vanilla is usually a mixture of a few different chemicals including Vanillin and Ethyl Vanillin. I don't have an exact formula unfortunately.
Will keeping a fragrance in its original retail box hamper the process or slow it down even further? I have a perfume that i blind bought and i absolutely did not like it, it as way too powdery for me and the other notes just weren't noticeable to my nose. I had it for a year and i would always spray it once and put it back in its box just to see if i still didn't like it. I then decided to take it out of its box and keep it outside in my room to use as some sort of scent for my linens and sheets. After just a couple of weeks to my surprise one day, i notice that the scent has changed completely! Now i DO smell all the other notes and i really like it. I just noticed this yesterday and I've been spraying the scent on my ever since just to make sure I'm not hallucinating because its been so long I've had this fragrance and only now when its out of its box has it finally changed.
It smells like Alcohol, the same way Perfumers Alcohol smells before the aging process in fragrant ingredients. With that being said it's expensive and isn't recommended for products you plan on selling.
What happens to aldehydes as they age in a fragrance and are introduced to oxygen via spraying a perfume? If they're in a top note, are they quicker to degrade, or are they a generally stable compound? I bought a perfume and it's stronger in aldehyde than the tester bottle was, and I'm hoping that my bottle will become more like the store's tester.
Pleeeease try recreating New West for Her by Aramis (also look up its history. The perfumer says he basically took Chanel Crystalle and added calone & oakmoss). It was one of my all time favorites and has been discontinued for decades now. It has such a huge fanbase & the copy attempts that im aware of are unsatisfactory. Please get in touch with me if you choose to try to recreate this totally unique fragrance. Lol (I have never been able to find anything like it). 😊❤
My whole chemistry masters thesis was based on schiff base reactions. Made over 35 successfully formed compounds. Glad to know my skills can be translated to perfumery since I’m a small time collector
Hi, I just made a dylan blue clone for myself yesterday but currently only the top notes are prominent, will aging help bring up the middle and base notes too ? I mean the perfume is fading away too soon after the top notes fade away..
That's a tough one that you'll only be able to know for sure through trial and error. Aging might help but, you may also want to try reducing the concentration of top notes you have in your blend alongside aging your product long enough. This seems like a balance issue if you want your mid/base notes to shine more. Hope this helps!
Some other schools don't require a degree but most of the more prestigious schools do. There are plenty of resources online that can help you achieve some sort of credentials but, as for myself. I'm self taught and creating a foundation through social media platforms to achieve my goals. I don't want to work for other companies, which is the goal of many of these schools.
Many ingredients can be toxic if used improperly including most naturals. Reading your MSDS materials and knowing concentration limitations is very important when it comes to perfumery.
Great question Richard! Would you rather I keep all the uh's, breaks, and stutters or just keep the video straight to the point? 🤔 If your time isn't valuable I can send you the unedited version.
