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Houbigant was the first perfume house to discover how to isolate particular molecules from natural raw materials—specifically coumarin, which is isolated from the tonka bean. In 1912, they introduced Quelques Fleurs , [ 2 ] the first multi-floral bouquet.
Some 8,000 perfumes were profiled in the 2015 printed edition of Fragrances of the World, accompanied by brand name, date, fragrance family and gender.The online database, updated weekly, archives profiles of over 17,000 perfumes, listing brand name, corporate group, creative director, gender, perfumer, date, country of origin, bottle designer, fragrance family, an image, an olfactory pyramid ...
Fougère perfumes are made with a blend of fragrances: top-notes are sweet, with the scent of lavender flowers; as the more volatile components evaporate, the scents of oakmoss, derived from a species of lichen and described as woody, sharp and slightly sweet, and coumarin, similar to the scent of new-mown hay, become noticeable.
Santal 33 is a 2011 sandalwood perfume by niche perfume line Le Labo. [1] It was initially proposed as a personal fragrance by perfumer Frank Voelkl, but Le Labo founders Fabrice Penot and Eddie Roschi cut it from the perfume line for their 2006 launch and asked Voelkl to develop a candle and then a room spray instead, called Santal 26.
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, a quantum chip the company says is powered by a new state of matter. The new chip allows for more stable, scalable, and simplified quantum computing, the company says.
Swiss downhill racer Niels Hintermann said Saturday he has won his battle with lymph node cancer. The 29-year-old Hintermann posted on his Instagram account that he has been declared free of the ...
Without question, Furbies belong on the Mount Rushmore of toy fads. With 40 million sold in its first three years, there were very few toy fads like it. They ended up as monsters who wouldn’t ...
Frankincense Boswellia carteri tree that produces frankincense, growing inside Biosphere 2. Frankincense, also known as olibanum (/ oʊ ˈ l ɪ b ə n ə m /), [1] is an aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia in the family Burseraceae.