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2. Fragrance extraction - Wikipedia

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   Fragrance extraction refers to the separation process of aromatic compounds from raw materials, using methods such as distillation, solvent extraction, expression, sieving, or enfleurage. [1] The results of the extracts are either essential oils , absolutes , concretes , or butters , depending on the amount of waxes in the extracted product.

3. Fragrance oil - Wikipedia

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   Scented candles are produced when fragrance oils are combined with hot wax like paraffin, forming a homogenous solution. [citation needed] Fragrance oils are retained like a sponge when the wax is cooled to room temperature. Lighting the candle wick increases the wax temperature, gradually releasing an aroma through the evaporation of the ...

4. Eau de toilette - Wikipedia

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   Perfume has a mixture of about 10–20% perfume oils mixed with alcohol (acting as a diffusing agent delivering the fragrant odor) and a trace of water. Colognes have about 3–5% perfume oil mixed with 80–90% alcohol with about 5–15% water in the mix. Originally, eau de cologne was a mixture of citrus oils from such fruits as lemons ...

5. Why Fragrance Water Is the Perfume World’s New Obsession - AOL

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   Thanks to a bevy of delicate noses, centuries-old fragrance waters, in scents like rose, orange blossom, and fresh cucumber, are making a comeback. Why Fragrance Water Is the Perfume World’s New ...

6. Perfume - Wikipedia

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   Perfume (UK: / ˈ p ɜː f j uː m /, US: / p ər ˈ f j uː m / ⓘ) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. [1]

7. Aroma compound - Wikipedia

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   Fragrance bottles. An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavoring, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor.For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficiently volatile for transmission via the air to the olfactory system in the upper part of the nose.