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IN THE PERFUME LAB —

COMPOSING AND DEVELOPING

Perfumers command the multiple notes

in their “fragrance organ,” which is the

name of the huge collection of fragrant

oils in vials on their shelves. It is called this

because of its resemblance to a pipe organ.

You have probably been to a concert or

some other musical performance. The work

of perfumers can be compared to that

of composers because perfumes are like

melodies that consist of individual notes.

In this case, the notes are fragrances. All

of the fragrances in the kit are already

compositions or melodies. They consist of

carefully selected and mixed fragrance

materials just like notes that form a specific

song.

Just like composers must learn the

individual musical notes before they can

compose beautiful melodies, so must the

perfumers get to know their perfume oils

before composing beautiful perfumes.

Fragrances can be thought of as perfume

building blocks. Next, you will learn how

this is done.

GETTING TO KNOW

YOUR PERFUME OILS

As you know, you have four Basic Perfume

Oils in your perfume laboratory. They are

called Flory, Woody, Lemony, and Musky.

The Basic Perfume Oils are the foundations

for the perfumes that you will compose.

In addition, there are the four Creative

Perfume Oils: Orienta, Mentha, Mella, and

Tropica. They are responsible for the unique

notes of your perfume melody.

> Materials from the kit: all 8 perfume

oils

> Additional materials: pencil, note

paper, smell strips

Experiment

1. Start by getting to know the Basic

Perfume Oils.

2. Prepare four smell strips by writing

the names of these oils below the midpoint

of each strip.

3. Begin your “nose-training” with

Flory. This flowery Basic Perfume Oil is the

starting point for many perfume creations.

Put 1 or 2 drops of Flory on the smell strip

with this name on it.

4. Sniff the smell strip briefly and note

the fragrance. Perhaps you can even

imagine a picture with it. Then sniff it

again with your eyes closed. Memorize the

picture from before.

5. Now put the smell strip into one of

the slots in the kit tray for at least one

minute to give your nose a break.

6. Now repeat step 4. Sniff the smell

strip. Can you recall the fragrance and its

picture? If not, take a short break and test

the smell strip again. This time, you will

surely succeed.

7. Familiarize yourself with the other

perfume oils in the same way. Allow

yourself at least a five-minute break

between each fragrance. This is the

only way that your nose will not be

overwhelmed.

> Important: In the beginning, get to

know the four Basic Perfume Oils and take

a 15-minute break. Then do the same thing

in the reverse order and see if you can

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