Nez, the Olfactory Magazine – #05 – Natural and Synthetics

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Published bi-annually, Nez explores the world around us via our sense of smell. It provides an insight into the vital role that olfactory sensations play in our lives in a novel approach that encompasses art, literature, science, history, food and perfume.

This fifth edition of Nez looks at the issues surrounding the use of natural and synthetic ingredients in perfume. What role has chemistry had in building the perfume business of today? Why are natural products so favoured, and are they always preferable to synthetic fragrances?

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Published bi-annually, Nez explores the world around us via our sense of smell. It provides an insight into the vital role that olfactory sensations play in our lives in a novel approach that encompasses art, literature, science, history, food and perfume.

This fifth edition of Nez looks at the issues surrounding the use of natural and synthetic ingredients in perfume. What role has chemistry had in building the perfume business of today? Why are natural products so favoured, and are they always preferable to synthetic fragrances?

THE NOSE OF ARCHITECTS

Does architecture offer space to a sense of smell?

ICONS

Making good use of their noses, each in their own manner contribute to the world of olfaction.

ODORAMA

Everything you always wanted to know about smell but were afraid to ask.

  • The story of Calone
  • The sense of smell of insects
  • All about cardamom
  • Analysing the smells of a holiday home

CONNECTIONS

Invisible yet undeniable, smells feature in all creative fields.

  • Extract: Musk by Percy Kemp
  • Huysmans: a spiritual voyage, nostrils wide open
  • A smell-binding tour of Camden Town
  • Creative spirits: Marlène Staiger and Nicolas Julhès
  • Flower Dance by Goldie Poblador
  • A Table of Desserts by Jan Davidsz. de Heem
  • Olfactory column: Céline Ellena

MAGAZINE

Exploring the world of perfume through its origins, its trade secrets, its history and its professionals.

  • Bergamot, the prized scent of Calabria
  • Interview: Michel Almairac
  • Flashback: La Belle Époque
  • The fantasy perfumery

NATURAL VS. SYNTHETIC

We examine and debate the use of natural and synthetic ingredients in perfumes, viewed from historical, scientific, legal, industrial and marketing perspectives.

  • Nature is chemistry!: Mapping the fragrant molecules of the vegetal world
  • The genesis of synthetics: How perfumery entered modernity in the 19th century
  • How tomorrow’s scents are invented: The search for new molecules
  • Who’s afraid of the big bad perfume?: An investigation into the real or supposed dangers hidden in perfumes
  • The cult of the natural: When an ingredient becomes the selling point
  • In the garden of lost scents: The forgotten plants of perfumery
  • Making an odour more real than nature: The nose and palate can no longer tell the synthetic from the natural

PERFUME PAGES

From consumer products to works of art, Nez takes a look behind the scenes of the perfume industry, and also appraises the 30 new fragrances making the news.

INVESTIGATION

The era of computer-assisted perfumery

BEHIND THE BRAND

Parfum d’empire – Marc-Antoine Corticchiato

GENEALOGY

Tabac blond, by Coty

THE SELECTION

What’s new and our picks / perfumes, cosmetics and home fragrance

POINT OF VIEW

Sensorial virtualities

Informations complémentaires

Poids 0,480 kg
Dimensions 21 × 26 cm

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