International Perfume Foundation announces Lavender Essential Oil Judging for Year 2016

International Perfume Foundation (IPF) Founder and Chair Creezy Courtoy announced the first in a series of IPF Natural Perfumery Teacher’s Academy events: Lavender Sommelier Essential Oil Judging. These educational programs are designed to develop effective distillation techniques and recognize quality lavender essential oils. The initial Lavender Sommelier™ Essential Oil Judging event taking place this month … Read more

Natural perfumers: Interview with Dr. Miroslav Sarac of Dr. Isidor Apothecary for International Perfume Foundation

What sort of world are we going to choose to leave our children? Will it be a world made of synthetic ingredients and artificial products without any natural ingredients? No original seeds? No flowers or plants or bees involved? Or will we choose instead to support alternatives to synthetics? It is time to make your … Read more

The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory

Where do I find Natural Perfumers? Who are they? Where are they? How can I recognize if they are authentic? Are the flowers I see in perfume advertisements, really in my perfume? A Movement is Born! The International Perfume Foundation launches IPF Certified Natural Perfumery Directory At the completion of a 32 day Campaign to “Reconnect … Read more

Support our action in encouraging natural perfumery. Join Perfume Foundation in this exciting journey!

 Perfume Foundation’s Reconnect with Nature campaign is encouraging natural perfumery. The International Perfume Foundation‘s campaign “Reconnect with Nature” is a campaign of awareness about the vital importance of our connection with nature. Since antiquity, perfume has always accompanied people’s lives and has always been an important part of human history. Today, Perfume Foundation campaign gives Natural Perfume … Read more

Le Grand Musee du Parfum – A new museum dedicated to perfumery will open in Paris

Le Grand Musée du Parfum Paris – Le jardin des senteurs. Opening to the public on December 1st. New Perfume Museum to Finally Open in Paris. The creative process and the power of smell will be discovered in the “capitale du parfum,” rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré… From this December, Paris and the building that was … Read more

Velvet Pure-The Homage To The Art of Traditional Perfumery

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The Reseda flower/ (mignonette), a floral ingredient missing from scent creation in recent decades, is revived in the new Dolce & Gabbana fresh floral fragrance inspired by this herbaceous plant native to the Mediterranean region. Reseda was used in flower arrangements, perfumes and potpourri.

With a name inspired by the scent’s pure, green floral quality, this new Dolce & Gabbana fragrance is defined by an unique green crystalline floralcy.

Mignonette flowers are extremely fragrant and are grown since ancient times for the sweet ambrosial scent of its flowers. A Victorian favourite, it was commonly grown in pots and in window-boxes to scent the city air. It was used also as a sedative and a treatment for bruises in Roman times.

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The perfume is a blend of floral notes with crisp, floral accord of Galbanum, Jasmine and Cistus Labdanum, accompanied by a crisp fresh Fig Leaf Accord and airy Jasmin Alcoolat. The raw notes of Narcissus and Jonquille Absolutes are married with rich floral notes of North African Neroli and Geranium. Haitian Vetiver and Orris Butter are left for a grand finale.

Part of The Velvet collection of exclusive fragrances, the new 2016 Velvet Pure brings the wearer on an unprecedented olfactory journey to discover the origins and the history of Dolce&Gabbana. Just like a couture dress.

The Velvet Fragrance Collection draws its origins in the private memories of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Each of the twelve Velvet and two Velvet Oud perfumes are the fruit of a dedicated research into the ancient essences of Italian tradition, reinterpreted using contemporary perfume-making techniques.

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