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Sandalore and hair growth
Amazingly it was four years ago that I posted about then new research demonstrating that the sandalwood odourant known as Sandalore (a brand name belonging to Givaudan) could have beneficial effects in wound healing. Now, the press (among others the Independent, Inverse and the Daily Mail) report that this same material can stimulate hair growth. […]
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The Old Man
It’s been a while since I posted and I thought it was high time I did. As this weekend is World Gin Day and, is a week before, Father’s Day; it seemed right to create a cocktail using gin and call it The Old Man. So I did. I might also subtitle this one A Tale […]
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Perfume Making Workshops 30th April 1st May 2016 – London
Two workshops are planned: How to Make Perfume & How to Make Better Perfume: Advanced Skills for Perfumers: Full details are on the Eventbrite Pages, but if you want to attend both please get in touch with me directly using enquiry@pellwall-perfumes.com as I can offer a discounted price for both.
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A WondAroma Podcast
Happy New Year! Episode 10 of the WondAroma podcast features the Pell Wall perfumer Chris Bartlett talking to Christine Daley of Perfumer Supply House about: how Pell Wall came about the process of composing a fragrance and a handful of interesting ingredients including Geosmin, Green Tea Givco, Skatole, Theaspirane and Zenolide. The audio quality starts […]
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Anjin Reviews
Anjin by Pell Wall I’ve been a subscriber to Le Mouchoir Parfumé for some time: the incisive, informed and most importantly short, reviews are just my cup of tea. They are by no means always positive and don’t pull any punches however, so it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I opened the email […]
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Vanilla: the universal ingredient
Prosecco upgraded with Vanilla CognacPell Wall style Vanilla is one of the most useful ingredients in cooking, cocktails and perfumery. Its story is quite well known, so I’m only going to touch on some of the less well-known aspects here. My main purpose is to give details of a fine drink and a tincture that […]
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Tolu Balsam
Tolu Balsam is a very useful natural fixative as well as a lovely base-note in its own right, but it isn’t the easiest of materials to handle. It comes from the South American tree Myroxylon balsamum. It is used to fix materials such as juniper, petitgrain, spices and florals of many kinds and frequently forms a […]
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Special Offer Ingredients
Clearance Bargain Ingredients – only one of each! From time to time people order perfumery ingredients from me and, either because they say they are in a hurry or just because I’m trying to keep ahead of things, I make up the order before they pay . . . then sometimes they don’t pay, either […]
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Perfumery Ingredients at Pell Wall
The March issue of my Ingredients List is now online and the list now features some 300 materials, both natural and synthetic, with some very exciting new additions and a spectacular price reduction on one material thanks to some help from a friend in the US. There are two versions of the list on the […]
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The Quinolines
I thought it might be useful to do another in my occasional series of disambiguation posts about perfumery ingredients with easily confused names or equivalences. This time I’m looking at a group of similar ingredients used to create an earthy, leather note in fragrances: No quinolines in Sticky Leather Sky Isobutyl quinoline (CAS number 65442-31-1), of which […]