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19 September 2018 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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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cocktails Gin and Lime off topic
11 June 2016 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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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5 January 2016 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
Anjin PWP Product reviews
5 October 2015 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
cocktails ingredient natural vanilla
15 April 2015 / 27 July 2023 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
DIY education ingredient Making your own perfume natural
14 March 2015 / 27 July 2023 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
DIY ingredient Making your own perfume special offers from Pell Wall
12 March 2015 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
DIY ingredient Making your own perfume new products news
10 March 2015 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
Disambiguation DIY education ingredient Making your own perfume Sticky Leather Sky
10 January 2015 / 27 July 2023 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
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 […]
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30 December 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Pretty in Pink by Pell Wall As 2014 races to the finish line, I’m pleased to report that Pell Wall has featured as the Best Discovery of 2014 on the much respected Perfume Shrine blog by Elena Vosnaki, who has also just published a fantastic review of Pretty in Pink on the Fragrantica website: not […]
DIY education Making your own perfume workshops
12 December 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Following on from my post last month, I’m now able to confirm dates and location for the workshops. There are two workshops Introductory and Advanced – there are still places on the Introductory but only one place left on the Advanced: Some ingredients for the Introductory Workshop On Saturday 7th February I’ll be holding a […]
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8 December 2014 / 27 October 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
It’s common knowledge in the industry, but not so common elsewhere, that perfumes are frequently composed by perfumers who are not associated with the company that markets them. Commonly those perfumers work for one of the big ingredients houses, perhaps under the guidance of a designer from the brand for which the perfume is being […]
7 December 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Just one place left on this workshop! On Saturday 31st January I’m running another in my series of perfume making workshops, this one is in association with the Perfume Lovers London Meet-up Group and follows on from a talk I’m giving the previous Thursday on the use of incense notes in fragrance: you don’t have […]
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Chris Bartlett – Perfumer at Pell Wall Pell Wall’s perfumer Chris Bartlett is featured in an article in Management Today: not an organ of the press most usually associated with perfumery and all the more worth readying for that. Apparently we’re like punk rockers . . .
cocktails off topic
23 November 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
And now for something completely different: It’s an experiment I’ve been meaning to do for a while: a martini-style drink using a cocktail beetroot as garnish. I wanted the liquid to be essentially clear, so that as you drink it, you could see the colour bleeding out of the beetroot. At the same time the ingredients […]
9 November 2014 / 27 October 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
I’m planning to run another of my One Day Workshops aimed at taking you from an interest in perfume and blending, to making a wearable perfume yourself – the last one was at Les Senteurs – the next will be in February 2015, it will be on a Saturday and at a central London location. […]
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9 November 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Christmas Room Spray by Pell Wall After a little consultation on the Pell Wall Facebook page I’ve decided to make some of these Christmas Room sprays for sale. It’s a strictly limited edition: only one batch will be made this year and it’s just enough to fill the remaining bottles I have of this style […]
absinthe Artemis cocktails off topic
31 October 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Just for fun, in honour of Hallowe’en I’m presenting a recipe for a variation of my Goth Martini, especially designed to bring a little horror into your evening celebrations (and will certainly horrify any tee-totalers in the party): To make this one you need: Half a shot of Hapsburg Black Absinthe – if you’re feeling […]
Pell Wall in the media
21 September 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Pell Wall features with other independent perfumers in the September issue of one of London’s regional upmarket-lifestyle magazines Absolutely South East in an article by Lawrence Roullier White on Rebel Perfumers an association I’m rather pleased with: thanks Lawrence!
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13 August 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
The spread at the beginning of the article as it appeared in print on 3rd August 2014 If you want to make perfume yourself and are looking for help to get you started, this is the place. Here are links to methods, sources of ingredients, recommended equipment and advice: everything I wished I could find […]
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10 August 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
The implications of a fascinating piece of new research could be widespread: Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany have found that not only are there olfactory receptors in the top layer of human skin, but have shown that a particular sandalwood odourant can trigger those receptors resulting in increased growth and migration in the surrounding cells. […]
Crowdsource In memoriam off topic
4 August 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
What was to become known as the First World War started 100 years ago today and while most people are commemorating the anniversary with the now conventional poppies I have something slightly different to offer: A 1st World War Daffodil Here is a picture of a humble pressed daffodil in remembrance of my dear grandfather […]
DIY education IFRA ingredient Lily of the Valley natural synthetic
30 July 2014 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
Mystery Perfumery has always glorified the floral and for centuries perfumers have sought ways to extract the essence from real flowers to incorporate into their creations. With many flowers this quest has met with considerable success, with a few commercially viable products produced that are still used in modern perfumery: rose and jasmine being the […]
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19 July 2014 by Pell Wall | Leave a Comment
The Perfumer’s Organ at Pell Wall The charming Clare Wood interviewed me at my London hotel a few weeks ago. We talked about aroma chemicals, natural perfumery materials, the art and science of perfumery, other perfumers I admire and what to do if you’re looking to get started in the business. You can read the […]
