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25 March 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | 1 Comment on Introduction to Aroma Chemicals Kits
Aroma-chemicals Blending Kit by Pell Wall I’ve been asked a few times whether I have perfumery materials, especially the synthetics, available in small amounts for amateur perfumers and indeed for perfume collectors who want to learn more about what makes up the notes in their favourite perfumes. I’m often asked what I would recommend for […]
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23 March 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Here is an excellent, short lecture on olfaction from perfumer and teacher Vedat Ozan where he describes how smell works and why it is so important to us as humans.
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19 February 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I’m starting something new today – an irregular series of Special Edition fragrances – each is a one-off or very small edition (never more than ten) of a special fragrance. Each is sold in an interesting bottle, perhaps an antique or collectable bottle from years gone by, perhaps a beautiful art glass container originally sold […]
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17 February 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
It’s been a sad weekend here at Pell Wall. For 17 years I’ve been owned by a small dog named Jet who passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning. Jet: 28th January 1996 to 16th February 2013 She was a special friend and will be missed very much. I’ve put together a few […]
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13 February 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
A Posy of Violets on Mother’s Day Mother’s Day or Mothering Sunday has been celebrated here in Britain for a very long time. Here I’m exploring some of the history of the Day and it’s links with scented flowers. The terms Mother’s Day and Mothering Sunday are used more-or-less interchangeably, but historically they are different […]
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7 February 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
One of the fragrance ingredient groups that many people with a bit of knowledge of fragrance have at least heard of is the Aldehydes. Made famous by their inclusion in Chanel 5 they have been in widespread use in perfumes since the 1920s. When we talk about aldehydes in the context of perfumery what is […]
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The new fragrance that was developed as part of the Penning Perfumes project and unveiled at the Birmingham event last night can now be revealed. Luckily Claire and I had similar images in mind First I want to share with you the poem that was the inspiration for the fragrance, reproduced here with kind permission […]
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4 February 2013 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
I wrote previously about the Penning Perfumes project but now the moment of revelation is fast approaching! The fragrance I created in response to a poem will be officially released for the first time at the Penning Perfumes event on the evening of Wednesday 6th February 2013 at Le Truc in Birmingham’s Ladywell Walk. I […]
2 January 2013 / 26 April 2024 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
Today I’ve been working on my contribution to the latest Penning Perfumes project: a splendid idea pioneered by Odette Toilette and Claire Trévien to combine two art forms. Poets are given perfumes from which to take inspiration and Perfumers are given poems. The poem I’m responding to is by Claire Trévien herself and I’ve spent some time today in […]
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24 December 2012 by Pell Wall (Chris) | Leave a Comment
A short post this Christmas Eve to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year for 2013. Snowy branches and Shropshire countryside from the hard winter of 2010