Very interesting article! How can I be sure I’m getting the ‘authentic’ scent? And it’s so true that modern scents seem ‘thin’. They seldom linger, while a spritz of my old Tresor lasts and lasts.
Branding has so much to do with high dollar items.
Sometimes I think it's cooler to play molecular roulette with the essential oils, and regard each one as an evanescent olfactory gift that can never be exactly duplicated.
Nice job Bryan. You did an excellent review of what’s happening. I wasn’t aware of that intellectual property law back in France that allowed this to happen. If you will allow me to add a few things to your article, I would appreciate it. You’re spot on about GCMS reports. however, they don’t catch everything. The trace elements are a problem and even the alcohol that’s being used, which is being modified to protect their secrets. The GCSM can get close and sometimes close may not be good enough, but as you brought out in your article, it’s about money and some people are satisfied with just getting in the ballpark and not the best seat or being in the club box. Coupled with the fact that the IFRA keeps banning ingredients that were originally used , forces. A lot of these houses to come up with synthetic replacements. That alters the original identity that was probably a natural ingredient or captive. The other area, which in my opinion is very important is the blending techniques. Anybody can throw a bunch of ingredients into a beaker but knowing what order and what process is extremely important. That process can be patented and protected. In fact, the big Perfume houses have added their signature into the formula. I’m finding that more often now than before. The other area is cutting cost by using cheaper materials which compromises the original Perfume quality . Certain materials take time to develop, like the absolutes or the double or triple distillation methods. Time is a factor that has a cost. I see the direction in the industry, heading towards more specialty type products that require special processes and time to manufacture like Attars.
Wow, my mind is officially blown🤯 I always wondered how those drugstore perfume brands could get away with saying things like “Smells like Tommy Girl!” on the bottle (or aerosol can. This was the 90’s, after all.) Now I know! Thanks for this great read. Now I wanna go smell some smells!
Thank you for this article
Very interesting article! How can I be sure I’m getting the ‘authentic’ scent? And it’s so true that modern scents seem ‘thin’. They seldom linger, while a spritz of my old Tresor lasts and lasts.
Great article!
Branding has so much to do with high dollar items.
Sometimes I think it's cooler to play molecular roulette with the essential oils, and regard each one as an evanescent olfactory gift that can never be exactly duplicated.
Olfactory fan fiction!
Excellent comment.
Nice job Bryan. You did an excellent review of what’s happening. I wasn’t aware of that intellectual property law back in France that allowed this to happen. If you will allow me to add a few things to your article, I would appreciate it. You’re spot on about GCMS reports. however, they don’t catch everything. The trace elements are a problem and even the alcohol that’s being used, which is being modified to protect their secrets. The GCSM can get close and sometimes close may not be good enough, but as you brought out in your article, it’s about money and some people are satisfied with just getting in the ballpark and not the best seat or being in the club box. Coupled with the fact that the IFRA keeps banning ingredients that were originally used , forces. A lot of these houses to come up with synthetic replacements. That alters the original identity that was probably a natural ingredient or captive. The other area, which in my opinion is very important is the blending techniques. Anybody can throw a bunch of ingredients into a beaker but knowing what order and what process is extremely important. That process can be patented and protected. In fact, the big Perfume houses have added their signature into the formula. I’m finding that more often now than before. The other area is cutting cost by using cheaper materials which compromises the original Perfume quality . Certain materials take time to develop, like the absolutes or the double or triple distillation methods. Time is a factor that has a cost. I see the direction in the industry, heading towards more specialty type products that require special processes and time to manufacture like Attars.
Fake is a bad word, dupe is simply smart shopping.
Wow, my mind is officially blown🤯 I always wondered how those drugstore perfume brands could get away with saying things like “Smells like Tommy Girl!” on the bottle (or aerosol can. This was the 90’s, after all.) Now I know! Thanks for this great read. Now I wanna go smell some smells!