Artisans and Perfumers
What's inside perfume? And how is a quality perfume born?
It seems that a perfume creator, the so-called “nose”, has about 3000-3500 substances at his disposal, in the choice of which knowledge, intuition and creativity come into play. Above all his special “nose”, from which the name “nose” derives.
The composition of a perfume generally arises from the choice of a basic, and therefore dominant, “theme”. This is the “emotional” key that captures the senses and conquers the memory of those who choose it and make it their own. The raw materials for perfumes are divided into “families” or more precisely into 18 well-classified families, then organized in what is called the “Olfactory Pyramid” which organizes the components according to their degree of persistence and dominant note.
Today, the different groups within which there are elements similar in origin or olfactory characteristics are defined as subfamilies, to which the numerous raw materials, both natural and chemical, that make up the fragrance have been traced back.