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Scent Lab
Welcome to your personal fragrance lab. Save the formulas that you create with your scent kits here.
More raw materials from our collection will become available for use in the lab as we release more scent kits.
/sent/ /lab/
an informal place for experimentation related to unique smells; especially ones that are pleasant.
Raw Materials
Add up to 12 raw materials to your formula.
benzoin
benzoin
Styrax tonkinesis (India) sweet, vanilla-like, warm, caramel, resinousbase note / sweet / absolute
Perfumer's Notes
Benzoin is a vanilla-like note that is frequently used in amber, vanilla, and oriental fragrances. Highly versatile, benzoin also complements citrus, woods and florals. An excellent fixative, it's often used to increase the longevity of a fragrance. Use sparingly as benzoin's richness can overwhelm other ingredients.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, amber, myrrh, frankincense, labdanum, spices, vanilla, citrus, patchouli, woods, lemon, lavender, rose
coconut
coconut
aldehyde C18 sweet, creamy, coconut, fattybase note / fruity / aroma molecule
Perfumer's Notes
This aroma molecule, aldehyde C18 or gamma-nonalactone, is widely used in perfumery to create a coconut note or add creaminess. It's wonderfully versatile; at lower concentrations it adds warmth and softness to a fragrance without giving off a distinct coconut odor, and at higher concentrations it provides a lovely, creamy coconut note. Use up to 10%.
Blends With
tuberose, jasmine grandiflorum, sandalwood, osmanthus, vanilla, peach, tonka bean, musk, bergamot, mandarin
green mandarin
green mandarin
Citrus reticulata Blanco (Italy) green, tart yet sweet citrus aroma, with a soft, floral undertonetop note / citrus / essential oil
Perfumer's Notes
Green mandarin oil differs from mandarin oil because it is cold pressed from the peel of unripe green mandarins, which gives it its particular scent. Adds a bright, fresh, citrus opening to fragrances.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, florals, citrus, musks, amber
hedione
hedione
ethereal, floral jasmine, very light, diffusive, airy, freshheart note / floral / aroma molecule
Perfumer's Notes
Hedione (methyl dihydrojasmonate) is the most famous and widely-used synthetic jasmine substitute. It can be described as a “transparent jasmine” with a luminous, green, floral scent. Unlike natural jasmine, Hedione does not have the heavier, narcotic (strong, heady, intoxicating) notes. Blend Hedione and jasmine together for a light and diffusive jasmine scent.
Hedione lends a lovely light, floral note to masculine fragrances and gives natural smoothness and radiance to any blend. It's particularly common in florals and colognes.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, florals, citrus, woods
jasmine grandiflorum
jasmine grandiflorum
Jasminum grandiflorum (India) sweet, full-bodied, intensely floral, fruity-banana top, musky-animalic undertonesheart note / floral / absolute
Perfumer's Notes
Jasmine is the most widely used perfume ingredient and can be blended with everything and anything. Along with rose, jasmine is a cornerstone ingredient of perfumery; so important are these two flowers that jasmine is referred to as the King of Flowers and rose the Queen. The jasmine-rose accord is in the heart of many fragrances.
Jasmine grandiflorum has a complex fragrance: it’s floral, sweet, narcotic, animalic, green, powerful, tenacious and luscious. A small amount of this powerful oil contributes smooth elegance and balance to a fragrance.
Blends With
mandarin, pink pepper, hedione, pear, ylang ylang, musk, stemone, coconut, benzoin, labdanum, sandalwood
labdanum
labdanum
Cistus ladaniferus (Spain) full-bodied, rich, warm, amber-like, sweet, balsamicbase note / amber / absolute
Perfumer's Notes
Labdanum is one of the most important materials in the amber family. Full-bodied and powerful, it can overwhelm other ingredients in a fragrance. When used sparingly, it creates a wonderful warm, rich base. Labdanum is extracted from the rock rose plant, which is native to the Mediterranean region. It is warmer, with a more-amber like aroma than cistus, which is produced from the same plant.
Blends With
vanilla, spices, amber, musk, oakmoss, woods
musk a
musk a
ambrettolide musky, powerful, warm, ambrette seed, fruitybase note / musk / aroma molecule
Perfumer's Notes
Ambrettolide (musk a) is a synthetic musk that is a close analog of a musk note that occurs naturally in ambrette seed oil. Musk raw materials are excellent fixatives that refine and smooth a fragrance. Resembling the scent of clean, warm skin, musk notes give balance, sensuality and depth to a fragrance. A little bit goes a long way, use sparingly.
In early perfumery, musk was a raw material derived from an animal. This has been banned since the 1970s, today perfumers use natural and synthetic materials that mimic traditional musks.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, florals, woods, leather, amber, spicy notes
pear
pear
hexyl acetate sweet, pear-apple, ethereal, slightly floral, greentop note / fruity / aroma molecule
Perfumer's Notes
Hexyl acetate is a nature-identical* molecule with an odor that's highly reminiscent of pear with floral tones. Hexyl acetate occurs naturally in pears, apples and roses, but like many fruits, the scent of pear cannot be extracted naturally. It adds a green, fruity note. Use up to 1%.
*Called “nature-identical” because the synthetic and natural molecules are exactly the same. Natural molecules are synthesized when it’s not possible to extract the aromatic compounds.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, florals, rose, labdanum, musk, vanilla
pink pepper
pink pepper
Schinus molle (USA) dry, fresh, spicy-sweet, slightly floral, hints of angelica and junipertop note / spicy / essential oil
Perfumer's Notes
Pink pepper is produced from the bright pink fruit of the evergreen tree, Schinus molle. Despite the name, it is unrelated to true pepper. Pink pepper (also called pink peppercorn, baies roses, poivre rosé) is less spicy with an underlying sweet, rosy facet that makes it a popular ingredient in rose fragrances. It’s exotic, feminine, optimistic character has made it extremely popular in modern perfumery. It adds a spicy, radiant top note and blends particularly well with floral, woody, and citrus notes.
Pleasures by Estée Lauder, released in 1995, was the first fragrance to make use of pink pepper.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, rose, citrus, tea, benzoin, vanilla, tonka bean, iris, frankincense, musk, clove, cedar
sandalwood
sandalwood
Santalum austrocaledonicum + Santalum album (New Caledonia + India) sweet, woody, smooth, warm, creamybase note / woody / essential oil
Perfumer's Notes
Sandalwood oil has a lovely complex scent with creamy, sweet floral notes. It is unique amongst woody raw materials because its lacks any sharpness, moss-like, or smoky facet. Sandalwood makes a wonderful, versatile base, with sweetness that can be emphasized or simply left to soften the edges.
Indian Mysore sandalwood, the sandalwood used in early perfumery, is a threatened species today thus perfumers have been challenged with finding ethically harvested and synthetic alternatives. This sandalwood version is a blend of two natural sandalwood essential oils. These oils are ethically harvested and rich in ?-santalol, the compound that gives Sandalwood its signature woody aroma.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, bergamot, iris, rose, geranium, tuberose, amber, labdanum, cedar, frankincense, myrrh, musk, spices, black
stemone
stemone
freshly crushed stems, green-leafy, galbanum, fig, fresh, naturaltop-heart note / green / aroma molecule
Perfumer's Notes
Also know as leafy oxime, Stemone is an excellent modifier that strengthens and modernizes green notes. It is often used with gamma octalactone to recreate a fig note. Powerful, use sparingly.
Blends With
green notes, woods, iris, coconut, Hedione, Iso-E-Super
ylang ylang
ylang ylang
Cananga odorata (Madagascar) intensely sweet floral with faint medicinal top notes, jasmine-likeheart note / floral / essential oil
Perfumer's Notes
Ylang ylang (pronounced "ilang-ilang") is called “a poor man’s jasmine” because of its similar scent and lower cost. But ylang ylang is a complex and versatile floral that is great in its own right. The unusual and multifaceted aroma adds a rich floralcy with bright, ethereal top notes. Ylang ylang has a fruity, fresh-wintergreen top, a sweet-floral heart, and a warm, skin-like dry down that can soften and contrast more aggressive base ingredients.
Blends With
jasmine grandiflorum, florals, fruits, peach, orange flower, neroli
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