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Mastering the Art of Long-Lasting Perfumes
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This week on the show Karen answers the million dollar question…How to make a Perfume Last? This is a question that has plagued both amateur and experienced perfumers alike, but is there an answer? Karen goes in depth into the various theories surrounding this question and some of the best practices and tips and hints she has picked up over the years to help her create lasting scents.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Karen explains the difficulty with making a perfume with both diffusion and longevity and gives you some tips on how you can achieve this.
- Most of the longevity from a scent comes from the base notes, however, too many base notes can overpower your scent. Karen gives some tips on how to find the perfect balance.
- Karen talks about using smelling strips to experiment with understanding the longevity of certain scents.
- Karen talks about the principle of anosmia, which is the inability to smell certain scents and how certain musks are common materials to be anosmic to.
BEST MOMENTS
“There is no magic ingredient that will make a perfume last all day.”
“If you want someone to answer a question for you, make sure you ask a good question.”
“Learn your materials and their properties before you start looking for shortcuts.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Getting Started Guide: https://www.karengilbert.co.uk/podcast-getting-started-guide
Artisan Perfumery Mastermind: https://karengilbert.info/artisan-perfumery-mastermind
ABOUT THE HOST
Fragrance expert, author, teacher and speaker; Karen Gilbert runs courses in the UK and online which demystify the secretive world of perfumery in a fun and interactive way.
Karen has inspired thousands of students to explore their olfactory sense and create their own personalised fragrances.
With extensive product development experience in both the commercial perfumery and the organic skincare industry, Karen is able to offer a unique insight into creating natural and mixed media fragrances for fine fragrance, room scents and skincare/bodycare products using commercial perfumery techniques.
Karen is also a certified meditation teacher and has a passion for helping people to create daily rituals that integrate scent with other modalities to shift state and increase your sense of wellbeing.
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