Perfume | Formulas Pdf
For centuries, perfumery was a secretive craft. Formulas were locked in grimoires, passed down through apprenticeships, or guarded by corporate houses in Geneva and Grasse. If you wanted to learn how to build a Chypre or balance a Fougère , you needed a mentor—or a very lucky break.
| Bad (volume-based) | Good (PDF weight-based) | |-------------------|-------------------------| | 10 drops bergamot | 8.5g Bergamot (85 ppt) | | 5 drops lavender | 1.2g Lavender (12 ppt) | | "A bit of vanilla"| 0.8g Ethyl Vanillin (8 ppt) | Perfume Formulas Pdf
| Raw Material | Parts per Thousand (ppt) | Role | |--------------|--------------------------|------| | Bergamot FCF | 180 | Top / Fresh | | Lavender 40/42 | 120 | Heart / Aromatic | | Coumarin | 80 | Base / Sweet herbal | | Dihydromyrcenol | 60 | Top / Clean laundry | | Oakmoss synth | 30 | Base / Earthy | For centuries, perfumery was a secretive craft