Daniel Thomas

I love God, family, freedom, biology, fragrance, technology, and entrepreneurship. God is good, and knowledge is power. Owner of

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@LeadingReport That is very strategic, and should be interesting.

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Orange tree blossoms produce an amazing fragrance which is extracted into an absolute...and also a steam distilled oil called neroli. Those ingredients add a delicious floral note to natural perfumes.

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There are several species of musk deer, and the males have fangs. But despite their teeth, they are shy and secretive.

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Himalayan Cedar oil smells sweet and woody...in my opinion, it is one of those perfume ingredients that gets better with proper aging.

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Indian sandalwood oil is perhaps the single most long-lasting natural ingredient in perfumery. It smells creamy, soft, and woody.

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The African Civet produces a waxy substance that is used in luxury natural perfumes. At full strength, the material smells repulsive, like fecal cheese, but at the proper dilution, it gives a powerful, musky, animalic sweetness to a perfume.

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I've composed hundreds of fragrances over the course of several years. Perfumery is fascinating.

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Roses are grown for rose absolute and rose otto, two of the most famous ingredients in natural perfumery. Rose absolute is solvent extracted, and rose otto is the steam distilled material from the rose blossoms.

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Labdanum is a sticky, resinous material that comes from a plant called Cistus. It smells sweet, gourmand,almost plasticlike, and ambery.

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Genuine deer musk is a fragrant,cholesterol-based substance from a specialized gland found on the male musk deer. It's expensive, but one of my favorite perfume ingredients.