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Chemistry for Everyone
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Products of Chemistry
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Chemistry Perfumes Your Daily Life
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Anne-Dominique Fortineau
Quest International, Ashford, Kent TN24 0LT, United Kingdom
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January 2004
Vol. 81 No. 1
p. 45
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The use of perfumes can be tracked back to many early civilizations. Historically, perfumes were composed exclusively of natural ingredients, mainly essential oils, and were reserved for the wealthiest people. The use of synthetic ingredients marked the beginning of modern perfumery at the end of the 19th century. Nowadays, perfumes are available to everyone and are present in a wide range of consumer goods. The methods used to extract perfume ingredients from their natural sources have changed over time as technology has advanced. Depending on the material, expression, distillation, and solvent extraction are the main techniques used to extract the odorant components from a natural source. Synthetic organic chemistry has provided perfumers with novel ingredients that are cheaper and more stable than many natural materials over the years. Today, more than 3000 fragrance ingredients are estimated to be available to perfumers to create a harmonious composition of head (for example, citrusy), heart (for example, fruity–floral) and base notes (for example, musky). Future developments and uses of perfume are endless and as Ernest Beaux, the perfumer who created Chanel N85, once said, "In perfumery the future lies primarily in the hands of the chemists."
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Fortineau, Anne-Dominique. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 45.
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Consumer Chemistry; Natural Products; Organic Chemistry; Public Understanding
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December 8, 2003
February 18, 2005
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Link to Cover added (April 2004). Link to Featured Molecules added (April 2004).
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