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Nº 45 - Fragrance and Wellbeing: The Aromacology

Nº 45 - Fragrance and Wellbeing: The Aromacology

Aromachology is the science which studies the positive effects of essential oils on emotions, focusing on well-being. Thanks to our sense of smell, all smells we come into contact with...

Nº 45 - Fragrance and Wellbeing: The Aromacology

Aromachology is the science which studies the positive effects of essential oils on emotions, focusing on well-being. Thanks to our sense of smell, all smells we come into contact with...

Nº 44 - The Secret to the best perfume experience

Nº 44 - The Secret to the best perfume experience

Perceiving and recognising a certain smell is really hard work for our brain, which activates certain protective mechanisms to avoid not recognising them in the best way. Precisely because of...

Nº 44 - The Secret to the best perfume experience

Perceiving and recognising a certain smell is really hard work for our brain, which activates certain protective mechanisms to avoid not recognising them in the best way. Precisely because of...

Nº 43 - Perfume and the Human Body

Nº 43 - Perfume and the Human Body

Perfume is perceived by the olfactory apparatus of man and animals in general and can function as a stimulus, conscious or unconscious, to experience memories, emotions, needs or requirements. Smell...

Nº 43 - Perfume and the Human Body

Perfume is perceived by the olfactory apparatus of man and animals in general and can function as a stimulus, conscious or unconscious, to experience memories, emotions, needs or requirements. Smell...

Nº 42 - The Osmoteca

Nº 42 - The Osmoteca

The Osmoteca is the first perfume archive in the world and in the history of mankind. It is located in Versailles and contains over four thousand perfumes, eight hundred of...

Nº 42 - The Osmoteca

The Osmoteca is the first perfume archive in the world and in the history of mankind. It is located in Versailles and contains over four thousand perfumes, eight hundred of...

Nº 41 - Aromatic Sources

Nº 41 - Aromatic Sources

To create the fragrances we know, perfumery uses numerous essential oils, absolutes and aromatic compounds that are obtained from natural sources or artificially created to reproduce certain odours. These natural...

Nº 41 - Aromatic Sources

To create the fragrances we know, perfumery uses numerous essential oils, absolutes and aromatic compounds that are obtained from natural sources or artificially created to reproduce certain odours. These natural...

Nº 40 - The Origins of the Modern Perfume

Nº 40 - The Origins of the Modern Perfume

Fragrances have accompanied mankind since the beginning of time; in fact, as history tells us, essential oils were already used in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt for embalming bodies: by burning...

Nº 40 - The Origins of the Modern Perfume

Fragrances have accompanied mankind since the beginning of time; in fact, as history tells us, essential oils were already used in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt for embalming bodies: by burning...