A basic introduction to all the things you need to know about Fragrances.
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Fragrance Composition | Usage | Glossary of Terms
FRAGRANCE OIL MANUFACTURING & BOTTLING
FRAGRANCE MANUFACTURERS
Our premium Fragrance Oils are specifically designed and manufactured by an industry leading fragrance manufacturer based in the the United States of America. They actively participate in the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), the industry’s global member organization, which is focused on the safe enjoyment of fragrances worldwide. They are also actively involved in IFRA’s research organization, the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM). RIFM’s independent experts, dermatologists, pathologists, environmental scientists and toxicologists play a vital role in protecting fragrance integrity.
FRAGRANCE BOTTLING
Luxury Candle Supplies are proud to partner up with Brunswick Industries as part of our Fragrance Oils production process.
Brunswick Industries Association is a leading employer of people with a disability and has been providing opportunities for meaningful participation in employment and training for over 50 years. Brunswick Industries’ skilled, dedicated and professional team delivers services including liquid filling, labelling, packing, assembly and warehousing. Brunswick Industries Association is proud to produce products for Luxury Candle Supplies.
Fragrance packaging is a integral part of the product to ensure safe and quality storage to maintain the fragrance oil’s integrity. Our quality aluminium bottles are specifically designed and used widely by professional perfumers in the industry.
For enhanced quality assurance, our bottles are individually inspected and counted. Our bottles are available in 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, 500ml* and 1250ml* capacities. (*Sizes coming soon)
Each bottle is meticulously hand labelled, with each label identifying the fragrance oil name and safety precautions. Our labels are designed to withstand the strength of the fragrance oil to prevent the label information from fading after prolonged use.
Every bottle is accurately filled, with the capacities measured both by specially configured machinery and inspected by our meticulous team. Accurate filling prevents spillage and loss of fragrance oil.
One by one, every bottle is distinctively marked with a batch number to identify the manufacturing batch for quality assurance. Each bottle is then carefully packed and boxed for shipment to our warehouse.
FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION: TOP, MIDDLE & BASE NOTES
Notes in fragrances are descriptions of scents that can be sensed upon the application fragrance. Notes are separated into three classes; top notes, middle notes, and base notes; which denote groups of scents which can be sensed with respect to the time after the application of a perfume.
Top notes reach our sense of smell first, forming the scent’s initial impression.
Middle notes provide the warmth and body of the fragrance, imparting dramatic character that brings out the best in other notes.
Base notes begin evolving with the top notes and become more intense and profound over the course of hours or even days.
USAGE
Testing with your wax, wicks and vessel, is ALWAYS recommended to ensure optimal results for your candles.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- Accord – Combinations of various single odours to create a new fragrance e ect for use within a perfume. Aldehydic – Fragrances containing ingredients with a strong fatty, soapy, waxy or fizzy fragrance character.
- Balsamic – Fragrances containing ingredients with a sweet, soft, resinous and warm character. Base Note – The third and last phase of a perfume’s evaporation, consisting of the heavier, lasting ingredients such as musks, woods, resins or oriental notes.
- Bouquet – A blend of various floral fragrance notes.
- Chypre – Fragrances containing ingredients with a fresh, typically citrus, top note over warm, mossy, woody base notes.
- Citrus – Fragrances containing ingredients from the agrumen oils…mandarin, orange, lemon, bergamot, lime, grapefruit etc.
- Floral – Fragrances containing ingredients with either a single well de ned, true to nature flower character or a bouquet of many different floral notes.
- Fougere – Fragrances containing fresh, herbaceous lavender notes with warm, mossy, woody base notes.
- Fruity – Fragrances containing ingredients with a natural, true to nature fruit impression.
- Fruity Floral – Floral fragrances with a noticeable fruity character in the top note.
- Gourmand – Fragrances containing ingredients promoting an edible character.
- Green – Fragrances containing ingredients promoting a grass, plant stem or leaves character.
- Harmony – The fine tuning of all ingredients within the perfume so no one ingredient becomes prominent.Heavy – Perfumes consisting of mainly non volatile ingredients such as moss, wood or musk notes.
- Herbal – Fragrances containing ingredients reminiscent of garden herbs such as basil, lavender, rosemary etc.
- Light – Perfumes consisting of mainly volatile ingredients such as citrus, floral, fruity, green or aquatic notes containing practically no sweet, heavy or balsamic elements.
- Mid Note – The second or middle phase of a perfume’s evaporation, generally provided by oral, ozone, spicy or woody notes.
- Musk – Fragrances containing a warm, erotic, full character very noticeable at the base note.
- Oriental – Fragrances containing ingredients in influenced by the East such as exotic spices, woods, balsams, resins and musks.
- Spicy – Fragrances containing notes from well-known spices such as cinnamon, clove, nutmeg etc.
- Sweet – Fragrances containing sugary, sweet notes very noticeable through the mid and base notes.
- Top Note – The first phase of a perfume’s evaporation, provided by light, airy and volatile ingredients such as citrus, herb, fruit, green, ozone and some floral notes, giving the initial impression of a fragrance.
- Woody – Fragrances containing a soft, powdery character very noticeable at the base note.
