"Giving perfumers pure compounds to play with changed the art entirely, " says Turin of synthetics.
Black-and-white portraits of the perfumers, or what Malle calls his perfume authors, adorn the walls.
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Cleaning-product perfumers monitor food exhibitions, farmers' markets, architecture, runway fashion shows and even bars for new ideas.
In medieval times, professional perfumers would concoct personal scents for their clients from six to eight special ingredients.
Ms. Beaulieu's is at its best when she tracks down some of France's leading perfumers and describes their concoctions.
Until then, there are simple at-home exercises that perfumers and other professional "smellers" recommend to keep the sense of smell in shape.
Like couturiers and chefs before them, perfumers are stepping out from behind the brand names and becoming status symbols-- and selling points--themselves.
New York perfumery school, teaches aspiring perfumers the basics of perfume skills.
Despite the drawbacks, naturals have sold well in recent years, and perfumers who specialize in natural ingredients have earned respect in the fragrance industry.
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The researchers plan to make their radar available as a product which they believe perfumers can use to save time and money developing new scents.
Even though one of the walls of the Madison Avenue store is hung with photographs of famous perfumers he's worked with the same way a restaurant or deli might display 8-by-10 autographed glossies of movie stars he counts only one man who actually possessed a supernatural sense of smell.
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