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| Perfume - Most highly concentrated form of fragrance, the strongest and the most lasting. Perfume may contain hundreds of ingredients within a single formulation. |
| Perfume Dip Sticks - Strips of odorless white blotting paper, which the perfumer uses to evaluate a scent as it develops. |
| Perfumer’s Palette - The range of perfume ingredients from which a perfumer selects to use in the formulation of a perfume. There are 3400 raw materials available to perfumers – 400 naturals and 3000 synthetics. |
| Pheromone – Chemical substance secreted by animals (including perhaps humans) to produce a response by other members of the same species. Sexual attractants are the most widely studied and described. |
| Pomades - Combination of purified fats and flower oils produced by the enfleurage and maceration processes. Pommades are found in the form of an oily and sticky solid. |
| Powdery - Sweet, dry, somewhat musky odor. |
| Profile - A perfume or perfumed product profile is a description of the fragrance prepared by a marketer, which is given to a perfumer for inspiration and formulation. The profile contains all pertinent details in relation to marketing the new fragrance plan, type, name, package, color/theme, mood, impression, cost parameters, etc. |
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