Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

Amber
Animal substance called ambergris resulting pathological concretions formed in the stomach of sperm whales.

Preservative Agent
Chemical agent sometimes added to a composition to delay the effects of oxidation.

Head Space
New technique employing a vacuum process for the analysis of the volatile constituents of the fragrant products. This technique is made at three times; in the first place the took of the nice-smelling molecules emitted by the alive or not alive materials, secondly the analysis of the booby-trapped smell of materials, the identification and the quantification of molecules composing it by chromatographic analyses coupled with mass spectrograph, finally the formulation in laboratory with materials of synthesis. We can get faithful reconstructions.

Organ
Term abstracts used to put in evidence the variety and the extent of raw materials or basic elements used by the perfumer.

Stability
Property of a perfume a little bit sensitive to the different physical chemical changes.