The raw materials of perfumery

An overview of the main material groups used in perfumery

A PERFUME CONCENTRATE, known in the trade as a "COMPOUND"
is typically a liquid made up from a mixture of aroma materials of 
synthetic and/or natural origin from the following groups. 
The percentage indicates the proportions that might be found in modern perfume compound.
Essential Oils 
& Extracts
0-30%
Animal 
Products
Zero-0.1%
Aroma 
Chemicals
70-100%
 Distilled
Steam evaporates
volatile oil held in plant material
which floats on the cooled water allowing it to be separated.
The Oil is usually a light color as color molecules are generally large and not volatile.
 Expressed
Juice is squeezed
out of the fruit
and the oil separated.
Expressed oils
are usually a lighter color version of the fruit they come from.
 Extracted 
Solvents such as hexane and petroleum ether dissolve
 oil, wax and color in the plant material. The solvents are evaporated off to produce a CONCRETE.
Waxes in the Concrete can be removed using alcohol which in turn is evaporated off to leave a dark colored ABSOLUTE
Tinctures
Animal Secretions
or glands are
steeped in
alcohol.
A dark colored
ABSOLUTE
can be produced by
removing the
alcohol.
 Crude Oil Isolates
 Raw chemicals (not used themselves in perfumes) such as Benzene, Toluene, Naphthalene, Phenol and Xylol are separated from crude oil and go through a series of reactions to produce thousands of aroma chemicals. 
Many of these synthetic chemicals are identical to those found in nature, hence the term Nature Identical.
Essential Oil Isolates
Single chemicals
separated from essential oils. If these are produced by physical means - distillation or cooling then they are termed natural chemicals.
(Often used to produce
other chemicals by simple reactions such as acetylation or as starting materials in a long series of reactions)
From Flowers:
Lavender
Ylang
From Fruits:
Orange
Lemon
 From Flowers:
Jasmin
Rose
 Beaver:
Castoreum
 From Benzene:
P.E.A
Galaxolide
From Turpentine:
Pinene
(Linalool)
From Leaves:
Eucalyptus
Geranium
 
 From Gums:
Benzoin
Labdanum
 Cat:
Civet
From Toluene:
Benzyl
Acetate
 From Lemongrass:
Citral
(Ionone)
From Buds/Seeds:
Clove
Cardamom
 
From Lichens:
Oakmoss
Treemoss
 Deer:
Musk
From Naphthalene:
Methyl
Anthranilate
 From Clove:
Eugenol
(Vanillin)
From Grasses:
Vetiver
Lemongrass
 
 
 Whale:
Ambergris
From Phenol:
Eugenol
Evernyl
From Vetiver:
Vetiverol 
(Vetiveryl Acetate)
 From Woods:
Turpentine
Sandalwood
 
 
 
From Xylene:
Musk Xylol
Musk Ketone
From Peppermint:
Menthol
(Menthyl Acetate)
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