Help for PerfumersWorld on-line perfumery supplies 
What we do | What we don't do | Finding Materials | Shipping Costs | What are the ABC's of Perfumery

Finding materials

1) Type a word to search for

  • Odour description : e.g. enter apple - click the Find! button to list all materials smelling of apple
  • Use in a perfume : e.g. enter mimosa - will find all the materials for a Mimosa perfume
  • Name : e.g. enter lavender Oil, if you know the name of the material you are looking for
  • Code Number : e.g. enter SL11 - use this to reorder materials (code from the label of the bottle)
2) Alternatively browse through the materials at leisure
  • Select a Products Group listed under Browse Products and the Sub-Groups will be listed.
  • Select a Sub-Group and this will list the materials on the main screen.
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What we don't do
  • Sorry - we don't sell brand name perfumes - so if you want Chanel No. 5, Guerlain's latest etc. then there are many retailers on line or contact the perfume house direct
  • We don't yet stock books but we do have a list of recommended reading for you if you want to learn more. Click on Books
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What we do
(if you can't find it on the site drop us a line via the contact link, we probably do it)
  • Essential Oils, Absolutes , Resinoids and Gums  for natural perfumery, aromatherapy or general perfumery.
  • Aroma Chemicals : Make your own modern perfumes.
  • Specialty Bases : Special bases for use in perfume compounding. Unique floral, fruity notes and replacements for hard to get naturals.
  • Isolates : natural aroma chemicals separated from essential oils such as Eugenol from Clove Oil
  • Animal Products : we do not sell animal products but do have animal-friendly replacements for Ambergris, Castoreum, Civet and Musk.
  • Sample bottles, mixing pots, perfume bottles
  • Smelling Strips : for analytical smelling or our unique Mini Sniffs for quick and economical smelling
  • Kits : Kits for courses, The Perfumery Training Kit and The Students Raw Materials Kit and Specialty kits.
  • Cosmetic and toiletry bases - usually only for local supply as the shipping is too expensive than the bases but we sell tons (000's Kgs) of them.
  • Software : The Perfumer's Workbook, start with the free download, then get it on CD Rom.
  • Professional perfumery training courses, via internet and even private tuition.
  • Perfume Compounds : Concentrated perfume, what some call FO or "Fragrance Oils" for cosmetic, toiletry, candle and even incense products.
  • Bespoke creation of perfumes for personal or product use. Stand out from the crowd!
  • Professional trouble shooting and consultancy services
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Shipping costs are calculated as follows;
  • Basic shipping charge: $20.00.
  • Plus $0.50 bottling charge.
  • Plus $0.01/gram weight adjustment.
  • In the event that the 1) order is low weight 2) less than 10 items and 3) the destination does not have a specially high shipping rate we will reduce the basic shipping charge accordingly.
  • We never aim to make money from the shipping charges and subsidise the shipping charges on over 90% of shipments.
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If you are not familiar with the ABC's of Perfumery
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It is a system where the materials are listed acording to their odour.
A-Z  Classification  Common Description  Key Reference Materials
A  ALI-FAT-IC  Fatty, Waxy, Soapy, Clean  Aliphatic Aldehydes, Alcohols 
B  Berg - ICEBERG  Cooling, Borneol,Mint,Camphor  Menthol, Camphor, Eucalyptol
C  CITRUS  Sour, Sharp, Citrus peel  Citral, Orange, Lemon, Lime 
D  DAIRY  Milky, Cream, Butter, Cheese  Diacetyl, Butyrate,Lactone,Valerate 
E  EDIBLE  Vegetable, Nut, Fish, Meat  Thiazoles, Pyrazines, Sulphides 
F  FRUIT  Sour, Sweet fruits, Strawberry  Allyl caproate, Verdox 
G  GREEN  Cut-grass, Leaves  cis-3-Hexenol, Triplal 
H  HERB (Cool)  Cool Herbaceous notes  Lavender, Sage, (Terpene based?) 
I  IRIS  Orris, Violet  Ionones, Methyl Ionone 
J  JASMIN  Fruity, Oily, Narcotic, Jasmin  HCA, Benzyl Acetate 
K  KONIFER  Pine, Pineneedle  Terpineol, Bornyl Acetate 
L  LIGHT Chemical Floral  Fresh light floral chemical  Linalool, Vertenex, DMBC 
M  MUGUET  Lily of the Valley, Green, Fresh Hydroxy, Lilial, Lyral 
N  NARCOTIC  Heavy Sweet Florals, Absolutes  Narcissus, Ylang Ylang, Tuberose 
O  ORCHID  Aromatic, Deep floral  Salicylates, Benzoates
P  PHENOL Phenol, Medicinal, Honey  p-Cresol, Ethyl Phenyl Acetate 
Q  Queen of the ORIENT  Resin, Balsam  Benzoin, Tolu, Terpenes 
R  ROSE  Rose Otto, Absolute, Geranium  Citronellol, PEA, Rhodinol 
S  SPICE (Hot)  Hot Culinary, Spice  Clove, Cinnamon, Thyme, (Cyclic?) 
T  TAR SMOKE  Smoke, Tar, Burnt  Cade, Birch Tar 
U  Urine Faecal ANIMAL  Animal, Faecal, Leather  Civet, Castoreum, Ambergris 
V  VANILLA Sweet Edible, Vanilla  Vanillin, Coumarin, Heliotropin 
W  WOOD  Wood, Oily,  Cedar, Santal, Vetivert, Patchouli 
X  X-rated MUSK  Sexy, Musk, Sensual, Sweet  Musk Ketone, Galaxolide 
Y  EARTHY MOSSY  Yeast, Fungal, Moss, Marine,  Oakmoss, Calone 
Z  ZOLVENTS  Odourless Solvents, Solubilisers  DEP, DPG, IPP, Ethanol,PG
 
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