19/01 In Geen categorie By admin

Christmas tree on the dam processed into a perfume

RUIK is a company that is focusing on creating plant based perfumes. They have processed orange peel into their first perfume: VERSCHIL-EAU D'ORANGE. Every year in the month December there is a big Christmas tree placed on the Dam in Amsterdam. Normally, the three will be cut and destroyed after the month December. RUIK has found a beautiful second destination for the three. It will be processed into a perfume. The fragrance will be called appositely DEN. A great and sustainable initiative! ...

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19/01 In Geen categorie By admin

What is olfactory fatigue and how does it work?

The term olfactory fatigue is the temporary inability to smell a specific scent because you are exposed to it for a while. You might recognize this situation. In the morning you are using your favorite perfume. Later that day, a colleague is making a complement on your perfume, but you don't smell it yourself anymore. Unfortunately, it works the same with unpleasant odors. In case you have pets, you always need to be careful for that. Olfactory fatigue is preventing that our nerve system gets overloaded by specific odor stimuli, in order for us to be able to smell other things as well. In fact, it works similar as the feeling of pressure. At a certain point, you don't feel the pressure of your cloths on your body either. How fast olfactory fatigue sets in differs per person. In the next blog post, you will learn If the smell of coffee beans helps to neutralize scent and if it helps to prevent olfactory fatigue....

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19/01 In Geen categorie By admin

Do coffee beans neutralize scent?

When I worked at Sephora, there were always small glasses filled with coffee beans placed at the fragrances wall. The idea is that you could take a sniff of those coffee beans in order to neutralize your nose in case it got saturated. Is it really true that coffee beans have the quality to neutralize scent? The answer is very simple: no. A nose can't be saturated, your nose is always 'on'. Scent can not be neutralized, just like you are not able to neutralize taste. So why is it that coffee beans are used so frequently? Scent is working in the way as taste in this respect. When you are eating sweet candies, and drinking chocolate milk afterward, the chocolate milk will not taste as sweet anymore. By eating something that is salty or sour in between, your taste buds will be able to recognize the sweet taste again. This works the same for scent. In order to prevent olfactory fatigue, it is best to smell something different. This could be coffee beans or your own skin, it doesn't matter. Therefore the coffee beans are in place to undo the effects of olfactory fatigue, not to neutralize the odor....

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