Bench & Beyond: Insider Tips on Formulating with Fragrance

By: Bud Brewster, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine

Posted: December 3, 2007, from the December 2007 issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries.

In 2008, Allured Publishing Corp. will release a new compilation—58 articles published in the past six years in Cosmetics & Toiletries, Global Cosmetic Industry (GCI) and Perfumer & Flavorist magazines—under the title Fragrance for Personal Care.

This 546-page book contains 13 chapters on essential oils and aroma chemicals, and 16 chapters on marketing and trends, with smaller groups addressing artistry and craft, naturals and organics, packaging and branding, and regulatory and business. Nineteen chapters are grouped under the heading “Technology and Formulation,” but tips on that topic are scattered throughout the book and collected in this column by the author for the convenience of formulators, and to give a sample of the range of contributors inside this book.