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Section: Cosmetic Ingredients > Sensory

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Scents that Change with Season: Fall and Winter - Download FREE Application Guide

Application guides are used to provide accurate and descriptive application information for Sigma-Aldrich® aroma chemicals. The guides are put together based on trends in the industry and focusing on a select number of products. Download now while also finding helpful analysis tools.

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Scents for Relaxation - Download FREE Application Guide

Scents play a vital role in many products that are developed to help consumers relax and destress. Download our application guide where we review and provide application information for 12 of our Sigma-Aldrich® aromas that help with relaxation and stress reduction.

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Lipstick Lowdown: How Pigment Dispersions Change Sensory Traits

Pigment dispersions play a key role in cosmetic lip products from both a functional and sensorial perspective. This article explores various carrier oils in pigment dispersions and investigates their behavioral traits, overall impact and influence on the final texture of a lipstick.

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Frizzblend MAX: Controlling Hair Frizz in High Humidity | FREE Data Sheet Download

Frizzy hair can affect everyone, but those with wavy and curly hair are particularly prone, especially when humidity levels are higher.

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A World of Fragrance: Making Products Memorable Through Scent - Download FREE Application Guide

In our Application Guide, 7th edition, we focus on our growing line of fragrance ingredients that are globally inspired by current trends. We partnered with perfumer Tony Leardi to bring accurate and descriptive application information on a number of our dynamic materials.

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Sorbithix L-100: Transformative New Non-Ionic Associative Thickener for Personal Cleansing Formulations. Free Download!

Sorbithix L-100 features a new "star polymer" technology that allows it to greatly enhance thickening in all types of surfactant systems, and is designed to work effectively in both older sulfate systems as well as modern sulfate-free surfactants like glutamate and isethionate.

Cooking Chemistry and the Formulator—Seasonings: Taste and Smell

This article is the last in a four-part series that highlights connections between cooking chemistry and personal care product development, including reactions that occur and why, and how to best utilize these reactions, for the benefit of formulators.

Cooking Chemistry and the Formulator—Seasonings: Taste and Smell

This article is the last in a four-part series that highlights connections between cooking chemistry and personal care product development, including reactions that occur and why, and how to best utilize these reactions, for the benefit of formulators.

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Simple and Sensorial: Amino-modified Silicone Protects and Revives Hair

Multifunctional ingredients can simplify hair care routines by offering protection, performance and sensory benefits in one step. Herein, a terminal hydroxy amino-modified silicone is tested for its effects on hair breakage, drying time, wet and dry combing, colorfastness and more.

Patent Picks—Improving Differentiation, Penetration and Optical Benefits in Skin Care, and More

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features recent inventions related to sensory, repair and formulating strategies for skin care.

Exfoliation, Scrub and Gommage

Cosmetic means for achieving rejuvenated skin can be positioned according to intensity of action, skin renewal speed and some functioning details, thus: gommage, scrub, exfoliation and peel represent the four rejuvenation strategies. In some regions, peel refers to aggressive treatments requiring authorized operators such as dermatologists or medical doctors. Therefore, this column will discuss only the first three methods for a better skin glow.

Hair and Amino Acids

Amino acids are taken up by hair and assist in improving hair surface hydrophobicity, tensile strength and luster. This article discusses interactions between amino acids and hair.

Hair and Amino Acids

Amino acids are taken up by hair and assist in improving hair surface hydrophobicity, tensile strength and luster. This article discusses interactions between amino acids and hair.

Defining and Controlling Frizz

There is likely a variety of causes and contributors to the nebulous consumer term “frizz.” This article attempts to craft a universal definition and then progresses to further examine impacting factors. These discussions focus on methods for quantifying hair properties and assessing the positive impact of commercial hair care products.

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Exfoliation, Scrub and Gommage

Cosmetic means for achieving rejuvenated skin can be positioned according to intensity of action, skin renewal speed and some functioning details, thus: gommage, scrub, exfoliation and peel represent the four rejuvenation strategies. In some regions, peel refers to aggressive treatments requiring authorized operators such as dermatologists or medical doctors. Therefore, this column will discuss only the first three methods for a better skin glow.

Odor Reception: Structure and Mechanism

Olfaction is a multi-step process involving the odorant molecule, the odor receptor protein, the pockets for odorant ligand docking, and the odor patterns formed by the glumeruli and decoded by the brain.

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Transform and Amplify your Scents with Indole

We invite you to experience our Natural Indole listing and request a free sample. A Sigma-Aldrich® aroma chemical that's Certified Food Grade, Natural, Kosher, follows IFRA guidelines and meets purity specifications of JECFA.

Cooling Agents and Skin Care Applications

Synthetic cooling agents, their mechanism, strength and action on skin are described in this literature survey, drawn primarily from recent patents. Examples illustrate the use of these agents in applications such as after-shave, after-sun, anti-cellulite, and toners.

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