December 2024
That perfume contains delicious ingredients goes without saying. But did you know that less pleasant-smelling ingredients are also used to create that unique scent? In De Wereld van Sofie on Radio 1, Anke Van Meer talked to our perfumer Kristof Lefebre about some surprising perfume ingredients.
For example, they talked about beaver skin, oudh and the civet cat - ingredients that have been used in perfumery for centuries because of their special fragrance character. On their own, these ingredients don't smell good at all to many people, but in the right dosage they turn your favorite perfume into an irresistible scent.
Want to know more about this remarkable topic? You can re-listen to Anke Van Meer's full interview with Kristof Lefebre on Radio 1 here.