Perfumer

Job Description:__** perfumer will then go through the process of blending multiple perfume mixtures and will attempt to capture the desired feelings specified in the brief. After presenting the perfume mixtures to the customers, the perfumer may "win" the brief with their approval. They proceed to work with the customer, often with the direction provided by a panel or artistic director, which guides and edits the modifications on the composition of the perfume. This process typically spans over several months to several years, going over many iterations and may involve cultural and public surveys to tailor a perfume to a particular market. The perfume composition will then be either used to enhance another product as a "functional fragrance" (shampoos, make-up, detergent.
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Training
Most past perfumers did not undergo profession training in the art and many learned their craft as apprentices under another perfumer in their employment as a perfume technician (in charge of blending formulas) or chemist. A direct entrance into the profession is rare and those who do typically enter it through family contacts. These apprenticeship last around 3 years.

Until recently, profession schools open to the public for training perfumers did not exist. In 1970 [|ISIPCA] **ISIPCA **  **ISIPCA** is a school for post-graduate studies in perfume, cosmetics products and food flavor formulation, with an Dual education system period in the industry.... became the world's only school in perfumery. The candidates must endure a demanding entrance examination and must have taken university level courses in organic chemistry.

[|Givaudan] **Givaudan **  **Givaudan** is the world's largest producer of flavor and fragrances with sales of Swiss franc 2,778 million in .... and [|International Flavors and Fragrances] **International Flavors and Fragrances **  **International Flavors and Fragrances** is a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of $1.99 billion in .... (IFF) have perfumery schools a part of their companies, but students must be employees of the company and must be recommended for acceptance into the school by their superiors.

**__Salary__** Incomes range widely for perfumers, as their success depends on their talent. An average perfumer starting out would earn about $65,000 per year. "Perfumer." __Mount Alvernia High School__. 28 Apr. 2009 .

There are between 400 to 500 perfumers in the world. A well-trained perfumer is a priceless commodity to a company that manufactures household products or cosmetics. About half of the perfumers work in the United States. That means that there is one perfumer out of every million Americans. Jobs are available in this field, but becoming a perfumer is difficult with much education and a discriminating sense of smell required.
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"Perfumer." __Mount Alvernia High School__. 28 Apr. 2009 .

__**Employment**__ Most perfumers are employed by several large fragrance corporations in the world including [|Firmenich], IFF, [|Givaudan] , [|Takasago] , and [|Symrise]. Some perfumers work exclusively for a perfume house or in their own company, but these cases are not as common. The perfumer typically begins a perfume project with a //brief// by the perfumer's employer or an outside customer. The customers to the perfumer or their employers, are typically fashion houses or large [|corporations] of various industries. Each brief will contain the specifications for the desired perfume, and will describe in often poetic or abstract terms what the perfume should smell like or what feelings it should evoke in those who smell it, along with a maximum per [|litre] price of the perfume oil concentrate. This allowance, along with the intended application of the perfume will determine what aromatics and fragrance ingredients can/will be used in the perfume composition. The perfumer will then go through the process of blending multiple perfume mixtures and will attempt to capture the desired feelings specified in the brief. After presenting the perfume mixtures to the customers, the perfumer may "win" the brief with their approval. They proceed to work with the customer, often with the direction provided by a panel or artistic director, which guides and edits the modifications on the composition of the perfume. This process typically spans several months to several years, going over many iterations and may involve cultural and public surveys to tailor a perfume to a particular market. The perfume composition will then be either used to enhance another product as a //functional fragrance// ( [|shampoos], [|make-up] , [|detergents] , [|car] interiors, etc.), or marketed and sold directly to the public as a //fine fragrance//. "Wiki: Perfumer." __Wapedia__. 28 Apr. 2009 [|http://wapedia.mobi/en/Perfumer?t=2.#2.].

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"Perfumer." Dictionaries and encyclopedias on the Academician Mobilehj. 31 Mar. 2009 .ts, car interiors, etc.), or marketed and sold directly to the public as a "fine fragrance".