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Art & Alchemy: Perfume Stories
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2019
Follow me down the rabbit hole of the all things beautiful and invisible. If you are like me and have a passion for fragrances, flavors and oddly yet beautiful things, well join me on this unique journey. Full disclosure, I am a bit of dork
Visiting my booth at the OOAK Winter Show 2024
Visit my witchy perfume booth at the 2024 One of a Kind Winter Show
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Are fragrances really the problem in the big picture?
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Are fragrances from small perfumes houses and producers really the issue in the grander picture? Join me on Instagram @MikaTheAlchemist If you are interested, check out what my brand is about at artandalchemy.co/ Join me! Facebook: ArtandAlchemy @ArtandAlchemy Instagram: artandalchemyparfum Instagram: MikaTheAlchemist Twitter: AlchemyParfum @...
About Endocrine Disruptors in Perfumery
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Make sure to check out @CirrusParfum on TikTok! She creates amazing content on perfume materials and explores certain myths. While I’m not dismissing concerns about endocrine disruptors, I sometimes feel that perfumery bears the brunt of criticism when it comes to toxicity. If perfumes were truly that harmful, wouldn't we see more perfumers suffering from fragrance-related illnesses? After all,...
A 30 year lesson
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This was a lesson that took me 30 years to learn thanks to my 30th high school reunion. Join me on Instagram @MikaTheAlchemist If you are interested, check out what my brand is about at artandalchemy.co/ Join me! Facebook: ArtandAlchemy @ArtandAlchemy Instagram: artandalchemyparfum Instagram: MikaTheAlchemist Twitter: AlchemyParfum @AlchemyPa...
Remembering White Musk by The Body Shop
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I can't count the number of times people talk about this popular fragrance that was sort of ubiquitous in the 80's and 90's. Hard to tell what will happen with it as The Body Shop is going through a rougher patch but I thought I would pick up a bottle for my archives just in case. What are your memories of this iconic fragrance? Join me on Instagram @MikaTheAlchemist If you are interested, chec...
Reviewing Honey Suite by Snif x Emilia Professor Perfume
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I had a chance to receive a lovely bottle of Honey Suite by Snif x @professor.perfume It was really not what I expected in a good way. I love how the focus on this one was on the woodiness and leathery side of saffron where the vanilla and honey sweetness is only there to soften the heavier and herbaceous notes. It is currently sold out but I believe they will be restocking shortly. Stay tuned!...
Dupe of Madonna's Truth or Dare perfume
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I don't know of any direct dupes of this fragrance but I am aware of the inspiration of this fragrance. Join me on Instagram @MikaTheAlchemist If you are interested, check out what my brand is about at artandalchemy.co/ Join me! Facebook: ArtandAlchemy @ArtandAlchemy Instagram: artandalchemyparfum Instagram: MikaTheAlchemist Twitter: AlchemyP...
Part 2: How I found out I was stereoblind
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Part 2: How I found out I was stereoblind
Part 2: How hostile GenX's environment was
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Part 2: How hostile GenX's environment was
Part 1: How hostile GenX's environment was
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Part 1: How hostile GenX's environment was
Why I decided to become a perfumer for my brand
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Why I decided to become a perfumer for my brand
Trying out Japanese candies for the first time
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Trying out Japanese candies for the first time
GenX were all at some point bullied or bullies
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GenX were all at some point bullied or bullies
Most of your favourite fragrances comes from the same manufacturers
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Most of your favourite fragrances comes from the same manufacturers
My first impressions of Nemat Perfumes at the Audain Museum in Whistler
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My first impressions of Nemat Perfumes at the Audain Museum in Whistler
Is it Indie or is it just niche/designer?
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Is it Indie or is it just niche/designer?
What does the End of Times smell like?
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What does the End of Times smell like?
My entry for the Bloom competition at the One of a Kind Spring show 2024
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My entry for the Bloom competition at the One of a Kind Spring show 2024
How to create fragrance material dilutions
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How to create fragrance material dilutions
It worked
@@ahmedlari2820 Yay! Glad I could help! ☺️
Thank you
Actually, the easiest way to make a 1/10 (10%) dilution is simply to NOT press Tara to reset the scale to "0.000" after weighing in the 1.200 grams of concentrated (100%) stock, but to simply start adding the diluent (DPG) until you reach 12.000 grams in total. No need to calculate much, and the added bonus is that you don't have to be precise weighing the 100% substance either. Just fill 1.185 g up to 11.850 g total, 1.210 g to 12.100 g, etc. In the end this will just be your diluted stock-it does not matter if you have 11.850 g or 12.100 g of it.
🎉True I think we all have internal bruising .
I think we all feel that way. You're really doing well bro. I found you today and loving your content already.
@@HameedUnfiltered Aww thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. ☺️
Born 1974… I had trued to do a trick on my bike. It broke and one of the forks went through my leg. I friends followed me home all to tell my dad it was a defect in the bike and it wasn’t a trick. My dad said ok don’t use the white towels or get any blood on the carpet. My mom just got home from work and asked what was going on. I stood up in the bathtub and picked one of the ends sticking out and pulled it out my mom fainted my dad laughed and beat me cuz my mom hit her head on the hallway wall! Took us both to the hospital!
Waiting for the "Why DPG & where to use DPG or Ethanol " Video... Please make it Would be very helpful
Humans are curious creatures. I absolutely would check it out, and I think it would be charming to be checking out your wonderful products in a witchy little curtained area.
I was an analytical chemist. They don't need to discover the endless molecular formulas if all the potential ingredients are known. They will be using a form of chromatography. This separates mixtures through a column giving a specific time to the chemical and the concentration of each chemical can be determined in comparison with standards of suspected chemicals or even the ingredient.
@@Fearfullyandwonderfullymade888 Sweet but when would anyone know the full list of ingredients in perfumery if for the most part that list (asides allergens) is kept secret? I would assume that is mostly an informed guess. Lots of materials, especially naturals, share some of the same molecules so its a bit of a guess to retro engineer a fragrance if the list of ingredients aren’t fully disclosed. Maybe AI can help see molecular patterns and plot them agains a list of potential ingredients.
I love madonna shes my idol and im only 14 ive lover her for years
Where and how to look for perfume concentrates created based on the perfumes of popular brands, so that the concentrates are of high quality.
I would recommend perfumers apprentice or fraterworks, both ships internationally.
My sisters and I.. were ..all bullied..I hate..physically.. fighting anyone.. I'm a lover ..but if I didn't fight..I don't think that any of us would be alive..I grew up in the poor area of town.. cops hated my area.. they.. constantly..got calls..high crime area..😢..
@@OpinionatedBrunette Indeed. I think may of us had to learn to put our dukes up even if it wasn’t in our nature. I don’t think it was ideal or aspirational in any way but it did makes me a stronger person I think,
Not gen X but I remember when I got jumped and my face got beat up. I simply walked it off and refused to go to the hospital. I also cracked my head on the side of a curb and simply went and washed my head in a restaurant sink used a few paper towels and cleaned up, and that was it. Didn't tell my mom what really happened until yrs later.
It comes from the plant- Deadly Night Shade
Thank you for this great information! Can i use the concentrated oil directly? without any carrier?
@@alexandrustefanica Do not use the concentrated oils as is. That could actually be dangerous given the high concentration of materials. You have to use a carrier like ethanol or oil. Very rarely does a perfume go over a concentration of 25% and that is considered high. We see more like 5-15% most often.
@@artandalchemyparfum Thank you !
Video author is absolutely right, these raw materials will absolutely damage your body if it's concentrated enough. At the end if the day, they are chemicals in very high ppm and too much of anything good, is bad. A good example is vitamins, minerals, even water will kill you if you drink too much! Another thing to note is that alcohol gives the evaporation needed for the raw materials to be projected. Take bleu de chanel for example, edt has a lot of projection but lasts 4hrs while it's parfum, comparatively, has no projection(especially side by side you would laugh and say that the parfum doesn't even have a smell just because of how low the projection is) but, parfum easily lasts 12+ hrs, and its really nice for someone who wants a subtle scent. That being said, if you only applied dbc parfum to test it, you will see its beautiful projection and sillage, it's only when you compare it with the edt that you notice the sheer difference between the two(projection and longevity), (they do smell ever so slightly different to each other and thats a conscious decision made by chanel to help differentiate the three bdc perfumes, but you would see the trend in many perfumes save for a few outliers.)
B more artsy
I'M 58, I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES, THEN BACKED UP AND DID IT AGAIN FASTER THEN THE LAST TIME, ALWAYS NEEDED THAT ADRENALIN RUSH, ESPECIALLY RIDING MOTORCYCLES AT 250 KM/H PLUS (150 MILES PER HOUR PLUS) EITHER THAT OR I WAS INSANE AT TIMES ALSO SO GEN X WHEN ASKED "ARE YOU OK", THE GENERAL ANSWER IS A GRUNT
I can't say I have brought a motorcycle to 250 KM but I certainly have played the game of BMX jump chicken where we would challenge ourselves to see how many kids we could jump across passed our DIY ramp. One of us ALWAYS ended up getting the wheel in our stomachs. lol
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@@mehwishminhaas7647 Thank you! 🙏🏽
A would bring interest to people B is ancient type so i choose A
@@Jendukielover-143 Awesome! Thanks for your feedback.
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b the round one is nice because it matches the bottles lid
@@notice_yt Thank you for your feedback 🙏🏽
i prefer b rounded one looks cleaner
@@kianmoayeri9424 Thanks you for your feedback. 🙌🏽
Quello è per donna ed è del 91. Is not for men.
Picture this, Sicily 1630...
do i need to "age" the diluted material before using it for blending ?
@@Aarep20 Not really. Not all materials age well. Patchouli you can age but notes like Bergamot (or other citruses) and aldehydes for example have a shorter shelf life. So best to use asap.
@@artandalchemyparfum Ahh i see, that answers it. Thank you !
what are some more companies that sell already pre made oils?
Hi there. Asides Wellington I haven’t really invested much time in finding manufacturers of dupe oils. As stated in my video, iI am not a fan of them BUT I also like to educate people about different sides to the fragrance industry and Dupes are 💯 part of it for better or worse. I’m sure if you do a quick Google search many relevant manufacturers nearer to your location will pop up. My suggestion is to find several and order a tiny sample of a dupe of a fragrance you know very well and compare which one makes the best one to your nose than choose the manufacturer you prefer based on that. 😊
This was so helpful for me, I learnt a lot!
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THIS is the since of Allah creations for ONLY Prophet's And follower's of Allah @Transfers of electron without Atomics reactor's now
Which lip balm is it
@@kapilamehta5076 We are currently out of stock but they will be coming back shortly. 👍🏽
Hello! Can i use white oil as carrier + ethanol, if not why? What ratio should I use to get 5liter?
Please go to the theater and try 3D glasses
@@iamagiantfangd5580 Is this referring to my convergence issue. I actually did go see a 3D movie prior to my convergence treatment and after. Before everything was just a blur.
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As a guy, the endocrine effect I would be most interested in hearing about is testosterone level and sperm count.
Sarap!
@@systemunderground Oo
Thank you I’m launching in December 🤭🤭🤭
@@Mlleekomi Make sure your prices are more competitive than your competitors! 👍🏽
Your vids are the first place I've ever heard of White Musk. From your description it sounds like a great, inoffensive, light perfume. I can imagine it freeing my senses from the various odors of the city. Someone wearing it would seem like an angel, above the mundane struggle for survival of their ego. I think in the modern astral environment it could easily be lost in the struggle to maintain attention on anything that doesn't force itself into focus.
That’s not 100% true. The first original eau de cologne is from Farina 1709. It is still in Produktion. Johann Maria Farina invented it and is still sold from his descendants in the Family Boutique in Cologne, also on their website. 4711 was one of the most well-known Dupes there were made at the time. Like Creed Aventus is the Original and MontBlanc Explorer, Armaf Club de Nuit intese and others are Dupes. Farina 1709 Original Eau de Cologne is Creed Aventus and 4711 Eau de Cologne is MontBlanc Explorer. Creed Green Irish Tweed was the Original, Davidoff Cool Water is/was the best selling Dupe. And so on….
@@robbyroggers7898 Yes you are right. “Oldest” however is always a debatable subject in perfumery. I mostly recorded those more in a whimsical and fun vibe than as an absolute considering all possible scenarios. It always depends on what we are evaluating and what parameter we are considering for what ‘oldest means’. The formula’s age (before both there was Aqua de la Regina which was also citrus based in 1533 by the Dominican monks of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Before that there was Egyptian Mendesian and Kyphie that goes back before Cleopatra’s time. Who is to say what is older?) , consistency of production (ex: Farina’s production was interupted at some point during the Napolean wars where 4711 was never interrupted), what the carrier is (fragrance with ethanol started in the 14th century with Hungary water, oil based fragrances started over 4000 years ago in ancient civilizations). So again, it’s quite an open conversation.
You are right. Fragrances were made since the beginning of civilization. It’s sadly impossible to have any of those fragrances nowadays. I was only talking about the Eau de Cologne from Cologne😉 Fun Fact the 4711 in Germany is seen as a Granny Fragrance, because it is worn mostly by older Ladys. The Farina smells very different. It’s more citrusy, not so heavy on the Neroli and very uplifting. But anyways it’s awesome that they stood their ground till today on this fast paste Markets. That one of Cleopatra i would be curious to try, just for the sake of the Legends around her, but it’s sadly discontinued😢😆
@@robbyroggers7898 I really need to get my hands on a bottle of Farina's to compare. I believe the museum still sells bottles and I think Roger Gallet now produced the original fragrance.
Out here in the backwoods of East Texas we have a wild weed called horsemint. It has a very distinct scent that might be interesting. Like something that metropolites wouldn't be familiar with. And since I've been growing tomatoes, I've noticed that the plant itself has a very strong scent I am almost obsessed with. Tomatoes are in the nightshade family which includes tobacco. As a former smoker the tomato plant smell is very enticing to me. But maybe it could be nice in some perfume too. #Farmcore Hehehe
I have a similar story, though it was my sister ('70) who fell because she was trying to follow me ('68 F) off the roof in a new-to-us way. (Prior to that, we just all jumped from a lowish spot.) Our older sister ('66) and I bandaged her up and checked on her throughout yhe night, and we all stayed quiet so we wouldn't get in trouble. At the time, we would have been 8, 10 and 12. We finally told our father in our 40s and he completely flipped out ... as if would have have taken her to the hospital anyway ... For the record, we were all very comfortable up on the roof. I routinely climbed the tree with a book and lemonade and hung out up there. One year, we and the neighborhood kids even decided freeze tag and hide-n-seek needed more excitement, so we added our and a few neighbors' roofs to the playing field. That came to a screeching halt when we picked the wrong neighbor's house, but of course our roof continued to be used for hanging out.
Gen Xer here. The level of I don't care what you think about me or anything else is off the charts. I truly don't care. Your personal opinions about me or anything else is your business, not mine. And the same gets applied to me. My job is to be me & to live with the consequences of being me, wherher that's good or bad. I don't have the time or desire to focus on others. I don't need validation from others that are irrelevant to me & my life. I think that's what some of the biggest differences between Gex X & other generations that came after us. They seek the very opposite of things we do & again, don't care. Hopefully, one day, they will enjoy the freedom of not caring & just being yourself without worrying about validation or acceptance. PS...you do not look Gen X. You look Millennial at most, even elder Gen Z.
Our parents allowed us to camp out on the roof of our carport.😳 Thinking back, I’m pretty sure One of us could’ve rolled off the roof at anytime. We had a blast, I wouldn’t change a thing! 👊💪❤️🤣
Gen X men don't talk like women.
Gen Xr of 67 here. If my Dad knew about my "homemade firecrackers", I wouldn't be breathing today! These days, most people would call them IEDs. I NEVER wanted to hurt ANYONE!!! I just wanted to see how big of a hole I could make in the ground. Ever see a shell crater?🤭 I was good! I still have ALL my fingers and toes!!! But I never tell anyone why my eyebrows are so thin and sparse!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Adding... I did this from age 8 (yes, I was a smart little guy!) until about 14. Then I found my first real girlfriend, and forgot all about making bigger "firecrackers". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is it ok after dilution by Dpg Use Dpg instead of ethanol?
Stereoblind isn’t actually a term we use in the field. There are so many factors that can contribute to the lack of stereo perception including constricted functional visual fields, strabismus, and binocular vision disorders. Stereopsis is a way to measure the functionality. It can be achieved if not functioning well. Suppression is the term used for “seeing with one eye” although both eyes are used, but it is now beginning ti be described as a decreased sensitivity to visual motion rather than the brain such ignoring one eye. It’s also more than simply working with the eyes. The purpose of vision is to direct action through the use of information as derived by radiant energy. The feet actually affect the way the eyes are direct and used. Poor gross motor development affects vision and stereo as well. Many people do get improvements with therapy with only the eyes without the gross motor component, but a simple Brock string can make vision disorders such as convergence excess, esophoria or divergence insufficiency worse. It’s not merely about cranking out the activity but also the attitudes and techniques with these, so a proper diagnosis is paramount. For some of these binoculars problems, some can be quite stubborn, and pending the age, can be difficult to make permanent breakthroughs. Many people do, but this must be understood by those who have the more stubborn ones. Example would be mid-aged esotropic adults. Despite all this, the best way to find a doctor is through the COVD (now OVDR) and the OEPF. For those with problems due to head injury, NORA is another resource.
@@StripedCheeseBread Abdolutely! For me the Brockstring was pivotal I however had to undergo rigorous training with a specialist to activate both image convergence and coordination of both eyes. All this helped greatly but can’t say it’s 💯. I will revert back if I work extensively on a computer, in darker lighting (forget driving for longer distances at night) or anytime my eyes are tired. I also have certain important limitations in my peripheral vision especially on the right side. Following an object side to side can throw my vision off sync for a bit. 🤷🏽♂️
@@artandalchemyparfum many have that one activity that just puts everything together. in my experience, there is not much reverting back after therapy. There are a few exceptional cases and diagnosis though. Sounds like you got some more work cut out for you. You’ll get there. Most of the time progress is maintained by wearing a good prescription customized for the computer distance.
I'd never heard of this condition before but it was fascinating to learn. Really happy to hear your journey is going so well. Welcome to the 3D club!
@@stereohype1 It was the same thing for me. When they told me 🤯. I never realized I was doing this wrong. 🤷🏽♂️
This has become my signature and favorite fragrance to wear. It's elegant and timeless. I have multiple back up bottles now.
Heh, Stereonlined
This is probably a prank
@@emmanuel.m.4987 It would be a pretty elaborate one wouldn’t it. Actually this condition affects more ppl than we know. Check out this Ted Talk on the subject. th-cam.com/video/XCCtphdXhq8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=q-NIUuQcRZZtZdXD
Nope, someone that I knew was red/green color blind, low night vision, and this right here. It kinda hit him hard with the visual disabilities.
i got this due to very bad vision in one eye from keratoconus, so i learned to rely on my good eye, and even cross my eyes in deep focus to get the visual noise from the bad eye out of my central focus. Really messes with your perception of reality, kind of kickstarted derealization for me. Also no way this guy is 43 or older🤯
I’m 47 now!!!! 😱