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Tonka Bean: Banned But Beloved | Première Peau
Tonka bean is illegal. Not in a dramatic, headline-generating way. In a quiet, bureaucratic, Code of Federal Regulations way. Since 1954, the FDA has classified...
Steam Distillation: How Ingredients Are Born | Première Peau
Rose petals do not surrender their scent willingly. Steam distillation — the oldest industrial method for isolating volatile aromatic molecules from plant matter, requires between...
Grasse Perfume: Inside the World Capital | Première Peau
Grasse perfume did not begin with flowers. It began with the stench of animal hides. In the sixteenth century, this hill town above the Côte...
Enfleurage: The Near-Extinct Art of Capturing Scent | PP
Enfleurage is the slowest way to capture a smell. Petals pressed into cold animal fat, left for a day, removed, replaced by fresh ones.
Agarwood: The $100,000/kg Tree Poached to Extinction | Première Peau
Agarwood sells for more per kilogram than gold, cocaine, or rhinoceros horn.
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