There are flower scents that are impossible to extract. These are called silent flowers. These flowers, whose scent perfumes the garden or the room when in plant form, give no essence. To the great despair of perfumers, they cannot appreciate an absolute or an essence of lily of the valley, honeysuckle, white lily, gardenia, jacinth, syringa or even sweet peas.
 
Regardless of the extraction process, steam distillation or extraction with volatile solvents, nothing works. It takes the work of the perfumer to reconstitute the scent of these flowers. This is called reconstitution and each perfumer has his or her own way of perceiving and restoring it.
 
What is a reconstruction?
A reconstitution is a mini-perfume, which may be made up of around ten constituents.

In conventional perfumery, perfumers would mix synthetics and naturals to recreate the subtle scent of lily of the valley:

• Phenylethyl alcohol (green leaf side of the rose) 
• Rose essence (richness of the rose)
• Hydroxycitronellal (lily of the valley green side of the rose)
• Rhodinol (geranium and mint side of the rose)
• Citronellol (fresh side and lemongrass of the rose)
• Linalool (fresh side of the rose)

 
What about with natural raw materials? You can choose essences that are rich in the molecules mentioned above or that have a score that is close to it. 
 
Certified Natural Perfumers will only use essences and absolutes. No isolates! 
And that is all the art of the natural perfumer. They will control the olfactory totum of the plant and its maceration. The master key is a great knowledge of raw materials! Each natural perfumer can thus offer olfactory variants with a greener, fresher note, etc. 
  
Here are some ways to restore the delicate, carefree and innocent scent of lily of the valley using only naturals, the essences that you could use are:

• Chinese geranium richer in citronellol,
• Damascus rose,
• Petitgrain for its green note,
• Violet leaves absolute or litsea cubeba with its fresh green side, ... 

 
And you, what would you use?
​May you practice and be inspired by this exercise in style!
 
More about Lily of the Valley 

Beginning to study perfumery has always been a dream of mine.
I grew up in the countryside where you can smell the flowers in the air during the spring and summer. Life had its clock: the one of Nature. It was a simple but fulfilling life. I was a child then and I can only acknowledge that now when I’m looking back. 
Of course, that part of my life and education never abandoned me. I have tried to grow plants, flowers, harvest berries, and wild fruits when it was possible. Botany was and is one of my hobbies.

I did not consider other kinds of perfumery than the natural one. 
With time, studies in philosophy and aesthetics, visual design, and communication I did acquire a taste for perfumes. Not only to use them as an accessory but as a statement or comfort smell. My inquisitive nature and curiosity brought me to want to know more about perfumery, about what was behind a fragrance. I learned, studied, experimented, eventually began making scented candles and soaps for my friends then later for a couple of shops. Here, playing with waxes and essences, I rediscovered the nature of the essential oils, the healing power of plants, resins, and flowers: all things I was thought by my grandmother and mother when I was younger. I did not consider other kinds of perfumery than the natural one. Of course, I am curious, and I tried different aroma chemicals. I wanted to know them, how they smell, what they do, how they behave. But there was nothing like the “living “essence of the plant, the energy still vibrating through the raw material, evolving, changing: no still life photography but a kaleidoscope of power and vibrancy.
 
Studying natural perfumery has given me the possibility to dwell deeper, to discover new notions, to recognize my mistakes and learn from them, learn from others, which have experience and knowledge. 
 
Today, when I smell an essential oil, I do not smell only the aroma, but I can see them live it is bearing, the power of thousands of plants and flowers. I am aware that to know few raw materials is not enough. The studies never end, there is always something new to learn or to share. Be able to extract my own raw material is a rare value. I can get to know the material before extraction by planting, by taking care, by harvesting. Maybe what is more important: I do not only take from Nature, but I give back planting again, giving flowers for the insects, seeds from the plants for the animals…. I do replicate a circle of life and I help sustain it. It may be not much, but it is still something. I like to think that out there are other people which do the same thing. In the end from small thing may come a big change.

Natural raw material for me is like a living creature: it must be conquered, tamed, but never broken or forced. It is a living, shape-shifting being that evolves in every instant of its life. Like a flower, it opens and delivers its beauty. Working with a material I have cared for as a plant, watched it grow and flourish, harvested by my own, transformed into something new (a tincture, an extract) its indescribable feeling. It is not just an essence, but it is much more: in every drop of it, you can see its life force awaken again and again. The tiny drop of home-brewed raw material brings a new level of complexity and originality. Maybe in this case the creation of perfume begins even earlier, when the plant grows from a seed or when the bud opens to a fragrant flower, I imagine how to capture its fragrance to incorporate it in perfume. 
 
There are an incalculable power and satisfaction in being able to work with a raw material extracted by myself. Its strength and its splendor acquire a more personal connotation because it not only contains the essence of a plant or a flower but also a part of my life, of my commitment, of my efforts. The return to the true art of natural perfumery lies precisely in returning to its roots, to relearn how to extract raw materials with traditional methods to enrich the spectrum of the perfumer with dyes, pomades, extracts, etc. These techniques are well suited to productions in small quantities allowing us to create something new and unusual.
 
Using the plants collected in the woods, in the fields, or cultivated in our gardens or terraces the simple processes of these techniques are well suited to be used to extract small amounts of unique fragrance matter. At the same time, this procedure also becomes the way of getting to know the material better. We accompany it from seed with care to maturity when it can reward us with its very essence.
 
Together we will rediscover these techniques and experiment with their applications to our art by taking from nature what it can offer us and at the same time giving back contributing to an almost inexhaustible life cycle.
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April 29 is International Bee Day. Let's add colors to bee’s lives in replanting flowers and plants they like.  If you don’t have a garden, add some plants or flowers on your balcony and a small cup of water for bees.

Why International Bee Day ?
Since April 29 - 2013, the European Commission decided to enforce its wide ban on widely used insecticides linked to serious harm in bees. The landmark suspension was a victory for millions of environment campaigners concerned about dramatic declines in bees who were backed by experts at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Since this day, every year on April 29, we are celebrating International Bee Day to develop awareness about the importance to protect bee work.
  
Protect Honeybees
Latest reports were telling that agricultural plays an important role in the development of the health of honeybees. It was found out that the overall health of honeybees is greatly influenced by production in agriculture.
Many of our native plants require pollination to spread their seeds from plant to plant, and we depend on bees for agricultural production.
They also provide a way to reconnect with nature. By keeping bees in our garden and farms, it's a way for us to engage with our natural environment.
 
Everyone should contribute to the survival of bees
Bees are important not only for their production of honey but also for the survival of our natural foods. Bees and other pollinators are part of our important eco-system allowing us to enjoy fruits and vegetables. 
Since regulators and politicians can play an important role in forbidding pesticides and promoting natural pest controls, then everyone has an important role to play in the protection of bees and pollinators.

The lack of fragrant flower fields on Earth is becoming a real problem for the bees.
Replanting flowers on the planet will also support the bee’s work.
The Perfume Industry should take a huge responsibility in the current decline of bees. Perfume used to be made from flowers and there were thousands of flower fields all over the planet giving work to millions of people. Since the chemical industry took over the cosmetic industry, flower fields have been replaced by synthetics and brands are giving consumers the image of flowers instead of real flowers.
 
Bees have a very powerful sense of smell, 100 times more powerful than a human’s.
Honeybees use their antennae to detect odor. According to research by the National Institutes of Health, published in the "Genome Research" journal, honeybees have 170 odor receptors, or chemoreceptors, in their antennae. This is high for an insect -- fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have 62 receptors and mosquitos (Anopheles gambiae) have 79. The honeybee’s sense of smell is so sensitive that it can detect the trace of a scent in flight. This ability equips the bee to effectively and efficiently locate pollen-rich flowers. Once the scent is detected on the antennae, the bee’s hypersensitive olfactory path processes the information, enabling the bee to determine the relevance of the scent to their search for pollen. Honeybees use their sense of smell to locate other bees and for finding food as well.
In contrast to their highly developed sense of smell, the bee’s sense of taste is somewhat basic. They use their tongues, which contain taste buds, to detect sour, bitter and sweet -- the same range of taste detection that humans use -- but since they gather lots of information from smell, enabling them to taste before the pollen touches the tongue, they’ve effectively done all of the research necessary before the sustenance reaches their mouths. Since bees provide benefits to plants by means of pollination, plants have not evolved any defense mechanisms against bees. This means that no plants produce distasteful or harmful pollen.
 
In asking for Natural Perfumes, you can help the bees
In asking for Natural Perfumes, you can help change the whole perfume industry distribution chain. Asking for Natural Perfumes is, in effect, asking the perfume industry to return to replanting flowers and plants instead of producing synthetic copies of flowers for perfumes in laboratories.
Look for Certified Natural Perfumers in our directory. 
 
Creating our own little garden could also be a beautiful gift for bees.
Gardens are healing since plants have beneficial effects on human beings. Creating our own gardens in our back yards or on our balconies will help us to reconnect with nature and make a beautiful invitation for bees and other pollinators. Bees can also be thirsty, so add a small cup of water for them. 
As strong thoughts are very powerful too, meditate for the bees and visualize them in their full happiness. 
Join us every year to celebrate International Bee Day. Send us your activities for Bee Day and we will publish them.
 
Join our Facebook Group
To learn more about the important connection with natural foods, natural perfumes, flower fields and bees join our Bee group on Facebook Friends who like International Perfume Foundation like Bees

More links
 
-Climate change is affecting the bees

-Beemapper is a new application to get an handle on how many bees your garden or field could attract

-Agricultural production improves health of honey bees urban activities relate to colony development
 
-Minding your bees
 
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Humans have produced 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and most of it is sitting in the environment.
Plastic is entering the food chain of fish and birds and is changing the PH of our oceans. It gets into the food we eat and even the air we breathe.
Mixed glass, metal and plastic used in perfume bottles are not recyclable because they cannot be separated.  Packaging and Packing are thrown away and are not being recycled.  
Unless decisive action is taken, by 2050 there could be more plastic in the sea by weight than fish.
The cosmetic industry is not the worst industry but needs to act rapidly to show alternatives that reduce environmental impact, and reflect brand values, not to be pointed as a bad player. This industry has the possibility to become the leader of all industries towards sustainability!
The world uses billions of packaging every day.  
We need to take the opportunity of the New Luxury Awards to show to the world that not only do we really care, but we are doing something about it !
Sustainability is no longer an option, it is an obligation. 

Les humains ont produit 9.1 milliards de tonnes de plastique depuis 1950 et la majorité se retrouve dans l’environnement.  Le plastique entre dans la chaîne alimentaire, il se retrouve dans les poissons et les oiseaux et change le PH de nos océans. Il pénètre dans la nourriture que nous mangeons et même dans l'air que nous respirons.
Les mélanges de verre, de métal et de plastique utilisés dans les flacons de parfum ne sont pas recyclables car ils ne peuvent être séparés les uns des autres. Les emballages sont jetés et ne sont pas recyclés.
À moins que des mesures décisives ne soient prises d'ici 2050, il pourrait y avoir en poids plus de plastique dans la mer que de poissons.
L'industrie cosmétique n'est pas la pire industrie mais doit agir rapidement pour montrer des alternatives qui réduisent l'impact environnemental et reflètent les valeurs de la marque, pour ne pas être qualifiée de mauvais acteur. 
Nous devons profiter de l'occasion des New Luxury Awards pour montrer au monde que non seulement nous en sommes conscients, mais que nous mettons tout en oeuvre pour changer ces emballages!
Le monde utilise des milliards d'emballages chaque jour.
Cette industrie a la possibilité de devenir le leader de toutes les industries vers la durabilité!
La durabilité n'est plus une option, c'est une obligation!

To be sustainable a packaging should be refillable, reusable, recyclable or beautiful enough to be collectible.
If the packaging cannot be recyclable because the materials used cannot be separated or because the material used cannot be recyclable, create packaging that no one wants to throw away: create collectible packaging.
If you receive a perfume like this snake shaped bottle, would you throw it away ?

Pour être durable, un emballage doit être rechargeable, réutilisable,  recyclable ou doit devenir un objet de collection.
Si l'emballage ne peut pas être recyclable parce que les matériaux utilisés ne peuvent être séparés ou que les matériaux utilisés ne peuvent être recycler, créez des emballages que personne ne voudra jeter: créez des emballages de collection.
Si vous recevez un parfum comme ce flacon en forme de serpent, le jetteriez-vous?

¿Ha perdido curiosamente en su perfume su fragancia rosa?
¿De repente todo a dejado de oler? ¿Encuentra que ahora su comida es insípida?
Informes recientes sugieren que la pérdida de su sentido del olfato, una condición conocida como anosmia, es un síntoma común de COVID19.
Perder nuestra capacidad de oler es uno de los síntomas más misteriosos del coronavirus.
Según las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en Europa, más del 85% de los pacientes con coronavirus, experimentan este problema.
La mayoría de estos pacientes también experimentan una pérdida del sentido del gusto, una condición conocida como disgeusia. Esto es lógico,
ya que el olfato juega un papel importante en el sentido del gusto. De hecho, hasta el 85% del sabor puede depender del olfato.
Al perder su sentido olfativo, algunas personas pueden experimentar depresión, sentimientos de abandono o inseguridad.
Que la anosmia y la disgeusia son dos síntomas característicos de COVID19 es la conclusión a la que llegan muchas universidades en todo el mundo. 
El objetivo de este libro es darle una mejor comprensión de la importancia de un sentido poco cultivado: el sentido del olfato.
Cómo, a partir de una molécula química en nuestro entorno por una dolencia, una flor o una fragancia, logramos crear en nuestro cerebro algo llamado
«olor» que está relacionado con el gusto, la memoria, las emociones pero también con el bienestar y la salud física.
¿Cómo un trauma, un cáncer o una infección viral como COVID19 podrían estar alterando este sentido olfativo?
Y finalmente, ¿qué tratamientos están disponibles en base al entrenamiento olfativo?

Sobre la autora:
Creezy Courtoy es historiadora y antropóloga especializada en perfumería y olfato. También es fundadora y presidenta de la fundación sin ánimo de lucro: International Perfume Foundation.

Prefacio: 
Marc Luyckx Ghisi.  Marc Luyckx Ghisi se graduó en matemáticas y filosofía y tiene un doctorado en teología. Después de un tiempo que lo llevó a Italia, Brasil y Estados Unidos, fue, durante casi diez años, asesor de los presidentes de la UE Delors y Santer en la Célula Prospectiva de la Comisión Europea en Bruselas.

Traducciòn: Esperança Cases

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Vous découvrez soudain que vous ne sentez plus rien ? Votre parfum semble avoir perdu son odeur de rose ?  Vos aliments n’ont-ils plus de goût ?
De plus en plus d’études commencent à s’intéresser au fait que cette perte d’odorat, un état nommé anosmie, est l’un des symptômes de la COVID19.
C’est le plus mystérieux des symptômes liés au coronavirus et ceux qui en sont affectés perdent leur habilité à sentir.
L’objectif de ce livre est de faire mieux comprendre l’importance de ce sens méconnu qu’est l’odorat.  
Comment à partir d’une molécule chimique diffusée dans notre environnement par un aliment, une fleur ou un parfum, on parvient à créer dans notre cerveau quelque chose que l’on appelle « odeur » qui est lié au goût, à la mémoire et aux émotions, mais aussi au bien-être et à la santé physique ?  
Comment un traumatisme, un cancer ou une infection virale comme la Covid19 peuvent-ils affecter le sens olfactif?  Et quels traitements basés sur l’entrainement olfactif peut-on proposer? 

L'être humain a perdu son sens olfactif et doit réapprendre à sentir. 
​Cet ouvrage apporte un espoir de renouveau de chacun de nos sens, une nouvelle manière d’appréhender la vie en remettant l’odorat à sa place à côté de l’ouïe, de la vue et du toucher, de manière à équilibrer chacun de nos sens pour sentir et se sentir bien.

Note sur l'auteur:
Creezy Courtoy est historienne et anthropologue, spécialiste du parfum. Elle est aussi Fondatrice et Présidente de l’International Perfume Foundation.
Au travers de ses recherches, l'auteur passe du temps avec les gorilles pour mieux comprendre le sens de l’olfaction, considéré aujourd’hui comme primaire et rejeté par nos sociétés au bénéfice de la vue et se l’ouïe.
Elle créa « Les Ateliers des Petits Nez », un programme éducatif de préservation du sens olfactif chez le nouveau-né, de son développement chez l’enfant et de sa restauration chez l’adulte.

Préface: Marc Luyckx Ghisi
Marc Luyckx Ghisi est diplômé en mathématiques, en philosophie et docteur en théologie.  Après un parcours qui l’a conduit en Italie, au Brésil et aux Etats-Unis, il a été, pendant près de dix ans, conseiller des Présidents Delors et Santer à la  Cellule de Prospectives de la Commission Européenne à Bruxelles.
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Is your perfume strangely missing its rose fragrance? Does everything suddenly smell like nothing? Is your food tasteless?

Growing reports suggest that the loss of your sense of smell, a condition known as anosmia, is a common symptom of COVID19. 
Losing our ability to smell is one of the most mysterious symptoms of the coronavirus. 
According to researchers in Europe, more than 85% of coronavirus sufferers experience the problem. 
Most of these patients also experience a loss of the sense of taste, a condition known as dysgeusia.  This is logical, since olfaction plays an important role in the sense of taste. In fact, as much as 85% of taste can be dependent on olfaction.
When losing their olfactory sense, some people may experience depression, feelings of abandonment or insecurity.  
The objective of this book is to give you a better understanding of the importance of a little understood sense: the olfactory sense.  This sense has been neglected and rejected by our society since the 19th Century more focused on the senses of sight and hearing considered more “intellectual”.  

How, starting from a chemical molecule in our environment by an ailment, a flower or a fragrance, do we succeed in creating in our brain something called « a smell » which is linked to taste, memory, emotions but also to wellbeing and physical health. 

How a trauma, a cancer or a viral infection like COVID19 could be altering this olfactory sense? 
And finally, what treatments are available based on olfactory training? 

This book brings hope of renewal, putting back the olfactory sense next to sight and hearing to balance all of our senses.
Smelling and wellbeing: this will be the heritage and gifts we leave to our children and next generations.

About the author:
Creezy Courtoy is an historian and anthropologist specializing in perfume and olfaction. 
She is also Founder and Chair of the non-profit International Perfume Foundation. 
During her research the author spent a lot of time with gorillas to study the sense of olfaction.
She created « Les Ateliers des Petits Nez » Workshops for Little Noses is an educational program teaching how to preserve the olfactory sense for babies, to develop it for children and to restore it for adults. 

Preamble by Marc Luyckx Ghisi.  
He was, for almost ten years, adviser to EU Presidents Delors and Santer at the European Commission's Prospective Cell in Brussels.

Edited by Terry Johnson.

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La compétition est lancée par l’International Perfume Foundation.
La compétition a été annoncée à l'ADF-PCD New York le 18 septembre  2019.
La première sélection de gagnants sera annoncée le 15 janvier 2020 et leurs projets seront exposés pendant le salon ADF-PCD à Paris les 29 et 30 janvier 2020 
Les gagnants seront annoncés le 30 janvier 2020.
 
Donnez-nous votre Vision du Futur!
Vous êtes parfumeur, ingénieur en packaging ou designer ? 
Vous êtes le futur de cette industrie !
Vous êtes inspiré par le Nouveau Code du Luxe. 
Donnez-nous votre vision du futur et faites vous connaître !
Que sera le parfum en 2025 ?
 
Notre objectif est de stimuler la créativité pour le parfum et son packaging en adoptant le Nouveau Code du Luxe comme code de respect pour tout ce qui nous entoure.
 
Cette compétition a aussi pour objectif de rapprocher les parfumeurs des designers et les écoles de parfumerie des écoles de packaging.
Ensemble, Faisons de Notre Industrie un Exemple d’Environnement Durable !
 
Le Jury 
Le jury est composé d’Académiciens, Membres de la Teacher’s Academy, d’Experts et d’Influenceurs de renommée mondialede l’industrie du parfum et de l’emballage de luxe.
 
La Compétition est ouverte aux:  
- Parfumeurs Naturels suivant les directives de l’International Perfume Foundation
- Gradués des Écoles de Parfumerie Naturelle
- Étudiants en Parfumerie Naturelle 
- Designers en Packaging/ Emballage d’expédition
- Ingénieurs en Packaging / Emballage d’expédition
- Gradués des Écoles de Packaging 
- Etudiants en Packaging/ Emballage d’expédition

​LES RÈGLES DU CONCOURS
Créer un Parfum, un Packaging et un Emballage d’Expédition respectant le Nouveau Code du Luxe.
 
Pour le Parfum
Respecter les directives de l’International Perfume Foundation. 
Créer un parfum avec une “âme” et une histoire à raconter.
 
Pour le Packaging
- Créer un Packaging que personne ne veut jeter.
- Créer un Packaging avec une “âme” et une histoire à raconter
- Éviter d’utiliser du plastique et des matériaux non recyclables.
- Éviter de mélanger des matériaux si ils ne peuvent être facilement séparés afin d’être recyclés 
- Ergonomie / Fonctionnalité (le packaging doit être facile à ranger, à tenir en main, à ouvrir et à fermer)
-Tous les modèles présents doivent être nouveaux, ne peuvent pas avoir été commercialisés ou avoir été publiés avant la date de la compétition. 
- L’utilisation de logo n’est pas admise sauf si votre travail est associé à celui d’un parfumeur inscrit à la compétition. 
La compétition est ouverte aux parfumeurs mais pas aux marques.
 
Pour l’Emballage d’Expédition
- Protection du produit (L’emballage doit protéger le produit pendant toute la chaine logistique). 
- Utilisation de matériaux renouvelables et biodégradables, de matériaux pratiques, écologiques, recyclables ou réutilisables.  
 
LES SPECIFICATIONS POUR LA SOUMISSION
Tous les envois se font par poste et doivent contenir:
- Une description de minimum 50 mots soulignant l’idée et les bénéfices du concept.  
- Les langages de la compétition sont l’Anglais et le Français.
 
Pour les Designers et Ingénieurs:
-  Un minimum de 6 photos/illustrations sur fond blanc.
Les participants peuvent soumettre le matériel suivant (optionnel):
- Des visuels 3D.
- Une vidéo créative (max. 30 MB) présentant le concept. 
 
Pour les Parfumeurs:
- Un minimum de 6 échantillons de parfum. 
- Le description et les critères du parfum.
- La liste des matières premières utilisées. 
 
Frais d'enregistrement:
Individuel: 50€
Etudiants: 25€
 
Début de l’enregistrement: le 9 octobre 2019  
Fin de l’enregistrement: le 10 novembre 2019
Début de la soumission: le 1er janvier 2020 
Fin de la soumission: le 15 Janvier 2020
 
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#newluxuryawards2019

The International Perfume Foundation launches the competition.
The winning selection will be announced on January 15-2020 and displayed during the ADF-PCD show in Paris on January 29 and 30- 2020. The winners will be announced during on January 30- 2020.

Give us Your Vision of the Future
Are you perfumer, packaging engineer or designer?
You are the future of this industry!
Are you inspired by the New Luxury Code?
Give us your vision of the future!
What will be perfume in 2025?
Our objective is to stimulate creativity in perfume and packaging in adopting the New Luxury Code as sustainability standards for Authenticity, Integrity and Transparency.
This competition has also for objective to create a link between new perfumers, new designers, and students in perfumery and students in packaging.
Together Let’s Make our Industry a Leader in Sustainability!

Jury
The jury is composed by Academicians, Members of the Teacher’s Academy, experts and world renowned influencers from the perfume and packaging industry who will first choose up to 10 entries to be shortlisted.

Competition opened to:
- Natural Perfumers following the standards of the International Perfume Foundation
- Graduates of a Natural Perfumery Schools
- Students in Natural Perfumery
- Designers in Packaging/ Packing
- Engineers in Packaging / Packing
- Graduates of a Packaging and Packing Schools
- Students in Packaging/Packing

Rules and Key factors
Creating a Perfume, Packaging or Packing following the New Luxury Code.

For Perfume
Respect the standards of the International Perfume Foundation for Certification.
Creating a perfume with a soul and a story to tell.

For Packaging
- Creating Packaging that no one wants to throw away.
- Creating Packaging with a soul and a story to tell.
- Avoiding using plastics or non-recyclable material.
- Avoiding mixing materials if they cannot be easily separate for recycling.
- Ergonomics / Functionality (the package should be easy to store, hold, open and close)
-All designs presented will have to be new, not having been commercialized or published prior to the date of the contest.
- The use of existing logo is not permitted except if your work is associated with the work of a perfumer also competing. Understanding that the competition is open to perfumers only, not to the brands.

For Packing
Product protection (package protects the product throughout the logistics chain).
Sustainability (use of renewable and biodegradable materials, material efficiency, material savings, recyclability, reusability)

SUBMISSIONS SPECIFICATIONS
All submissions must be made by post mail and must contain:
- Description (min. 50 words) outlining the inspiration and benefits of the concept.
- The competition languages are English and French.
 
For Designers and Engineers:
- Up to 6 photos/illustrations on white background.
Participants can submit the following material (optional):
- 3D visuals
- Creative video (max. 30 MB) presenting the concept. 
 
For Perfumer:
- Up to 6 sample vials of perfume 
- Description and criteria of the perfume
- List of raw material used

​Registration Fees
Individual: 50€
Students: 25€
 
Open for registration: October 9-2019 
Closing registration:  November 10-2019
 
Open for submission: January 1-2020 
Closing submission:  January 15-2020
 
Ask for a registration file

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#sustainablepackaging
#sustainablepacking
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​PRESS RELEASE
         
The International Perfume Foundation NY is pleased to announce its alliance with the ADF-PCD show in New York
The event will take place September 17-18, 2019 at the Altman Building & Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, in the heart of Manhattan.
 
Program
 
DISCOVER CERTIFIED NATURAL PERFUMERY AND MEET NATURAL PERFUMERS 
September 17, 2019From 9 am to 6 pm
September 18, 2019From 9 am to 5 pm 
Natural Perfumery has been used since the ancient times. Today, with increasing demand for natural products, healthier lifestyles and the need to reconnect with nature, flowers and plants are coming back into our perfumes. 
Experience the difference in presence of Laurie Stern, Rodney Hughes, Olivia Larson, Neeta Singh... and more perfumers to be announced soon.
 
THE PERFUME ROADS
September 17, 2019: 4pm in ICONLounge
Launch and book signing: THE PERFUME ROADS,
Author: Creezy Courtoy  Foreword: Pierre Dinand 
 
 “The whole program related to LES ROUTES DU PARFUM (The Perfume Roads) attracted all my attention. The promotion of perfume as elemental part of the historical and cultural heritage is an excellent initiative. It is aligned with the UNESCO’s mission for the preservation and the valorisation of the cultural heritage, in particular non material.”
UNESCO Patronage – Hernan Crepo-Toral, Deputy Director General of Culture
 
Creezy Courtoy is a perfume historian and anthropologist.
She is also Founder and Chair of the non-profit International Perfume Foundation whose mission is education, protection and preservation of the important perfume heritage. 
For her project THE PERFUME ROADS, Creezy Courtoy received UNESCO’s high patronage.
 
THE FUTURE OF FRAGRANCE PACKAGING
September18, 2019   Between 12 and 12:45pm
https://www.easyfairs.com/adf-pcd-new-york-2019/adf-pcd-new-york-2019/conferences/future-beauty-packaging-live
Conference: The Future of Fragrance Packaging
A panel organized in collaboration with the International Perfume Foundation
Moderator: International Perfume Foundation Founder and Chair Creezy Courtoy; 
Guest Speakers: Natural Perfumers Laurie Stern and Rodney Hughes.
 
Part 1 The State of Packaging 
The evolution of fragrance packaging in history  
Why is packaging, health and the environment, a 21th century major issue?
Will consumer’s needs for sustainability and the return to natural products drive important and necessary changes in tomorrow’s fragrance packaging?
What efforts will be needed to follow the New Luxury Code?
What are the issues in improving packaging and packing today?
 Is it an opportunity for veteran designers and new players?
 
We invite you to Paris for 
Part 2: Sustainable Packaging Veteran Designers and New Players 
On January 30th, 2020 
 
COCKTAILS & LA IN CONCERT
September 17, 2019: From 4:30pm onwards
Cocktails and LA in Concert,
LA, IPF Youth Ambassador is a talented composer, songwriter, singer, musician and DJ  
She incorporates American Sign Language (ASL) into her dance choreography to give meaning to her songs.
https://www.la-official.com