# The Society of Scent: An elevated olfactory experience > Welcome to the Society of Scent\. Explore our world of fragrance—luxury for your home, body and senses\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.1, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Perfumery’s Foundational Raw Materials](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/education/ingredients-index/) - [Our Story](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/our-laboratoire/our-story/) - [Manifesto](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/our-laboratoire/manifesto/) - [The Society of Scent](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/) - [Shop](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/shop/) ## Posts - [Kurt Cobain, Chopin and Perfume](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/blog/2026/01/14/kurt-cobain-chopin-and-perfume/): What Kurt Cobain and Chopin teach us about mastering the perfumer's art - [FASHIONISTA \- Meet S\.S\.K\. \(Labs\), the New Indie Fragrance Brand ](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/blog/2025/09/15/fashionista-meet-s-s-k-labs-the-new-indie-fragrance-brand/): Read about our latest commissioned work for our friends Jeanine and Terry from S\.S\.K\. Labs\! - [MARIE CLAIRE \- These 7 Sexy Perfumes Are Sex\-Kitten Energy In a Bottle](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/blog/2026/01/20/marie-claire-these-7-sexy-perfumes-are-sex-kitten-energy-in-a-bottle/): Our founder Frederic Jacques contributes his thoughts on what makes a perfume sexy to the internationally acclaimed Marie Claire - [Why You Are Here](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/blog/2026/01/10/why-you-are-here/): A scene from the 1999 movie "The Matrix" inspires us to tell you why you are here\. - [How To Pick A Scent Like a Perfumer](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/blog/2026/01/13/how-to-pick-a-scent-like-a-perfumer/): Finding a good scent is difficult\. Find out what Master Perfumers and Aristotle can teach us about finding our signature scent\. ## Products - [Clocktail Orange \- Eau de Parfum](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/product/clocktail-orange/): MOLECULAR MIXOLOGY \- mandarine, orange bitters and ginger extract blend with the softness of meringue aldehyde and vanilla before revealing the earthy aftertaste of chocolate and patchouli\. - [Rose Verveine \- Eau de Toilette](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/product/rose-verveine/): A leisurely stroll in Claude Monet’s Giverny rose garden\. - [Asphalt Noire \- Eau de Parfum](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/product/asphalt-noire/): AROUSING KNOCKOUT VAPORS \- breathtaking birch tar, blazing cardamom and striking patchouli adorned with grandiose narcissus, nagarmotha \(cypriol\), supple leather, amber and delicate tonka bean\. - [Chocolat Patchouli \- Eau de Toilette](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/product/chocolat-patchouli/): A whimsical cocoa trip in the heart of an enchanted forest\. - [Erable Sucre \- Eau de Toilette](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/product/erable-sucre/): An indulgent maple sweet in a cozy mountain lodge\. ## Ingredients - [Narcissus](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/ingredients/narcissus/): A bulbous plant belonging to the family "Narcissus Poeticus", of the amaryllis family, also known as Jonquil\. The exact origin is unknown; yet it is believed to have originated in Persia and traveled to China through the Silk Route\. Often associated with the Greek legend of Narcissus\. The absolute is very rare and expensive as 500 kilos of flowers are needed to produce a kilo of "concrete or absolute", it is produced by solvent extraction\. The scent of the absolute is sweet and floral \(tuberose like\) with green\- leafy undertones\. - [Ylang Ylang](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/ingredients/ylang-ylang/): A tropical flower from a tree called "Cananga Odorata", which is native to the rainforests of tropical Asian countries, primarily Indonesia, where the flowers are spread on the beds of newly married couples\. - [Storax bark](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/ingredients/storax-bark/): It is the sapwood/gum of trees called "Liquidambar Styraciflua" and "Liquidambar Orientalis" obtained by pounding the bark of both varieties\. L\. Styraciflua comes from the Americas \(in particular Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico\), while L\.Orientalis comes from Asia Minor\. Styrax resin was imported in quantity from the Near East by Phoenician merchants, and Herodotus of Halicarnassus in the 5th century BC indicates that different kinds of "storax" were traded\. - [Sandalwood](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/ingredients/sandalwood/): “Santalum Album” from India is one of the oldest known perfume materials but is now an endangered species which demand cannot be met\. It is used all over the East in traditional incense and perfume yet most of the production goes to chewing tobacco\. Australia is the main alternative source and will become the first Santalum Album producer worldwide by 2018\. Commercially valuable sandalwood oil requires the trees to be a at least 15 years old to be harvested\. The oil is generally steam distilled from the heartwood and roots of the tree\. Its distinctive scent is warm, smooth, delicately smoky and milky\. - [Saffron](https://www.thesocietyofscent.com/ingredients/saffron/): It is the dried stigmas of the "Crocus Sativus" flower, the finest of which come from Iran\. The name for the plant comes from the Greek word krokosmeaning saffron or yellow and the Arabic word za\-fran refers to the spice\. Saffron is a part of many foods from around the world, the Minoans had pictures of saffron in their palaces as long ago as 1500\-1600 BC, showing how it could be used as a medicine\. It can take 75,000 saffron blossoms or 225,000 stigmas to produce a pound of saffron spice making it the most expensive spice in the world\. 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