Sciences Tag

PARIS — L’Oréal and Cosmo International Fragrances have inked an exclusive partnership for a cutting-edge, scalable green sciences-based extraction process. “You actually capture the precise scent of a fresh flower,” explained Marc Blaison, president of Cosmo. The ambient scent capture uses only air, harnessing the volatile fragrance molecules of flowers, fruits and other naturally derived ingredients. The technology eschews water, heat, cooling and chemical solvents, that are all utilized in traditional scent extraction. “It uses very low energy,” explained Blaison, of the brand new technology, adding the extraction machine might be plugged into any regular electrical socket. Since flowers undergoing this green sciences extraction process retain their integrity, they typically might be utilized in a second extraction process, thus helping to scale back waste. L’Oréal...