Consumers continue to sniff out home fragrance products, and as expected, scented candles lead the way. Statistics now show that more than three-fourths of all candles sold are scented.
Candle manufactures undergo numerous evaluations of formulations that are usually custom-created by a fragrance developer. Alpine Aromatics Northeast and International Sales Representative, Robert Yorey, Jr. says that most believed that candle sales would continue to go flat or reach maturity, but the numbers don’t reflect that theory. Scented candle sales continue to boost, as newer technologies and candle scents become available.
Many personal care and household product manufactures are going more natural or “Green”. This growing trend has caused many fragrance manufactures to re-evaluate and reformulate many existing fragrance formulations. Some fragrance houses contain hundredes of thousands of fragrance formulations, or more. The fragrance house of today, is nothing like it’s grandfather of yesterday. It is more commonplace to see expanding regulatory and quality control departments due to these changes.
Challenges will continue to grow as product developers seek safer and more natural compositions for their product lines. Slowly but surely, aroma chemicals used in fragrance creation are being black-listed and banned from formulations. EU compliances, IFRA compliances, and propositions such as Prop 65, are narrowing the ingredient list for perfumers making duplication and/or creations more difficult to perform.
You can expect to see more products featuring “green” claims and more natural fragrance types such as Citrus, Lavender, Exotic Herbs, and such. Organic fragrances will soon be the biggest fad of all, most likely requiring fragrance houses to re-evaluate their primitive production facilities and conform to organic standards.
Robert Yorey, Jr. is a full-time Sales Executive for Alpine Aromatics, covering the Northeast United States and International Sectors. Alpine Aromatics custom creates and manufactures fragrances for personal care, home air care, fine fragrance, industry, and more. Robert can be reached via email at ryoreyjr@alpinearomatics.com
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