Perfumery factory and laboratory visit
by Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanit Koomhin and Asst. Prof. Dr. Apsorn Sattayakhom, our lecturer and researcher in the Center of Excellence in Innovation of Essential Oil and Bioactive Compounds.
“The Fragonard perfume factory is a must visit place when walking around the beautiful village of Èze. It is one of the most famous factories in the South of France. Another of its kind can also be found in Grasse, the French perfume capital. The visiting includes the perfume museum, the historical factory, the manufacturing techniques, the cosmetics laboratory, the manufacturing workshops and soap application workshop.”
“The laboratory is where the manufacturing operations begin. This is where the raw materials are weighed with extreme precision, then blended to form the concentrate essential oils which will then be taken to the Historical Factory in the center of Grasse and poured into the maceration vats.”
“The Perfume making is a lot like composing music including several notes. Just like a musician, the perfumer composes his perfumes seated at an organ, a stand on which all the bottles of essences he will be using are laid out. A perfume is made up of an accord, which means a blend of several notes (woody accords, chypre accords, fruity notes, floral notes). A famous perfume can take several years to be composed.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Apsorn Sattayakhom,
Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanit Koomhin
Center of Excellence in Innovation of Essential Oil and Bioactive Compounds
School of Allied Health Sciences,
Walailak University
School of Medicine,
Walailak University
Crd. photo. Source: https://usines-parfum.fragonard.com/en/