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BASES MAY HELP IN COMPLIANCE BY PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES There is another genre of the Perfume Base where the intent is to recreate a popular fine fragrance for a functional product, say Incense Sticks. Here, the bases act as a bridge between the “desired fragrance profile” and “cost-performance ratio expectation”. As a matter of fact, in modern times, no high-class fragrance at the client specified budget is possible without the use of Bases. With the usage of Bases, we can create instantly recognizable scents such as the legendary “Chanel No.5” but without using any of the naturals used in the real version. This is justified by Robert R. Calkin and J. Stephan Jellinek when they mention, “The average consumer of today is frequently more concerned with performance, in terms of strength and staying power, than with the beauty and subtlety of a perfume.” Perfumery bases also address the issues posed by various regulations that restrict or prohibit the use of certain ingredients by providing permissible alternatives. Perfume Bases have also come to the rescue of Perfumers by providing them with “chemical bases” as a solution to combat the shortage and/or steep price rise in commodity as well as speciality chemicals. For example, “DHM-Base”, “Timberol- Base”, “Lyral-Base” and so on that flooded the Indian market in the recent past. Even large green scent! Such bases also assist newcomers to perfumery! The perfumery base can be considered equivalent to Stock photography, Stock Template, or a prefabricated structure! Many such bases like Selvone and Althenol were created by Jean Carles, the famous Givaudan-Roure perfumer, for not only his in-house use but also for his less-experienced clients. In a way, bases also ensure customer loyalty. Once a customer has used a perfumery base in a compound, he will continue to do so in all the future batches to ensure uniformity. The chemist can break the formula derived from GCMS analysis into different groups – for example, Benzyl Acetate, Indole, Alpha Amyl Cin Ald in a Jasmine Micro-Base while PEA and Rose Crystals in a Rose Micro-Base. Later, these individual micro-bases can be assembled into a final modular formula. Bases can also help in maintaining the secrecy of a formula within an organization. Chief Perfumer from Location A will create an X-base with the most important molecules and leave the work of adding commodities at Location B to the junior perfumer. C O M P L I A N C E P A R F U M P L U S 34