For those of you not familiar with how fragrances are made, let me give you a grossly oversimplified summary of how it works.  The fragrance world is dominated by a few very large (think billions of dollars) fragrance ‘houses’ that produce most of the flavors (yes, things we eat) and fragrances in all the products we consume.  Within these fragrance ‘houses’, thousands of people are hard at work every day perfecting and improving many of the smells and tastes that you and I love, hate, or never even notice in our daily life.  With so many categories and so many products, these fragrance houses are usually organized by the application in which the fragrance or flavor will be used, the most prestigious of which is fine fragrance.  Within the world of fine fragrance, the most important role is that of the perfumers – the professional artists that are responsible for creating the olfactive masterpieces that you and I wear on our skin as perfume, cologne, or eau de toilette.