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Sweet as a Baby's Bottom: Benzoin resin

Posted 1st July 2009 at 08:07 AM by JaimeB
Baby's bottom? Well, you see, the smell of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder is due in large part to benzoin, an aromatic resin derived from different trees of the genus Styrax. So if and when you powder your baby's butt, you may catch a whiff of this amazing balsamic resin.

Benzoin is often called a "powdery" note in perfumery because it really does seem to recall, with a few other perfume ingredients, the smell of powder. Among these other "powder" notes are orris
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