Everything you need to know about Schiff bases in perfumery

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00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Understanding Schiff bases
04:33 - How Schiff bases can ruin your perfume
09:03 - Using Schiff bases to your advantage
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[@amandaberns5749]

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[@irtiazsairaz903]

Awesome work. dont stop. Up ntil now i havent found any content such as yours that explains perfumery in such detail.

[@sammacer]

Thank you

[@dofuskama9745]

Man Your channel is a gold mine!!!

[@amanmazumder6969]

Awesome content. U actually explained Schiff bases in such concise words it just blew my mind away. Great work bro. Keep up the good work.

[@sammacer]

Thank you 🙏

[@logocracycopy]

An excellent video and super timely. I was just reading a section about Schiff Bases in "Perfumery Principals and Practices" this morning but your explanation was a lot clearer. Really great work.

[@sammacer]

Great book, one of my favourites. And cheers.

[@radhikadagaonkar2731]

Hey Sam! Your videos are superb👌your explanation skills and the content is just amazing!

[@ellusilva]

Sam, amazing video! I love Chemistry and I didn't know about that. The possibilities are countless and may lead to very good results. It's really a good thing to explore in creations.

[@sammacer]

Thank you!

[@jasperdrak]

Your videos are fantastic. This informations is invaluable. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge.

[@sammacer]

Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you can make use of the knowledge

[@bentleycreative6407]

great video, I've been hearing a lot about schiff bases recently and didn't really understand them, so thanks for such a detailed and clear explanation

[@sammacer]

Glad it clears things up. Cheers Scott.

[@daniellabuda7744]

Truly inspiring. A really fabulous content. You have earned a next fan, Sam. I am really passionated about perfumery from the technical chemical side, so I really appreciate this type of content. Great work.

[@sammacer]

Thank you!

[@tubui9508]

Nice video. Please keep doing these chemistry videos in the future. DYI perfumer really need them

[@sammacer]

Thanks. I will do some for sure, though I try not to do them all the time as I think some people don't enjoy them as much.

[@mpay503]

Would love more of these!

[@kurush61]

Oooh I literally heard about this today for the first time! Funny how this works. Looking forward to seeing the video.

[@sammacer]

Enjoy!

[@e.rvanrood7373]

This man is brilliant! Lead me anywhere!

[@topnotesfragrance]

great video as always man!!

[@sammacer]

Thank you!

[@curioclassicperfumeguide]

I am not a perfumer, I am a perfume lover just like you. I was very curious about the fragrances and being watched videos, read books and articles , Indian and Western. Now I am sharing videos of fragrances formulation .

[@JayMannStuff]

Just looked up where Methyl anthranilate is found in essential oils. So many Citrus oils have them. No wonder mixing naturals and synthetics is so hard. No wonder people try to make a Synthetic version of a natural essential oil. Bergamot, neroli, gardenia, champak, tuberose, Jasmine, lemon, Ylang Ylang, strawberry, mandarine orange, lemon. Schiff bases explain so much. Thank you for this video.

[@sammacer]

That's super interesting, I didn't realise it was found naturally in citrus

[@JayMannStuff]

@@sammacer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_anthranilate#Occurrence

[@sammacer]

@@JayMannStuff I'm always unsure of info like that as it doesn't have a reference, but it may well be the case

[@JayMannStuff]

@@sammacer Yep, I saw the same thing. Tried to find other sources, didn't find any. However, it does match my experience mixing fragrance oils (that probably have aldehydes) and citrus essential oils.

[@sammacer]

@@JayMannStuff The citrus oils have aldehydes in too so almost certainly!

[@vibhagaur82]

Hi Sam, you explained very nicely. Could you please make a tutorial video on Process flavours? Thanks

[@laurenbray8314]

I'm a big fan of Paul's bases and have the long lasting lemon on my psh list actually. I didnt know about it being a schiffs base. Pretty cool. I was thinking it would be great for a gourmand lemonade fragrance.

[@sammacer]

From what I gathered, the 'Schiff base' molecule is inside (amongst other molecules) Paul's 'Lemon base'. And yeah, if you try that, definitely let me know how it goes!

[@originalsupermommy]

Extremely interesting information, thank you!

[@sammacer]

Thank you!

[@saralara3047]

Thank you this was super helpful!

[@sammacer]

I'm glad it helped

[@VamseeNunna]

Thank you for the interesting and enjoyable video Sam! I have a request. Are you about to suggest any reputable sources of perfumery raw materials that do international shipping?

[@sammacer]

For that I would suggest Pell Wall or Perfumers Apprentice

[@kurush61]

Just finished watching - and again what a shock … I literally have this on order from PSH! Not sure when the order will arrive but I will let you know how the Long Lasting Lemon smells.

[@sammacer]

Haha what a coincidence. Awesome, let me know!

[@kurush61]

@@sammacer finally got my nose on it and it smells interesting. Not 1:1 with lemon at all, but has a citrus feel with almost a linalool like freshness (yet doesn’t smell like Bergamot)… my nose isn’t particularly refined haha. It’s a bit “sysnthetic” to my nose… But it lasts a long time! Good to use in low dilution for the “skeleton” of a citrus fragrance IMO

[@sammacer]

@@kurush61 Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@yunisazizli7737]

Amazing!!!!

[@yura2424]

This is very interesting

[@sammacer]

🔥

[@waqarghulam3548]

Can naturals contain amines? And are all ingredients with names end with “ate” amines?

[@ROXFRANCES]

Sam what I cant figure out is, are we heating until crystalization forms, like I seen in other videos ? And we are using the CRYSTALS ?? Or are we just heating to produce a reaction and then using the same liquid we started with ??

[@sammacer]

I haven't done it myself so I'm not sure if crystals are formed or not, sorry!

[@mpr1241]

Interesting Sam!! Thanks Could you do, one day, a video about diffusion/projection. It's a mightmare :)

[@sammacer]

Yeah I find that stuff tricky too myself, but I can try to do a video on it at some point for sure

[@mpr1241]

@@sammacer Thanks!

[@mybad4101]

I love brownish perfumes, as long as they don't stain. Why is Aurantiol so thick in comparison to the two materials alone?

[@sammacer]

From a chemistry point of view, the Schiff base reaction increased the size of the conjugated pi bond system. This can make the molecule more susceptible to absorbing light at certain wavelengths, leading to a darker colour.

[@irtiazsairaz903]

Hi Sam, I just looked at the compendium. But cannot understand what he means by Molar weight. Could you please shed some light on it.

[@sammacer]

You should look it up on google - it's the weight of one Mole (a very large number) of the molecules.

[@altan3838]

Gerçekten doğru ve güzel şeylerin tekniğini anlatıyorsun . Bravo bravo ,birazda parfüm yapımında kalıcılık nasıl yapılabilir anlatabilirmisin? türkçe yazdım umarım doğru çeviri yapılabilir.

[@sammacer]

You want to make your perfumes longer lasting? Then add more base notes :)

[@simonstergaard]

Small side note. A double bond is not stronger, it is more reactive.

[@sammacer]

In terms of reactivity, the π-bond is more reactive for sure. The double bond taken as a whole has a higher bond enthalpy however, which is what I was getting at - you can certainly say it's stronger.

[@hasnainpatta1309]

great video Sam, please do more videos explaining perfume chemistry. I have some PDF books that could help you make them. if you would like them please give me an email or something. Love form Pakistan.

[@sammacer]

I will when I can! Thanks for the offer but I have a lot of books for the moment. I appreciate it though :)