Aroma chemicalsFor a natural perfume, through chemical techniques to analyze, identify the chemical structure of their aromatic components, and then the corresponding chemical methods to produce compounds with the same structure, namely, synthetic fragrance. Aroma simulated multi-borrowed the name of natural fragrance name, such as musk ketone. Aroma chemicals can be broadly interpreted as a synthetic perfume.
In 1868, chemist Parkin in the UK the first use of coal tar to produce a aroma chemicals - coumarin (ie, p-coumaric lactone). So far, for the vast majority of natural spices, all produce weapons of a corresponding synthetic perfume. But also some of the synthetic perfume has not yet found in nature, the corresponding species, can be regarded as a true "artificial flavor."
The production of aroma chemicals , which aims to achieve a specific molecular structure of compounds, so its raw materials from natural plants and animals do not have to, but mostly coal chemical products and petrochemical products. As the raw materials readily available, so the output of synthetic spices and production rate are not subject to climatic, geographical and other natural factors, and cost has been greatly reduced, thus greatly expanding the scope of application of spices, so that people can enjoy their daily lives to the aromatic items increased significantly, and many no obvious smell of materials and items inside were actually added a aroma chemicals. Synthetic perfume industry has become a modern fine chemical industry is an important component.
Although the synthetic perfume came quickly swept through an entire spice industry, but it does not look like the original one as a real alternative to natural spices. Even at present the most advanced chemical technology to produce aroma chemicals are also out of impunity for traces of man-Fu Zao, its flavor difference between feeling and natural spices are still very obvious. Not only is the flavor on the differences in psychological perception, the difference between the two is more obvious: the natural spices often make people have a "pleasant", "moving" and a very subtle psychological experience, while the synthetic perfume had almost no such effect. This gap in the musk of the research process was very clearly demonstrated.
Natural musk deer musk deer is not only right, but also for people's mental and physical activities have a very sensitive influence has always been an extremely valuable spices. Early 20th century, the Swiss chemist discovered the musk component is mainly a fragrant musk ketone, and successfully conducted a synthetic. Many people believe that the magic of the effectiveness of musk from the musk ketone is generated. But when people try to lure musk deer musk ketone, when they did not succeed.
"Has its flavor without the gas, has its own shape without their god," is now the synthesis of perfume has always been an insurmountable barrier. Therefore, until today, brilliant synthesis of fragrant spice blend in the division would always do everything possible to join a number of natural spices, so bring up the flavor as much as possible to bring a bit dynamic and spirituality.
In fact, in terms of the value of natural spices, aromatic feeling anti-in the second, the real valuable is that it has the potential to affect human physical and mental systems. Through the appropriate compatibility, you can become a physical and mental nourishment and adjustment can be a tranquilizer, game, maintain good health. Therefore, from the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" to "Compendium of Materia Medica", the vast majority of spices were close to traditional Chinese medicine, "fume" therapy is also widely adopted by physicians. In these respects, aroma chemicals. is even more difficult to catch up.
Synthetic and natural spices spices can not produce the same effect, a number of reasons.
On the one hand, natural flavor is a complex mixture, often involve a variety of compounds, the aroma of the ingredients is extremely complex, it was even likened it to a chaotic system to the current level of chemical and biological technology, it is difficult for its aroma ingredients to achieve complete and accurate analysis and grasp. Even for jasmine and rose fragrance, until now, every year there was a new element has been identified.
On the other hand, the effectiveness of natural spices, not only to the aroma of its own structure, but also the mechanisms and human sense of smell is closely related to related to the sense of smell and mental, and psychological systems and physical systems, a series of psychology and neuroscience areas. The psychology and neuroscience is the latest development in the category of natural sciences, but also far better to answer these questions.
However, it should be noted that although the natural spices derived from nature, but mankind can still use their wisdom to understand it, improve it, and use it. Looking forward to the future of science and technology to give people a real cheap incense "Jane," Now these machines do not have to let the incense stiff "material" disturbing view of the nose.
In recent years, more and more people have discovered the shortcomings of chemical products, realizing a number of chemical products for people with a convenient time to tend to would bring a lot of potential trouble, so the Western developed countries in the first half of the 20th century, has already begun a "return to nature" campaign, for "green" and "ecological", "natural" growing calls in recent years is even more favorably. It also should be present system of incense, use of incense development.