SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 47 7. Write notes on SIX of the following raw materials. Include where possible details of their manufacture, properties and uses in perfumery :-- Phenyl ethyl alcohol. Clove oil. Benzyl acetate. Bois de Rose oil. Synthetic musks. Ionones. Geranium Bourbon Oil. Hydroxycitronellal. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDA TES Nine out of twelve candidates were successful. For six of the successful candidates this was only year A of the course. Diplomas were awarded to the three successful candidates who have now completed the course. B. NICOLL T. REMEDIAKIS Miss J. RICHARDS Presentation to Mr. A. tterzka As A TOKEN Of appreciation for his work in organising the Second Congress of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists, The President, Mr. G. A. C. Pitt, on behalf of the Council, presented an Illuminated Address and a soda-water maker, to Mr. A. Herzka on 17th December 1962. • .• •'•. .•'•' :• •':• .:•i. '! ?'---*"•.•' • .. ....... • •x:• • • .:t • ' .4, •,•?½k :•: ? •'?'•'•'•'•*w"7• • .•: ..... . .. .... •{•, • --.. ..•. ":.""-':• 7: ß .. .... ß ' :]:?[..- •.• .- •" 2•,• • . ..

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Symposium on Perfumery A sYMPOSIU•I on Perfumery, organised by the Society, took place at Cheltenham on 13th and 14th November 1962. It was attended by 85 participants, including visitors from the Netherlands and Switzerland. On the evening of Tuesday, 13th November, delegates attended a Civic Reception, given by His Worship the Mayor of Cheltenham, at the Pittville Pump Room. At the morning session, the Mayor of Cheltenham, Councillor A. E. Trigg, J.P., welcomed the delegates, and the President of the Society after- wards thanked the Mayor not only for his kind words, but also for the hospitality shown to the delegates on the preceding evening. The Sym- posium was then formally opened by the President, Mr. G. A. C. Pitt. Two of the papers are to be found in pages 19 and 29 of this issue, and the rest will be published in the Journal in due course. 1963 Programme Lectures Venue: The Roya! Society of Arts, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2. Time: 7.30 p.m. Friday, 25th January L. Go!berg, M.A., D.Sc., D.Phil., M.B., B.Chir., F.R.I.C. [British Industrial Biological Research Association] Some Problems of cosmetic and toiletry toxicology. Tuesday, 26th February H. Colin Davis [D. & W. Gibbs, Ltd.] Oral hygiene, with particular reference to dental preparations. Monday, 25th March T. J. Elliott, B.Sc., Ph.D. [Innoxa (England), Ltd.] Modern cosmetics--Illusions and reality. Wednesday, 15th May W. B. Smith [Marchon Products, Ltd.] The analysis of synthetic detergents.