Perfumes And The Various Types
Author: Taisha Grant
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Perfume fragrances were classified by Charles Piesse who was a
perfumer from the 19th century. Charles had actually tried to
classify each type of fragrance to a musical a musical chord.
Unsurprisingly his system failed but the terminology stuck on.
The current perfume fragrance pyramid was invented by William
Poucher in the 1920's. The fragrance pyramid is based on the
instability of the perfume ingredients or how fast the
fragrance fades away

The fragrance of a perfume is described as top note at the
point when it just gives you a whiff and then passes on. The
heart notes then follow where the fragrance actually has a
chemical reaction with your skin; and finally are the base
notes where the true essence of the fragrance is revealed when
the highest molecular weight from the ingredients begin to
surface.

There different categories of scents to describe perfumes meant
for women and perfumes meant for men. Under the women's
category, we have the most common scent, which is floral. This
is in fact the largest category and the primary ingredients are
from flowers like rose, jasmine, carnation, violet and orange
blossom. Some of the perfumes that come under this category are
Paris and White Diamonds. Some of the sub categories for floral
fragrances are like floral green (Bvlgari, Chanel 19); floral
fruity (Baby Doll, Amarige) and floral woody (L'Eau D'Issey,
Romance)

The next category is oriental. This means the scent is made to
create warm, exotic impression because of its ingredients like
balsams, spices, resins and musk. Perfumes that fall under this
category are Royal Secret, Contradiction and Shalimar. Some of
the sub categories of oriental are oriental spicy (Opium);
oriental citrusy (Candies); floriental (Hugo Woman, Wings) and
oriental gourmand (Angel, Casmir and Wish)

The other categories of perfumes are chypre, citrus, fougere
and green. Chypre was first described by Francois Coty to
describe the aromas from the island of Cyprus. This fragrance
is generally sweet, soft and earthy with ingredients like
oakmoss, patchouli, bergamot and citruses. Some of the
well-known perfumes under this category are Paloma Picasso,
Fendi and Femme. Citrus fragrances have citrus fruits like
tangerine, lime, mandarin and lemon in them. These are very
common in men's fragrances. Examples of citrus scented perfumes
are CK One and Jess. Fougere is French for fern, which relates
to freshness and is best described in Cool Water. Green
fragrances are from green plant parts like grass, pine and
herbs. Safari and Bvlgari Extreme best describe this scent.

Now that we are familiar with the fragrances, what about the
concentration? We frequently hear about edt and edp.

Actually, perfumes are the combination of fragrant oils that
have been mixed in high-grade alcohol where 15 – 25% is oil and
90 – 95% is pure alcohol. This concentration is known as parfum.
When the percentage of oil is lower then it is know as eau
(water)

The strength of the eau can vary depending on the percentage of
the pure perfume oil that is contained. EDC (Eau de cologne) has
the least concentration with just 2 - 5% of perfume oil mixed in
water and alcohol. EDT (Eau de toilette) has a bigger
concentration of 4 – 10% of perfumed oil. EDP (Eau de parfum)
has 8 – 15% perfumed oil and the most highly concentrated of
all fragrances is Parfum or perfume, which has 15 – 25% of
perfumed oil.


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