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The fragrance notes

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

 

The usual way of describing a perfume is using the elements of the fragrance notes. We use a musical language to describe the perfume, and this is called the fragrance notes. This musical methaphor has 3 types of notes, the top notes, the middle notes and the base notes. This is then called the mermonius scent accord. You can use these notes to describe all type of perfume, like the Eau de Parfum Women and Eau de Toilette Women.

The top notes is the scents that are perceived immediately on application of a perfume. Top notes consist of small, light molecules that evaporate quickly. They form a person’s initial impression of a fragrances and thus are very important in the selling of a perfume. Also called the head notes.

The middle notes are the scent of a perfume that emerges just prior to when the top notes dissipate. The middle note compounds form the main body of a fragrances and act to mask the often unpleasant first impression of the base notes, which become more pleasant with time. These notes are also called the heart notes.

The base notes are the scent of a fragrances that appears close to the departure of the middle notes. The base and middle notes together are the main part of a perfume. Base notes bring depth and solidity to a perfume. Compounds of this class of scents are typically rich and are typically not perceived until 30 minutes after use.

Perfume Ladies has a good guide telling you more about how to describe the various scents in perfume. Overall though, the scents in the top and middle notes are influenced by the base notes. The scents of the base notes will be altered by the type of fragrance materials used as middle notes. Manufacturers of perfume typically publish perfume notes and typically they present it as fragrance pyramid, with the components listed in imaginative and abstract terms.

 

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Men’s Cologne Shopping Tip

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Men’s cologne comes from a long line of fragrances that is certain to stretch far back into antiquity. Actual evidence of the use of fragrances and perfumes dates to ancient Egypt where an appreciation of bathing and pleasant aromas is well documented. The demand for fine women’s perfumes has been huge for hundreds of years. Now, in recent decades, there is also a widespread desire among men to be as pleasing and attractive as possible. More and more men are adding an appealing aroma to their arsenal of attractive features. This has resulted in the current era being what many consider to be the golden age of men’s colognes.

But what are these Fragrances for Men and how is a guy to go about deciding on what to buy? The better colognes are not inexpensive, and besides that, no one wants to be stuck with a bottle of eau de cologne that doesn’t at the very least smell a little good to other people. So knowing a bit about this subject can go a long way.

The naming of types of fragrances is related to their aromatic strength. The higher the percentage of perfume oil in a fragrance, the stronger is its scent. The highest concentration of oils is around thirty percent, and this is what is contained in Perfume or Parum. The next strongest, at up to fifteen percent perfume oils, is what’s known as Eau de Parfum.

Dropping off rapidly in concentration, we have the Eau de Toilette (EDT) and Eau de Cologne (Cologne) at up to eight percent and five percent respectively. Most dilute are what are called Splash Colognes or Body Sprays where there may be as little a one percent perfume oil.

This knowledge may help a guy when he’s in the market for some new cologne. However, we’re only scratching the surface, and at best this will maybe just help you appear a bit smarter. It may help you a bit too if you’re ordering your Men’s Fragrance online. For example, I recently saved some money on Armani Cologne on eBay. My best advice for saving time and money and for getting it right is to talk to one of the sales ladies at the Men’s Cologne counter in your local Macy’s or Lord and Taylor or other quality department store.

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