Scent Word Families: Eau de Parfum
What Does Eau de Parfum Mean in Perfumery?
Eau de Parfum: What Does it Mean in Perfumery?
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Eau de parfum literally translates to “water of perfume.” It bridges the gap between parfum and eau de toilette, being a “lighter” version of parfum but “heavier” version of eau de toilette.
Eau de parfum has about 8-15% dilution rate of botanical extracts and/or oils. Because of the expensive nature of true botanicals, you will rarely come across its “heavier” cousin parfum these days, which might have a dilution rate of 15-30% of botanical extracts.
Eau de parfums usually have an alcohol base, sometimes with water. Examples of essences that you’ll find in an eau de parfum include the full range of fragrance families such as:
Floral: Rose and jasmine are two of the dominant floral aromas used
Fougère: Meaning fern
Gourmand: “Food-like” aromas
Chypre: Woody, herbal
Amber
Spice.
Understanding perfume types is probably one of the first steps that you need to decipher when deciding which type of fragrance that you’d like to make.
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“Smell is a word, perfume is literature.”
Jean-Claude Ellena, French perfumer and writer