Scent Word Families: Perfume Types
Breaking Down the Types of Perfume
Perfume Type: What Does it Mean in Perfumery?
We are now onto our fifth scent word family(TM)! Here’s what we’ve covered so far:
Stages and the previous scent word family(TM) was
If you are just joining us at Stories of Scent, you might be wondering: What are scent word families(TM)? Scent word families (TM) are those scent words which relate to each other and belong to the same scent word family. This is my own interpretation and grouping of scent words and shouldn’t be confused with fragrance families. I think it makes it easier to understand some of the scent language that we use in fragrance when we can see how they go together. This is the writer in me merging with the perfumer in me!
This week I’m introducing you to perfume types. Perfume types, as a scent word family(TM), distinguishes the differences and similarities between categories of fragrances. The perfume types that we will be looking at over the next few weeks are eau de cologne, eau de parfum, crème parfum, toilette, and eau fraîche. We will look at the strength of each perfume type (in regard to dilution rate and longevity), and how each one compares price wise, giving you an idea of why each type varies in price (hint: It’s to do with the amount of botanicals in the fragrance).
Learning scent language is key to understanding the perfume process. By grouping related words into similar groups, you can see both how they interact with each other and how they ultimately work together (or against) to help you to create a beautiful fragrance.
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“Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.”
Charles M. Schwab (1862-1939), American steel maker