Scent Word Families: Scent Noses
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Scent Nose: What Does it Mean in Perfumery?
We are now onto our fourth scent word family(TM)! We’ve covered Performance and Composition, and our most recent scent word family(TM) was
If you are new to 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 noses. Perfume noses, as a scent word family(TM), are important as it is literally the tool of a perfumer’s trade! So, we are going to be looking at a few different words that relate to this family and how that impacts our sense of smell; these include anosmia, le nez, olfaction, and aroma.
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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“Instinct is the nose of the mind.”
Delphine de Girardin (1804-1855), French writer