Scent Word of the Week: Volume
Words Related to Scent
Volume: What Does it Mean in Perfumery?
The word volume is part of the performance indicator language in perfumery. Others include sillage, tenacity, and impact, as discussed in the previous weeks’ scent words of the week. Volume describes the effectiveness of a fragrance over distance, after it has been applied from some time [1,2]. You need to ask yourself:
how long is it since you applied the fragrance?
what distance has the fragrance projected to?
If I was assessing one of my own fragrances, such as Brown-eyed Brooks, I would describe its volume as quite lengthy. It lasts a long time after application and you can smell it for some distance. In comparison, my fragrance Audrey on Air doesn’t have such a great as volume. Intrigued? Try out either of these fragrances for yourself and let me know what you think of their volume!
What did you learn from this article? Drop me your thoughts in the comments below. Next week, we’ll be looking at a new feature in scent word of the week: scent word families! I hope that you’ll join me then.
References:
[1] Moriel, Ayala, 2014, Foundation of Natural Perfumery, n/p, p.184.*
[2] Miguel A. Teixeira, Oscar Rodríguez, Vera G. Mata, Alírio E. Rodrigues, The diffusion of perfume mixtures and the odor performance, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2570-2589, ISSN 0009-2509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.064. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250909000700)
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