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Perfume
Of or pertaining to products that emit an attractive fragrance when applied on the body.
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Strength
Personal care products; Perfume
The strength of a fragrance refers to how intense its scent is.
Substantivity
Personal care products; Perfume
Substantivity refers to how long a fragrance lasts on a particular surface, and how it's affected by temperature, humidity, and other such conditions.
Sweet
Personal care products; Perfume
The sweetness of a fragrance can be described in several ways – it can be used to refer to a vanilla sweetness, a floral sweetness, or a fruity sweetness. Whichever one is used, it refers to a rich, ...
Synthetic
Personal care products; Perfume
Synthetic is a term that's used to refer to a substance that's man-made, with the specific purpose of duplicating a particular scent. Synthetics are sometimes better than natural materials because ...
Tenacity
Personal care products; Perfume
The ability of a note or perfume to last or retain its characteristic odor.
Tonka Bean
Personal care products; Perfume
Derived from a plant native to Brazil. Has an aroma of vanilla with strong hints of cinnamon, cloves and almonds. Used as a less-expensive alternative to vanilla.
Top note
Personal care products; Perfume
The impression of a fragrance when first smelled or applied to the skin usually the most volatile ingredients in a perfume.
