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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

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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.

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