Perfume

Perfume

Of or pertaining to products that emit an attractive fragrance when applied on the body.

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Neroli

Personal care products; Perfume

Oil prepared from the blossoms of either the sweet or bitter orange tree. Italian term for neroli is zagara.

Oak-moss

Personal care products; Perfume

Derived from lichen (evernia prunastri) that grows on Oak trees.

Nose

Personal care products; Perfume

A "nose", or nez in French, is a person who mixes fragrance components to make perfume; another commonly used term is perfumer, or in French, parfumeur createur.

It is a secretion of the musk deer. The material extracted from musk-sacs has a strong animal-smell. They give perfumes a warm, erotic note and have outstanding fixing characteristics. Perfumes that ...

Natural fragrance materials

Personal care products; Perfume

These are products of plant and animal origin, extracted by different processes. Some examples are essential oils, absolutes, concretes, resins, balsams and tinctures.

Nag champa

Personal care products; Perfume

The name of perfume oil originally made in the Hindu and Buddhist monasteries of India and Nepal and used to perfume incense. Traditionally made from a sandalwood base, to which are added a variety ...

Mossy

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Odours of different kinds of tree mosses (especially oak moss) play an important part in nearly all perfume types. They are of special significance in the chypre notes. Mossy nuances are very complex ...