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Perfume
Of or pertaining to products that emit an attractive fragrance when applied on the body.
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Sour
Personal care products; Perfume
A perfume is said to smell sour when it has aged prematurely owing to inappropriate storage. When this happens, chemical alterations occur which are irreversible, and the perfume must be considered ...
Sillage
Personal care products; Perfume
The trail of scent left behind by a perfume. Fragrances with minimal sillage are often said to "stay close to the skin".
Smell
Personal care products; Perfume
It is the sensory perception of odorous organic compounds. It occurs in the act of inhaling, and so air is the carrier.
Smoky
Personal care products; Perfume
These notes are used mainly in masculine perfumes to create natural leather effects. In modern leather notes the smoky notes are thrust into the background by animalic notes but the old, classical ...
Solvents
Personal care products; Perfume
These are liquids, virtually odor- and colorless, used in perfumery for the dilution of perfume oils. The most commonly-used solvent is ethyl alcohol. Some solvents also have fixative properties.
Sensual
Personal care products; Perfume
It is the term for a perfume with an erotically-stimulating effect. Properly used, many perfumes can produce pleasant emotions and moods, since the sense of smell is directly connected with the part ...
Sensory adaptation
Personal care products; Perfume
It is the tendency of the human sense of smell to become less and less able to perceive a particular fragrance the longer it is exposed to it. When the sense of smell is "adapted" to a fragrance, it ...
