Perfume

Perfume

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

Industry: Personal care products

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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 ...