Perfume

Perfume

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

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Cloying

Personal care products; Perfume

An odour that is excessively sickly sweet and clinging, it can be an effect where a perfumes note does not change, as in a linear perfume that seems to last too long and becomes unpleasantly ...

A city in Germany where the precursor of modern perfumes was first produced - Eau De Cologne (Kolnisch Wasser) almost 300 years ago. It's a blend of primarily Citrus Oils. Popular makes are Farina ...

Compound

Personal care products; Perfume

The name used in the industry for the concentrated perfume or flavour mixture before it is diluted or used in products.

Chypre

Personal care products; Perfume

French for "Cyprus" and first used by François Coty to describe the aromas he found on the island of Cyprus. He created a woodsy, mossy, citrus perfume named Chypre; the word is still used for ...

Citrus notes

Personal care products; Perfume

The fresh, slightly sour notes displayed by Lemon, Orange, grapefruit, Bergamot, Pomello.

Civet

Personal care products; Perfume

The African civet cat looks like a fox, and is related to the mongoose. Civet musk is produced by a gland at the base of the cat's tail. Pure civet is said to have a strong, disagreeable odor, but in ...

Classic

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A classic fragrance can be considered in the same vein as classic painting or music. It's a style of fragrance structure that has depth and usually a higher percentage of floral absolutes (3-10%) ...