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Perfume Ingredients
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Type: Essential Oil (Eo)
Extracted from natural materials through steam distillation or cold press resulting in an oil or essence.
Type: Absolute (Ab)
Obtained from natural materials through alcohol extraction. Absolutes are essentially highly concentrated essential oils.
Type: CO2 Extract
Supercritical CO2 extraction is a recent invention that uses carbon dioxide in its liquid state to produce an absolute that can retain the original odor of the natural material.
Type: Aroma Molecule (Am)
Molecules that are synthesized in a lab. Some have unique scents that do not occur in nature, and others resemble natural odors that are not available as natural extracts for various technical and economic reasons.
Type: Accords (Ac)
An accord is a combination of natural and/or synthetic materials that resemble a specific scent.
Top Notes
Oils with lighter molecules that evaporate the fastest, so when smelling a fragrance you smell them first. They're the first impression of a fragrance, but they don't linger for long giving way to the heart and base notes.
Heart Notes
Heart notes follow the top notes and add character to the base notes. Most floral raw materials are heart notes, as well as many spicy raw materials.
Base Notes
Base notes evaporate the slowest, have the longest staying power and thus determine much of the character of a fragrance. Though top notes are responsible for the first impression, base notes last for hours on end. Woody, sweet, and balsamic raw materials are usually base notes.
Family: Amber
The raw materials in the amber family are sweet, sensuous, and warm.
Family: Aromatic/Herbal
The raw materials in the aromatic-herbal family are vibrant, energetic, fresh and commonly used in men's fragrances.
Family: Balsamic
The raw materials in the balsamic family are sweet and woody. They are often combined with amber/oriental notes.
Family: Citrus
The raw materials in the citrus family are fresh, sparkling and uplifting. They are often used in colognes and eaux fraiches.
Family: Floral
The raw materials in the floral family are sweet and varied by the natural scent of each flower.
Family: Fruity
The raw materials in the fruity family are very popular today and often created synthetically.
Family: Green
The raw materials in the green family are natural, fresh and youthful.
Family: Musk
The raw materials in the musk family are mostly synthetic today. They impart warmth, diffusion and staying power.
Family: Spicy
The raw materials in the spicy family give warmth, body and character to a fragrance.
Family: Sweet
The raw materials in the sweet family are popular today in gourmand fragrances.
Family: Woody
The raw materials in the wood family are rich and powerful.
jasmine grandiflorum
floral
sweet, full-bodied, intensely floral, fruity-banana top, musky-animalic undertones
Perfume ingredients are the individual raw materials that make up a fragrance. Two types of ingredients are used in fragrance: natural (derived from plant materials) and synthetic (created through chemical synthesis). Natural ingredients have been used since the beginning of perfumery. Various methods are used to extract and concentrate the fragrant parts of plant materials. Depending on the method of extraction, the resulting raw material will be an essential oil, absolute, or CO2 extract. In the late 19th century perfumers began using synthetic ingredients, which allowed them to expand their palettes beyond natural oils and absolutes. With these materials perfumers can reinvent naturally occurring smells and create entirely new scents. Learn More
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