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Step 4A note about scents
I've included a few words about scents, if you want to launch right into concocting your perfume skip ahead to the next step.
Notes:
In perfumes the fragrance can be divided into three different notes depending on when they arise.
Top note: The initial scent when you put the perfume on, then disappears, they include; lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime, bergamot, spearmint, peppermint and others.
Middle note: This scent appears just after the top note disappears. Scents like; coriander, palmarosa, marjoram, basil, rosemary, rose geranium, pettitgrain, lavender and others.
Base note: This appears after the middle note and is the base of the perfume, they include; patchouli, vetiver, frankincense, cedarwood, sandalwood and others.
When you are mixing your perfume start by adding your base notes, then middle then your top notes.
Families:
Scents can be divided into different families such as floral, oriental, woody and fresh (such as citrus, etc) See wheel below. This is lovely but why do we need to know this? When you are mixing your perfume,adding scents from neighboring families creates harmony in you perfume.
Brand name perfume/cologne
There is a website which identifies the different components of brand name fragrances, so if you would like make an imitation of your favorite perfume/cologne check it out; basenotes Fragrance directory
For example:
Obsession Fragrance Notes
Top Notes
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy involves using scents to affect mood and well being, if you would like to consider this when blending your fragrance, check out Aromatherapy for Emotional Well-Being
Men's Cologne
Guys, don't feel left out, try scents from the woody or fresh families to make a nice manly cologne.
Notes:
In perfumes the fragrance can be divided into three different notes depending on when they arise.
Top note: The initial scent when you put the perfume on, then disappears, they include; lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime, bergamot, spearmint, peppermint and others.
Middle note: This scent appears just after the top note disappears. Scents like; coriander, palmarosa, marjoram, basil, rosemary, rose geranium, pettitgrain, lavender and others.
Base note: This appears after the middle note and is the base of the perfume, they include; patchouli, vetiver, frankincense, cedarwood, sandalwood and others.
When you are mixing your perfume start by adding your base notes, then middle then your top notes.
Families:
Scents can be divided into different families such as floral, oriental, woody and fresh (such as citrus, etc) See wheel below. This is lovely but why do we need to know this? When you are mixing your perfume,adding scents from neighboring families creates harmony in you perfume.
Brand name perfume/cologne
There is a website which identifies the different components of brand name fragrances, so if you would like make an imitation of your favorite perfume/cologne check it out; basenotes Fragrance directory
For example:
Obsession Fragrance Notes
Top Notes
- Mandarin, Bergamot, Jasmine, Rose, Orange Blossoms.
- Coriander, Tagete, Armoise.
- Amber, Oakmoss.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy involves using scents to affect mood and well being, if you would like to consider this when blending your fragrance, check out Aromatherapy for Emotional Well-Being
Men's Cologne
Guys, don't feel left out, try scents from the woody or fresh families to make a nice manly cologne.
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Dec 16, 2009. 7:53 PMmikebook
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A very good crash course in scent theory. Many people don't realize that scents effect as much as colors do. As a note of pure semantics, however, men can also wear perfume, and ladies can wear cologne. The names of the scents aren't divided by what gender they are intended for, but by their form of scent and their origins. Colognes are so named because they are often slightly woody scents based in the wood and fruit of oranges used in the first Eau de Cologne which was named after the creators hometown of Cologne, Germany. So men, don't feel limited at all in your scent palettes. While our society most closely associates fresh and woody scents with masculinity, your options are not limited to these traditional cologne scents.
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