CosBeauty Magazine #76

Feature
Perfume
types
Single florals are fragrances
dominated by the scent of one
flower, although other notes
make up the perfume.
Floral bouquets combine
several floral scents.
Bright florals fuse both categories
and are characteristically
modern scents.
Amber fragrances use animalic
ingredients to create voluptuous,
earthy and sometimes spicy scents.
Oriental fragrances are usually
both woody and spicy.
Gourmand fragrances smell
edible, often of vanilla, tonka
bean or chocolate.
Wood fragrances are resinous
and aromatic.
Leather fragrances have a savoury
complexity in the middle notes.
Chypre evokes the scent of moss
and soil.
Fougère conjures the scent of ferns,
with woody and herbaceous notes.
Green fragrances are a fresher,
more modern version of chypre.
Citrus or fruity fragrances are
sharp and clean smelling.
Oceanic fragrances are fresh, tangy
and slightly salty.
Accords &
notes
Amber contains balsamic notes like
benzoin, tolu and labdanum as well
as vanilla and spicy notes.
Ambrein has more woody notes,
combined with rose.
Chypre balances bergamot with oak
moss, vetiver, wood and floral notes.
Fougère uses lavender, oak moss
and the fragrance of hay from
coumarine.
Mellis blends spices, wood notes
and coumarine together with
balsamic notes.
White floral accord combines
gardenia, jasmine, orange blossom
and tuberose.
Aromatics are mainly composed of
sage, rosemary, thyme and lavender.
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