Why The Best Fragrances Come Straight From Flowers
Posted on October 31, 2008 | Tagged with: aromas, bulgaria, essential oils, flower, fragrance, france, fruit, herbal, jasmine, leather, resins, rose, smell, united states, ylang-ylang | Leave a Comment
Surely, you have heard the popular phrase, “Stop and smell the roses”, typically this means you should take it easy, slow down, and enjoy the pleasures in life before they pass you by. When you are walking through a flower garden or someone gives you a beautiful bouquet of flowers, what is the first thing you do? Unconsciously without even being aware of it, you smell them. Many of us love the smell of flowers and when we purchase our own flowers, we do so because we enjoy the smell. This is how perfume developers entice us to buy their particular fragrances; by using the flower smells we love the most.
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Have You Ever Wanted to Know What Perfume Really Is?
Posted on September 28, 2008 | Tagged with: aldehydes, amber, base notes, celebrities, channel no 5, christian dior, dolce vita, essential oils, exotic, florals, fragrance, fruit, heart notes, herbal, middle notes, patchouli, rose, scents, spice, top notes, wood | Leave a Comment
Perfume is simply alcohol with a fixative combined with essential oils or chemically produced scents. Whilst cologne is basically perfume watered down. Perfume typically contains 30% essential oils and colognes only 1-2%.
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