My Favourite Perfume Scent

All fragrances are made with specific ingredients, and belong to groups. Some examples of groups; These groups are also used in our perfume listings to help you choose the right fragrance.

Aromatic - These notes are usually combined of sage, rosemary, cumin, lavender and other plants which possess a very intensive grass-spicy
scent. They are often combined with citrusy and spicy notes. Aromatic compositions are typical of fragrances for men.

Some examples of Aromatic variations are:
Aromatic Aquatic
Aromatic Fougere
Aromatic Fruity
Aromatic Green
Aromatic Spicy

Chypre - This Group was named after perfume Coty Chypre created in 1917. Chypre means Cyprus in French. This sharp scent is based on harmony of oak moss, labdanum, patchouli and bergamot.

Some examples of Chypre variations are:
Chypre Floral
Chypre Fruity

Citrus - Citrus fragrances are old and abundant. Its compositions are based on lemon, orange, bergamot, grapefruit or mandarin, with other citrusy, aromatic and tart notes for men and floral notes for women.

Some examples of Citrus variations are:
Citrus Aromatic
Citrus Gourmand

Floral - This largest fragrant group encompasses numerous versions of compositions with a floral heart: freshly picked flowers, flowers with
aquatic, green or powdery nuances, as well as floral-aldehyde, floral-fruity and gourmand compositions.

Some examples of Floral variations are:
Floral Aldehyde
Floral Aquatic
Floral Fruity
Floral Fruity Gourmand
Floral Green
Floral Woody Musk

Leather - These scents in various nuances, from floral, velvety compositions to tart, smoky ones are placed in this group. Scenting leather products in order to mask unpleasant scent of leather itself, since urine and faeces of cattle, as well as blood and tar had been used in its traditional production, marked the beginning of perfumery.

Oriental
Oriental fragrances with dominant amber are placed in a separate group thanks to their accentuated warmth and sensuality. Their opulent
bouquet includes intoxicating and intensive substances such as musk, vanilla, exotic resins and wood, often accompanied with exotic flowers
and spices.

Some examples of Oriental variations are:
Oriental Floral
Oriental Fougere
Oriental Spicy
Oriental Vanilla
Oriental Woody

Woody
Opulent compositions of woody notes in a heart of perfume are accentuated with woody notes of a base. Warm, mysterious sandalwood,
drier and sharper cedar and vetiver, resin-like and balmy exotic sorts are usually accompanied with aromatic and citrusy notes.

Some examples of Woody variations are:
Woody Aquatic
Woody Aromatic
Woody Chypre
Woody Floral Musk
Woody Spicy

If you have a favourite which has been discontinued, then we can research it for you to see what is the modern day equivalent. 

Perfume
This is the extract of a fragrance and represents the scent in its purest form. This often creates a smooth and round texture, which is hard to achieve with the dilution represented in the other concentrations of fragrance.

Eau de Parfum or EDP
is one of the most popular forms of fragrance. Eau de Parfum contains between seven to fourteen per cent of fragrance oils and perfume elixirs and is the second strongest, and longest lasting means of wearing a fine fragrance.

Eau de Toilette or EDT
is fast becoming the most common means of wearing a fragrance or perfume. EDT?s are not as highly concentrated in oils and elixirs as an EDP or Perfume would be and contain one to three per cent of fragrance oils. This impacts the ability of the fragrance to last and around eighty percent of the oils in an EDT fragrance will evaporate within three hours of application.

Eau de Cologne or EDC
These fragrances are often constructed in a different manner to the traditional French Model and are formulated in one single burst. As a result of this process, EDC?s or Eau de Colognes last the least amount of time on the skin and can dissolve within a couple of hours. EDC?s should be worn as a invigorating spray.