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2. Chypre - Wikipedia

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   Chypre. Chypre (pronounced [ʃipʁ] or [ʃipχ]) is the name of a family (or concept) of perfumes that are characterised by an accord composed of citrus top notes, a middle centered on cistus labdanum, and a mossy-animalic set of basenotes derived from oakmoss. Chypre perfumes fall into numerous classes according to their modifier notes, which ...

3. Note (perfumery) - Wikipedia

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   Note (perfumery) Fragrance pyramid. Notes in perfumery are descriptors of scents that can be sensed upon the application of a perfume. Notes are separated into three classes: top / head notes, middle / heart notes, and base / soul notes; which denote groups of scents which can be sensed with respect to the time after the application of a perfume.

4. Eau de Cologne - Wikipedia

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   History. The original Eau de Cologne is a spirit-citrus perfume launched in Cologne in 1709 by Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766), an Italian perfume maker from Santa Maria Maggiore, Valle Vigezzo. In 1708, Farina wrote to his brother Jean Baptiste: "I have found a fragrance that reminds me of an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils ...

5. Fougère - Wikipedia

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   Fougère means "fern" in French. Fougère, pronounced [fu.ʒɛʁ], is one of the main olfactive families of perfumes. The name comes from the French language word for "fern". Fougère perfumes are made with a blend of fragrances: top-notes are sweet, with the scent of lavender flowers; as the more volatile components evaporate, the scents of ...

6. Perfume - Wikipedia

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   Perfume (UK: / ˈ p ɜː f j uː m /, US: / p ər ˈ f j uː m / ⓘ) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. [1] Perfumes can be defined as substances that emit and diffuse ...

7. Fragrance wheel - Wikipedia

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   Fragrance wheel. A fragrance wheel [1] also known as aroma wheel, fragrance circle, perfume wheel or smell wheel, is a circular diagram showing the inferred relationships among olfactory groups based upon similarities and differences in their odor. [ 1 ] The groups bordering one another are implied to share common olfactory characteristics.