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  2. Floral scent - Wikipedia

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    Floral scent, or flower scent, is composed of all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or aroma compounds, emitted by floral tissue (e.g. flower petals). Other names for floral scent include, aroma , fragrance , floral odour or perfume .

  3. 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]

  4. Aroma compound - Wikipedia

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    Fragrance bottles. An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavoring, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor.For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficiently volatile for transmission via the air to the olfactory system in the upper part of the nose.

  5. Spray (liquid drop) - Wikipedia

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    Spray angle: spray angle has an inverse effect on drop size. An increase in spray angle will reduce the drop size, whereas a reduction in spray angle will increase the drop size. Liquid properties: viscosity and surface tension increase the amount of energy required to atomize the spray. An increase in any of these properties will typically ...

  6. Linalool - Wikipedia

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    Linalool (/ l ɪ ˈ n æ l oʊ ɒ l, l aɪ-,-l oʊ oʊ l,-ˈ l uː l /) refers to two enantiomers of a naturally occurring terpene alcohol found in many flowers and spice plants. [1] Together with geraniol, nerol, citronellol, linalool is one of the rose alcohols. [2]

  7. Attar - Wikipedia

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    The word 'attar' is believed to have been derived from the Persian word itir, [3] which is in turn derived from the Arabic word 'itr (عطر), meaning 'perfume'. [4] [5]The earliest recorded mention of the techniques and methods used to produce essential oils is believed to be that of Ibn al-Baitar (1188–1248), an Al-Andalusian (Muslim Iberia) physician, pharmacist and chemist.

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  9. Concrete (perfumery) - Wikipedia

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    Rose is one of the most popular natural flowers used in perfumery. A semi-solid residue of essential oils, waxes, resins and other oil-soluble plant chemicals remains. [2] The solvent used for extraction must be chosen carefully regarding its polarity and boiling point. If the boiling point is too high, compounds that are readily deactivated by ...