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The fragrance wheel has four main families: Floral, Ambery, Woody and Fresh. Under each are sub-groups; these groups describe the scent in closer detail eg 'Floral Ambery', 'Fresh Citrus'. Where they place on the wheel matters. A Floral scent, with the addition of certain notes, will become a Soft Floral etc.

The wheel is split into four sections, and they are: Floral, Oriental (now referred to as Amber), Woody and Fresh. Each family contains aromas that are similar to each other, share the same characteristics or have complementary aspects. Under each family are sub groups, which describe a particular scent in much detail.

Oriental scents can be sharp and spicy, mellowed and softened with sweet rich notes like cinnamon or vanilla. The Oriental family is further split into three subcategories – the slightly floral Soft Oriental, the spicy warmth of Oriental, and the deep, rich musk of Woody Oriental.

Fragrance is a mixture of aroma compounds having smell and sufficiently volatile in nature. Generally aroma compounds have molecular weight less than 300 Da. This group includes natural and synthetic compounds, and now over 5000 different fragrance chemicals in countless combinations are used in personal care products.

The fragrance wheel has four main families: Floral, Ambery, Woody and Fresh. Under each are sub-groups; these groups describe the scent in closer detail eg 'Floral Ambery', 'Fresh Citrus'. Where they place on the wheel matters. A Floral scent, with the addition of certain notes, will become a Soft Floral etc.

Chypre fragrances are warm and dry and almost all built round a woody, mossy accord of bergamot, oakmoss, patchouli and labdanum (from the cistus, or 'rock rose', plant). Elements of flowers, fruits or woodiness are sometimes played up in chypre fragrances – so this family has a few 'relations', within it.

It most often sits in the Amber family but can also slot under Fruity. Now that you know a little more about gourmands, check out our new Sugar Coated gourmand collection. It features six mouthwatering scents, designed to delight the true foodie fragrance lover. (Looking at you, A Tahaa Affair obsessive!)

Fragrant Notes That Men Love on Women

Without a doubt, sweet and delicious scents attract men, that's why cinnamon and vanilla are classified by many perfume enthusiasts as the best fragrant notes.

Oriental Fragrances

Another fragrance family dominating the fragrance world is the Oriental fragrance family. This broad, overarching family covers scents featuring prominent notes from materials associated with the East such as frankincense, myrrh and vanilla.

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Methods: We adopted an in-silico approach to study key and common odorants features with seven fundamental odors (floral, fruity, minty, nutty, pungent, sweet, and woody).

The three types of perfume notes are top notes, middle notes, and base notes. Top notes are the initial scents that you smell when you first spray or apply perfume. They are the lightest and most volatile notes, and they typically last for about 10-15 minutes.

Rollerball/roll ons are perfume oils that are packaged in a container that has a ball that rolls. This small ball will roll onto your skin with the perfume oil it's collected in it's bottle.

The Fragrance Lamp works via catalytic combustion. When the platinum catalyst present on the stone part of the wick assembly is heated, this creates a catalytic reaction with the Lamp Fragrance and oxygen. This reaction is self-sustaining while there is constant fuel and oxygen supply.

If applied every day, a 5-ml roll-on bottle will last at least 1 month, and a 10-ml will last 2 to 3 months. Discrete and portable: You can apply fragrances on the go without anyone even noticing. As opposed to spray-on perfume, the roller only lands on you.