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Perfume

Of or pertaining to products that emit an attractive fragrance when applied on the body.

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woody note

Personal care products; Perfume

It is a Fragrance Family. This term is used to describe fragrances reminiscent of wood. Woody notes appear in varying degrees in most modern perfumes.

Ylang Ylang

Personal care products; Perfume

An Asian evergreen tree, translates to "flower of flowers".

Yuzu

Personal care products; Perfume

A citrus fruit grown in Japan. It looks like a small grapefruit; the flavor has been described as a cross between grapefruit and mandarin orange.

spicy

Personal care products; Perfume

Spicy describes fragrance notes that have a warm or hot character, as opposed to the neutral or cool Herbal notes. Their scent is pungent, similar to those of cinnamon, or clove and thyme oil.

sour

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A perfume is said to smell sour when it has aged prematurely owing to inappropriate storage. When this happens, chemical alterations occur which are irreversible, and the perfume must be considered ...

sillage

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The trail of scent left behind by a perfume. Fragrances with minimal sillage are often said to "stay close to the skin".

jasminey

Personal care products; Perfume

Perfumes that contain the scent of the jasmine blossom as a principal component are termed jasminey. There are many interpretations of the jasmine note, which range from natural blossom odors to ...

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