Perfume

Perfume

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

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intensity

Personal care products; Perfume

The intensity, or fragrance strength of a perfume compound is dependent on the strength of the individual ingredients, and the skill that is exerted in the blending of these components.

ingredient

Personal care products; Perfume

An ingredient is one of the parts that go to make up a mixture.

heliotrope

Personal care products; Perfume

Botanically speaking, this refers to more than one type of flower, but in perfumery, it refers to flowers of the family heliotropium, which are said to have a strong, sweet vanilla-like fragrance ...

herbaceous

Personal care products; Perfume

Many fragrance substances have herbaceous components, and are reminiscent of herbs and drugs. Well-known, and often-used examples are mugwort, sage, rosemary and lavender. Herbaceous accents are ...

headspace technology

Personal care products; Perfume

A method of "capturing" the odor of a substance using an apparatus resembling a bell-jar. This has allowed perfumers to mimic the notes of flowers, plants, and foods which do not lend themselves ...