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Fragrance Scents Explained
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Fragrance Scents Explained
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To help you understand the different scents each perfume we sell includes, we have put together a small description for each scent type.
Floral Scents
Jasmine - An essential oil that is extracted from jasmine shrubbery. Characterized by a sweet scent that’s known as a romantic fragrance.
Neroli - Oil of neroli is distilled from the flowers of the bitter orange tree.
It has a very strong and refreshing, bittersweet aroma and is one
of the most widely used floral oils in perfumes.
Tuberose - Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and grown for its spikes of waxy white flowers with a highly fragrant lily-like scent.
Yiang yiang - The flower of the cananga tree. It yields a fragrant oil, which is characterized by its sweet floral scent.
Osmanthus - A flower native to China that is valued for its delicate fruity-floral apricot aroma.
Citrus Scents:
Bergamot - An extract from the rind of the bergamot orange. Characterized by its light citrus fragrance.
Mandarin - A small orange tree of southeastern Asia with yellow to reddish-orange, loose-rinded fruits.
Exotic Spice:
Patchouli - A fragrant oil that comes from mint. It’s one of the earthiest of all essential oils. Known for its distinctive woody fragrance and rich notes of musk.
Sandalwood - It is used for incense, aromatherapy and perfume. It has a soft, sweet, woody scent.
Amber - Used to describe a full-bodied, warm fragrance. Its scent is subtle, yet woody.
Cardamom - An aromatic spice native to India. It has a sweet, yet spicy fragrance similar to ginger.
Musk:
Oakmoss - Is grown on oak trees. With a sharp piney scent.
Labdanum - A soft piney fragrance derived from various rockroses,
which are woody herbs.
Styrax - A shrub or small tree having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage. Best known for its woodsy fragrance.
Vetiver - An essential oil derived from an African grass root and traditionally used to make mats and rugs. Vetiver has an earthy, smoky scent.
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