|
||||||||||
Perfumes and Fragrances GlossaryTo some, fragrances sound like they are speaking a second language. Fact is, it's just the names and terms that have evolved over the years to describe musks, misks, and designer scents. Here's a quick primer. By no means is this list complete. If you've heard or seen a term that you would like to see, send it via e-mail here, and we'll add it to the list.Jump To: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AAbsolute | Absolute | Absolute | Absorbency | Accord | Accord | Accord | Acetone | Agrumen | Agrumen | AHA_(Alpha_hydroxy_acid) | Alcohol | Alcohol | Alcohol | Aldehyde | Aldehyde | Aldehydes | Aldehydic | Aldehydic | Alkaline | Amber | Amber | Amber | Amber | Animal | Animal_Products | Animal_Products | Animalic | Animalic | Anise | Anosmia | Anosmia | Anosmia | Apocrine_Sweat_Glands | Apocrine_Sweat_Glands | Apocrines | Apple | Appliqué | Apricot | Aroma | Aroma_Chemicals | Aroma_Chemicals | Aroma_Chemicals | Aroma-Chology | Aromatherapy | Aromatherapy_(cosmetics) | Aromatherapy_(fragrance) | Aromatic | Astringents_ and _Clarifying_Lotions | Atomizer | Attar_(Otto) | Axon | Azalea |1. Absolute 2. Absolute:Highly concentrated, refined perfume material, usually liquid which has undergone at least two extraction processes. 3. Absolute-Absolutes are regarded as the strongest aromatic product from the starting material 4. Absorbency 5. Accord:An Accord is the perfumery equivalent of a Chord in music BBalsams | Bitter | Blend | Body | Bony_Turbinates |54. Balsams-Sticky, resinous materials obtained from trees or shrubs which give a combined sweet-woody odor associated with well-seasoned. non-coniferous woods such as maple. 55. Bitter 56. Blend 57. Body:The main fragrance theme -- the middle or "heart" of a perfume. Also used to describe a fragrance that is well-rounded or full. 58. Bony Turbinates:The thin, scroll-like, bony plates extending from the walls of the nasal chambers. CChypre | Cilia | Citrus | Classic | Cloying | Cologne_(Classical) | Cologne_(Men and #39;s) | Cologne_(Women and #39;s) | Compound | Concrete | Coniferous | Cortex |59. Chypre: 60. Cilia:-Short, hairlike cytoplasmic processes projecting from the free surface of certain cells. They are constantly in a state of motion. 61. Citrus:Odors from citrus fruits such as orange, lemon, lime, mandarin and bergamot which give fresh, fruity top notes used especially in eau fraiche, classical and men's colognes. 62. Classic 63. Cloying: DDepth | Diffusion | Dry | Dry_Down | Dysosmia |71. Depth:Refers to a fragrance odor of low volatility with a dimension that is rich and full bodied. 72. Diffusion:-The ability of a fragrance to quickly radiate around the wearer and subtly permeate the environment. 73. Dry-A sensation produced by certain perfume ingredients which give a woody, masculine effect. 74. Dry Down: 75. Dysosmia: EEarthy | Essences | Essential | Essential_Oils | Evanescent | Evaporation | Extracts |76. Earthy 77. Essences:Products which endeavor to capture or emphasize the highly volatile top notes of natural products. 78. Essential:Volatile oil obtained by various processes from flowers, oil leaves, roots, barks, stems, fruits, seeds and woods. 79. Essential Oils-The "essence" of plants or the fragrant, volatile extracts obtained from flowers, grass, stems, seeds, leaves, roots, bark, fruits, tree moss and tree secretions. They are obtained by various means including distillation, expression and extraction. 80. Evanescent FFactice | Fatigue | Fixative | Flacon | Flat | Floral | Flowery | Forest_Blends | Fougere | Fresh | Fruity | Full-Bodied | Fungal |83. Factice 84. Fatigue:-Odor fatigue results from overlong exposure to an odor. The nose can no longer discern that particular smell. 85. Fixative:The property of a fragrance which prolongs the continuity and life of the odor. 86. Flacon:-A word to describe beautifully designed perfume bottles sometimes especially designed for portability. 87. Flat:-Lacking in lift, diffusion and distinction. GGreen | Gums._Resins,_Balsams |96. Green:-Fragrance family or type whose odor is reminiscent of fresh-cut grass, leaves or a warm, moist forest. Green notes add lift and vigor to a fragrance composition. 97. Gums. Resins, Balsams: HHarmonious | Harsh | Hay | Heady | Heart | Heavy | Herbaceous | Honey | Hyposmia | Hypothalamus |98. Harmonious-Order, accord and unity in fragrance. 99. Harsh:A crude, unbalanced, rough pungent odor. 100. Hay:-A sweet clover odor. 101. Heady:-Exhilarating, sparkling, stimulating. 102. Heart: IIncense | Infusion_or_Tincture | Ionones |108. Incense-The burning of fragrant gums or resins in a solid or powder form. It gives off a lingering, scented smoke and is the original form in which fragrance was used. 109. Infusion or Tincture-A solution obtained by prolonged contact with alcohol. When hot alcohols are used it is called infusion. When alcohols are at room temperature or warm the method is called a tincture. 110. Ionones LLastingness | Leafy | Leather | Lift | Light | Limbic_System |111. Lastingness: 112. Leafy:One of the many variations of the green note. 113. Leather 114. Lift: 115. Light: MMellow | Micro-Encapsulation | Middle_Notes | Modern | Mossy |117. Mellow:-A fragrance that gives a balanced, smooth and rich impression. 118. Micro-Encapsulation:A method of incorporating thin-walled, microscopic capsules containing fragrance oils into a solid substance (fragrance advertising inserts, capsules, blotters, paper, etc). 119. Middle Notes 120. Modern 121. Mossy NNote |122. Note OOdor_Memory | Odor_or_Odour | Odoriferous | Olfaction | Olfactory | Olfactory_Bulb | Olfactory_Epithelium | Organ_(Perfume) | Oriental |123. Odor Memory:The ability of a perfumer to hold, and bring to recall, hundreds of single perfume odors and odor blends. 124. Odor or Odour-Airborne chemicals emanating from water, objects, one's body, flowers or fragrance that stimulate the olfactory system. The characteristic smell of something 125. Odoriferous:Emitting an odor. 126. Olfaction: 127. Olfactory-Relating to, or concerned with, the sense of smell. PPalette | Perfume | Perfume_Dip_Sticks | Pheromone | Pomades | Powdery | Profile |132. Palette-The range of perfume ingredients from which a perfumer selects to use in the formulation of a perfume. 133. Perfume 134. Perfume Dip Sticks 135. Pheromone 136. Pomades RReceptor_Cell | Resinoids | Retronasal_Olfaction | Rhizomes | Rounding_Out |139. Receptor Cell:-Located in the olfactory epithelium, each cell has microscopic hairs (cilia) extending into the mucus. Odoriferous substances are thought to bind chemically to specific sites on these cilia. This chemical event is translated into an electrical message that is transmitted along the olfactory nerves to the olfactory bulb. 140. Resinoids-Are extracts of gums, balsams, resins or roots (orris) which consist in whole or in part of resinous materials. They are generally used as fixatives in perfume compositions. 141. Retronasal Olfaction: 142. Rhizomes:-Root-like stems with nodes which grow under or along the ground. Certain perfume raw materials come from rhizome, e.g., Orris absolute and ginger oil. 143. Rounding Out:Perfume ingredients, often from natural origin, added to fragrance compositions to enrich, modify or soften any harsh qualities. SSolvents | Specialties | Spicy | Stability | Strength | Sweet | Synergism | Synthetics |144. Solvents:-Volatile fluids used to extract essential oils from flowers and other natural perfume materials. 145. Specialties:Natural oils, natural isolates or synthetics, either alone or in combination, which are used as building blocks for fragrance compounds. They are less complex than a finished fragrance compound. They may be an end-product of special processing treatments or unique raw materials. They are usually supplied by a single company under a trade name. 146. Spicy:-Piquant or pungent notes such as clove oil, cinnamon; characteristic of notes of carnation, ginger, lavender or the chemical spicy notes of eugenol or isoeugenol. 147. Stability: 148. Strength-The relative intensity of a fragrance impression. TTemporal_Lobe | Tenacity | Thin | Tonality | Top_Note |152. Temporal Lobe:Lateral portions of the brain containing, among other regions, olfactory cortex and portions of the limbic system. 153. Tenacity:-The ability of a perfume to last, or a fragrance note to retain its characteristic odor. 154. Thin: 155. Tonality:-Dominant note or theme of a fragrance. 156. Top Note UUndertones |157. Undertones: VVelvety | Vetiver | Vetiver_Oil | Volatile |158. Velvety 159. Vetiver 160. Vetiver Oil: 161. Volatile WWoody |162. Woody: |
||||||||||
| Copyright © 2005-2010 Fragrances everywhere! All rights reserved. Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:10:44 AM - 12 Users Online Home | Brands | Contact Us | Site Map Content Management by WebBuzz | Kitchener-Waterloo Web Hosting | Links |Swapwords| |
||||||||||