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Love perfume at discount prices but never thought about the composition or ingredients of your favorite perfume? Scentiments.com is here to not only offer fragrances at discount prices, but also a little perfume education for your learning pleasure.
Fragrances are created by the combination of scented essential oils and alcohol. There is a long list of ingredients, or notes, that are commonly used in the composition of designer perfumes. Fragrances are typically formulated by layering three scents, or notes. The top notes are volatile and provide the first impression you get from your perfume. Top notes last the least amount of time, anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. The middle notes, also known as the heart notes, emerge about 15 minutes after application and once the top notes have faded. Middle notes last about an hour or more and act as the heart of your signature scent. The base notes reveal the depth and strength of the fragrance and usually last around 24 hours.
Now you understand why fragrances can smell different from one moment to the next. With most perfumes, you'll smell the top note first, then the scent will change and you'll notice the middle note sometime later and the bottom note will stay with you for a day. Therefore, when selecting your signature scent, it is important to test your designer perfume for a full 24 hours to make sure you enjoy each perfume note throughout the course of the day.
You might wonder why some perfume cost the earth and, at the same time, you can find some discount perfume online. Here's why... The expensive fragrances use natural ingredients to give the fragrance its richer scent. It's that simple. These ingredients are understandably expensive and that cost is passed along to the consumer. A fragrance using manmade formulas containing no natural ingredients cost less to manufacture and the cost is understandably lower. The choice is yours.
Most fragrances aren't made from real flowers anymore. The scent of a flower changes as soon as it is cut. This is why perfumers use a method called headspace technology to analyze the natural scent of a living flower with computers and duplicate that aroma in a lab. Some notes are both synthetically created and can also be extracted from plants and fruits. Common notes include vanilla, sage, ylang ylang, rose, sandalwood, gardenia, orange and cedar wood. Floral scents are more common in womens perfumes, while the woody scents and citrus scents are typically reserved for mens colognes. You can explore all of the perfume notes by typing your favorite ingredient in the keyword search box located at the top of this page. Once you find a few favorites, place your order online or call us toll free at 1-800-685-7321.
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