Perfumery explained

Extrait de parfum

The most concentrated version of a personal fragrance. But this is not all of that. Extrait de parfum contains a high amount of long...

Why do perfumes change the way, they smell during wearing?

Let us take a classical example. Your perfume smells like citrus, when you apply it. An hour later it smells, like rose and jasmine, and...

Why do some fragrances give a headache?

Probably you have also tried to experience headache in connection with smelling a fragrance. Maybe you could even recall an earlier...

How to choose the right perfume, as a gift for someone else?

Picking a scent, for ourselves, what we like, is an easy task. But choosing a fragrance for our partner, sister, mother or friend - that...

Eau de Cologne, Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, Parfum...

Fragrances are being produced in different strengths and have different longetivity. There can be different reasons for this. Some...

Base note, middle note and top note in perfumery

Fragrances have top, middle and base notes. Top note is, what gives the first impression of a perfume, when you smell it in the shop, and...