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Floral Perfumes for Women and Their On-going Popularity

The gorgeous fragrance of nature‘s abundance of flowers are superbly captured in quite a lot of floral perfumes these days. This is mainly due to the imagination and creativity of the skilled perfume makers that make them. Many of these artisans are absolute perfectionists, who refuse to give up until they achieve their set goals of creating fabulous scents. Some of the blends they come up with smell identical to the scents of various fresh flowers we are familiar with and other botanical odors like cut grass, herbs and leaves. They are also able to create other odors that do not smell like any recognizable or naturally occurring fragrance, but that smell divine all the same.

Most floral scents are actually created from aroma chemical molecules rather than natural essential oils. The fact that these perfumes are mostly created from man-made ingredients does not mean they are inferior or less beautiful because they are not made up with essential oils. As a matter of fact, it is not uncommon to find outstandingly floral perfumes that are made up with 100% odor molecules created in a chemistry lab.

Ultimately, the creation of masterpiece perfumes is usually down to the use of top quality perfume ingredients and the talents of creative perfumers and dedicated alchemists who are forever coming up with exceptional fragrance notes to titillate and entice our senses. Here are some extra interesting information about floral perfumes:

Question 1 – What is the origin of floral perfumes?

Answer: Floral perfumes are not new to the perfume industry; in fact they are perhaps the earliest perfume classification. In the early days of perfume making different types of flower blossoms were distilled or soaked in volatile solvents to extract their fragrant essences. The oils and distillates obtained during these processes were then mixed into different of bases such as oils and alcohol to dilute them and make them safe for application on the body.

The flowers most commonly used then were roses, jasmine, tuberose, narcissus, orange blossom and geranium; all of which are available in various varieties. Each variety has different nuances and characters. In addition, the countries they are from, the weather, the nutrient content of the soil they were grown in and how they are harvested all play a big role in the final quality of the essential oils obtained from them. All these factors put together can affect the quality of the essences obtained in the harvest of a location from year to year. In one year it might produce the very best quality and the following year one not fit for use.

Question 2: Why are floral perfumes so popular among women?

Answer: Floral scents and interest in flowers on the whole is more commonly associated with women. So, it is not surprising that the love of floral perfumes is fundamentally feminine.

Question 3: Can men use floral perfumes?

Answer: Going back to the history of perfumes and its early days, floral perfumes were the main type of perfumes available for both sexes and that was what they used. As a matter of fact during the regency period, records show that men wore a lot more perfume than women. There were several references made in books about the fashionable men and dandies of the day dousing themselves in rose and jasmine perfumes to cover up the odors of unwashed bodies. There were also many anecdotes and jokes in the society papers about men who wore so much strong scents that it used to send the ladies into a swoon at social gatherings.

What's more, by comparing the ways perfumes were made in its early days to the modern perfume making process, it is very clear that floral ingredients still play a very prominent role and are still incorporated in both men and women's perfumes. It's actually quite interesting to note that a woody, fruity, spicy or fresh perfume can still contain a substantial amount of floral notes.

So whether you are a woman or a man, a great way to have a say in what fragrance suits you best is to make your own perfume.  The art of creating a perfume is all in the blending and in knowing how much of what to add to a composition to create perfumes that will appeal to a man, woman or both sexes. You can experiment with different fragrance notes and decide which ones to put together to make your ideal blend. The sky is the limit once you know how to go about knocking together your own perfumes blends. It's as easy as ABC!

About the Author

Remy Baker is a successful perfume maker/entrepreneur and the author of Scent2Riches; Making Perfume From Home Guide.
Remy loves everything about perfume making and enjoys showing others the tricks of the trade; especially how to make perfumes for less than $5.

If you've found this article helpful, you can find out more about how to make your own perfume and earn from home here: http://www.scent2riches.com

What does blood orange smell like?

Well I want to buy an essential oil and I'm really curious about the scent of blood orange. Is it pepperminty? Fruity? Musky? Floral? Does it smell anything like normal orange? What's the difference in smell?

blood orange smells like a juicy ripe orange but with a hint of grapefruit !

Floral Oil Paintings from Artist Sara Eyestone

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