follow fragrances
private message me
write on my face
view my website
follow on twitter
find on facebook
find on linked in
| Groups |
|---|
| · Learn How To Make Money Online · Affiliates Marketing · Traffic Exchange Fans! |
Interests |
| internet marketing, marketing, affiliates, facebook, make money, marketing, social, twitter, free stuffs, free samples, free, hosting, Hostgator |
Please be advised that this Hostgator BLACK FRIDAY 2011 SPECIAL OFFER starts at 12:00 AM Friday November 25th.
80% Off-HOSTING PACKAGES-Today Only-
Direct LINK:
http://tinyurl.com/best-hosting-offer
6 months ago
Facts about perfume
Perfume is made up of alcohol, water & perfume (fragrance) oil.
It is a word that comes from Latin per fumum, which means "through smoke" (per means through, fumum means smoke).
There are 3 major types: oriental, floral & chypre (means "very sincere" in French). There are also many sub-variations such as woody, musky, aquatic, spicy & fruity.
Eau de - means "water of" in French.
Eau de cologne - contains about 3-5% perfume oil. Used by men.
Aftershave lotions & splash colognes - contains about 0.5-2% perfume oil. Used by men.
Eau de parfum - contains about 15-18% perfume oil. Used by women.
Eau de toilette - contains about 4-8% perfume oil. Used by women.
Parfum (perfume) is the strongest of them all as it contains the most perfume oil. Use sparingly.
Scented ingredients added to perfumes include ginger, grapefruit, musk, peppercorns, mandarin peel, fig leaves, rose, watercress, bamboo, clementine, vanilia, honeysuckle, green tea & the list goes on.
A perfume contains between 10 to more than 250 ingredients.
| share | like 32 | report | 262 views |
|
Sep 14th 2010 at 2:31 AM by fragrances It´s nice to hear it.Thanks ! :)
I will try to write and another informative articles.
|
|
Sep 13th 2010 at 8:24 PM by HealthyGuy Thanks for the article. I found it very informative and to the point. The percentages were extremely interesting to me, especially the number of ingredients that perfumes contain.
To Your Great Success and Health
Dr. Lee
|