FM Perfume plays a tune - whats your FM perfume tune today?

 

 

Due to their composition that evolves in time, FM perfumes are compared to musical works. For this reason fragrance creators are often called composers and scents are often described with musical terms. If you work in the world of perfume you may find some of the phrases below very useful. The most common words used in FM perfume descriptions are “note” and “accord.”

NOTE is a definition of a single smell and also of individual phases of the fragrance duration. They are divided into three types: head note (top note) - it is the scent perceived right after we open the bottle. It is the most elusive and delicate note that is responsible for the first impression that we have of the fragrance. It lasts for a few minutes.  heart note (middle note) - it develops after around 20 minutes from spraying out the perfume and lasts for a couple hours. The middle note defines the scent theme and determines the type of fragrance family.  deep note (base note) - it is the so-called “fragrance background” that is created by intense scents and also different fixatives. Base notes can last on the skin for several hours.
ACCORD is a combination of three or more notes which create a brand new fragrance when joined. When all the notes match ideally creating a homogeneous fragrance we can speak of HARMONY.
TONE is a set of fragrance composition features that create the surroundings of the scent.
SEMI-TONE is a subtle fragrance detail that is recognised only by a narrow group of specialists. If you are asked by your customer for a “tone lighter” fragrance you should offer them perfumes from the same fragrance family but less intense and with more delicate notes (you can check the intensity of fragrances in the table inside the catalogue). CLAIM YOUR TWO FREE FRAGRANCE SAMPLES TODAY
Nowadays the term that is used more rarely is THEME and it describes the leitmotiv of the fragrance. The theme should appear throughout all the phases of fragrance duration. It should emerge in the top note, slowly pass on to the middle note and then appear in the base note.
Another term that is not used any more is ORGANS describing an old device used in perfume production. It was a table with stair-like shelves on which the perfume maker could put bottles and flasks with different perfume ingredients. Sitting by the organs, the creator used to experiment by choosing and mixing the components, making unique fragrance combinations. He looked as if he was a musician composing his works.
In perfume production there are also terms taken from arts language. For example some fragrances are called “green”. PALETTE is a set of fragrant substances from which the perfume maker chooses right ingredients to create a composition.
Sophisticated terms dominate in descriptions of perfumes, but the creator of perfume is called just NOSE. Luckily, you can also call him a creator, composer and perfume maker. So what tune is your FM Perfume playing today? What's your favourite FM perfume? Please comment your favourite.