| Perfume is a chemical compound of fragrant oils, | | | | existent in nature) and are very valuable elements |
| aroma blends, fixatives, and solvents that | | | | used to make perfume. |
| provides a pleasant or attractive smell to anyone, | | | | Purpose: Composing Perfumes |
| anything, or any space to which it is applied, either | | | | The reason multiple industries use perfume or |
| directly or through spray. This is used primarily for | | | | fragrant compounds is to attract the customer |
| women who want to attract a mate or wish to | | | | via the olfactory system, or sense of smell, and |
| smell nice for a social event. | | | | persuade them to buy perfumes or |
| Concentration and Composition | | | | perfume-laced products. |
| The concentration or composition of perfume | | | | Brief: fragrant samples created for smell-testing |
| starts with a base of perfume oils, which are | | | | by select would-be buyers. This process of |
| natural, animal, or synthetic. These oils are | | | | smell-testing various perfume combinations-which |
| watered down with a solvent that makes | | | | usually extends over a long period of time--is an |
| perfume light and applicable. Why? Pure, or | | | | attempt to isolate the feeling incited by the brief. |
| undiluted, perfume oils are composed of eruptive | | | | When this is achieved, the fragrance is typically |
| elements that can damage the skin or cause | | | | modified and formulated accordingly. The perfume |
| allergic reactions, so adding solvent thins the oils | | | | composition is either destined to augment other |
| and makes them less potent. The most | | | | products (as a functional fragrance) or is patented |
| prevalently used solvent is Ethanol. | | | | and sold as a perfume (as a fine fragrance) after |
| Natural and Synthetic Aromatics: | | | | aging one year. |
| Plant Sources: Plants are the oldest source for | | | | Implications: Preserving Perfumes |
| fragrant oils compounds in perfume, flowers and | | | | Fragrance compounds usually deteriorate and lose |
| blossoms the most prevalent parts used in | | | | strength and cohesion if stored inappropriately for |
| perfume. Other plant parts include leaves and | | | | long periods of time. It is therefore wise to tightly |
| twigs; roots, rhizomes, and bulbs; seeds; fruits; | | | | seal such compounds in aluminum containers, and |
| wood; barks; and lichens. | | | | keep them away from light, heat, Oxygen, and |
| Animal Sources: Musk, from the musk sacs from | | | | other organic substances. For best results, these |
| the Asian musk deer; Civets, also referred Civet | | | | containers should be stored in a refrigerator at a |
| Musk; and fatty compounds known as Ambergris | | | | temperature of around 3 to 7 degrees Celsius. |
| are among the most prevalent used in perfume. | | | | Perfume is very popular in world culture, so much |
| Others include Castoreum and Honeycomb. | | | | so that its uses and applications continue to |
| Synthetic Sources: Produced through the organic | | | | expand. The sense of smell is one of the most |
| synthesis of multiple chemical compounds. Calone, | | | | powerful and persuasive of the human senses, so |
| Linalool, Coumarin, and Terpenes are among | | | | it's natural that perfume would entice us in many |
| synthetic sources used to make fragrant oils. | | | | areas of daily living. |
| These can create unnatural smells (or those not | | | | |