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Perfume Imitates Nature

Some perfumes use pheromones from the animal world. "Civetone", for example, comes from both male and female civet cats and musk comes from male musk oxen. Both pheromones are used to mark territory and to attract the attention of the opposite sex. Human urine has been found to contain a substance with a strong musk-like smell.

Men's urine contains twice as much of this substance as women's urine. The substance smells like a scent that women pay particular attention to during ovulation. There's a fatty acid in women's vaginal fluids that is similar to the sex attracting substances of other mammals.

A perfume's scent changes as time goes by. The reason is that certain scents in perfume evaporate at different stages. That's why the smells aren't all sensed at the same time. 

Perfume manufacturers divide the process into three phases: 

1) "The Main Scent" - the most fleeting substances that evaporate within an hour. 

2) "The Heart Scent" - less fleeting substances that last for almost 3 hours. 

3) "The Body of the Scent - the least fleeting substances that last up to 20 hours. 

How To Use Perfume

We use perfumes on our skin in so-called "warm spots" where blood flows near the skin giving away the warmth of our body outside. These spots work as small fragrance pumps.

They are situated on wrists, behind ears, in the inner part of elbows and knees, and on a neck near the collar-bone.

Perfumes will last longer on oily rather then dry skin. Therefore, before using perfumes we may use some Vaseline or oily cream.

Fragrances are more intense when it is warm. Therefore, in summertime you should either use less perfume or use the lighter fragrance.

Fruit fragrances

These fragrances are most often defined as fresh and light scents. They use the aromas of melon, lemon, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, or orange blossom. The most popular fragrances of this type are: Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfinger (1996) and Acqua di Gio by Giorgio Armani (1995).

Floral fragrances

These fragrances are the most popular and they also cause the least controversy as for their reception by customers. Floral fragrances are designed either around the scent of only one flower, e.g. lily inDiorissimo by Dior (1956), or around the floral bouquet, e.g. Pleasuresby Estee Lauder (1995).

Information About Perfume

The fact that types of perfumes are so numerous may be astonishing. You may easily feel lost with so many new fragrances being introduced into the world market each year.

Although there is no officially confirmed division, each of the new fragrances possesses certain features which allow its categorization to one of the following groups:

• Floral fragrances
• Fruit fragrances
• Ocean perfumes
• Green fragrances
• Oriental perfumes
• Chypre fragrances

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