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Perfume is known as a fragrance that nowadays most people are concerned of. Every day as we see, so many perfume products are launched to the society...so, what's the mysterious thing that we hide from it???Let's go check about it...
95% of chemicals of fragrance is derived from petroleum, such as benzene derivatives, aldehyde etc. The perfume smell good and it make us feel more confident in some ways. Do you know that perfume is first discovered by the Egyptian??? And then, France has introduced and developed it ...so, that's why we just know that France is popular with perfume...
In Latin, perfume is 'per fumus' and it gives the meaning of through smoke.
Industrial factory use many kind of techniques to derive perfume. These are absolute, concrete, essential oil, pomade and tincture. The anti-oxidant and colorants help to improve the marketability and the shelf life of perfume. Perfume also can't expose to heat, light, oxygen and extraneous organic materials. This will cause the degradation and break down of the molecules.
Typically, types of perfumes are differentiates according to the concentration of aromatic compound in a solvent, which are ethanol or a mixture of water and ethanol. The concentration by percent/volume of perfume as follows:
· Perfume extract (Extrait): 15-40% (IFRA: typical 20%) aromatic compounds
· Eau de Parfum (EdP), Parfum de Toilette (PdT): 10-20% (typical ~15%) aromatic compounds. Sometimes listed as "eau de perfume" or "millésime".
· Eau de Toilette (EdT): 5-15% (typical ~10%) aromatic compounds
· Eau de Cologne (EdC): Chypre citrus type perfumes with 3-8% (typical ~5%) aromatic compounds
· Splash and After shave: 1-3% aromatic compounds
There are three sets of fragrance notes that show different stages of evaporation process of the perfume. Top notes is the scent that is perceived immediately on application of a perfume. It consists of small and light molecules which will evaporate quickly. They form the initial impression of a perfume and thus, it is important in the commercial selling aspects. It is also known as head notes. Middle notes is the scent that emerges just prior to when the top notes dissipate. The compounds will form the “heart” or main body of a perfume that acted to mask the unpleasant impression of base notes. It is also known as heart notes. Base notes is the final stages which appears close to the departure of the middle notes. It is the main theme of a perfume when it combines with middle notes. It brings depth and solidity to a perfume. The compounds that contained in it are concentrated which usually not perceived until 30 minutes after application.
In tradition, fragrances are classified to seven categories such as Single Floral, Floral Bouquet, Ambered or Oriental, Wood, Leather, Chypre and Fougère. But in modern days, modern scents are categorized into six main categories which are Bright Floral, Green, Aquatic, Ocean, or Ozonic, Citrus, Fruity and Gourmand.
Estée Lauder, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein are the top brands of perfume in US. For European brands, Chanel, Cartier, Christian Dior, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Roberto Cavalli, Bvlgari, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana are the famous perfume brands which hit market in USA.
As we know recently, some substances in perfume are harmful to us. The US Environmental Protection Agency Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) listed 20 common ingredients on the EPA’s Hazardous Waste List such as Benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, camphor, ethanol, ethyl acetate, limonene, linalool, aPinene, g-Terpinene, and a-Terpinene. These are the chemicals that make us feel sick when we use perfume. On the other hand, perfumers are also affecting the environmental balance such as pollution, species endangerment and safety regulation.
So, watch out of these substances in the perfume that you might be using it....don't take it easy, you may regret if you don't look through it...
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