| Perfume Classification | Is based on offical French model - Société Française des Parfumeurs Paris | ||||||
| Perfume Families - Classification | Fragrances are divided into similar types; many belong to more than one family but have one or two dominating notes and are classified accordingly. | ||||||
| The Citrus Family | A |
Revolves round such fruits as lemon, lime, mandarin, bergamot and grapefruit, and starts the classification table with ‘A’. Therefore: | |||||
A1 |
Is citrus | ||||||
A2 |
Is floral-chypre-citrus | ||||||
A3 |
Is spiced-citrus | ||||||
A4 |
Is woody-citrus | ||||||
A5 |
Aromatic-citrus | ||||||
| The Floral Family | B |
Is the largest of the groupings and often is based on a single flower for its classification; includes not only single floral notes but floral bouquets;like rose and jasmine; classified ‘B’ | |||||
B1 |
Is soliflore, fresh florals, not too sweet | ||||||
B2 |
Is lavender-soliflore | ||||||
B3 |
Is floral-bouquet ,light florals with a distinctive fresh fruity notes | ||||||
B4 |
Is floral-green, flower-based scents with a sap or grassy note | ||||||
B5 |
Is floral-aldehyde,with the dryness of powder | ||||||
B6 |
Is sometimes sub-divided into | ||||||
Pure Florals: |
Single flower notes, sometime bouquets; other ingredients faint | ||||||
Rich Florals: |
Deeper than sweet florals, have a high proportion of base notes; vanilla or musk | ||||||
Sweet Florals: |
Notable for sweetness and creaminess | ||||||
B7 |
Is floral-fruity-woody; with distinctive woodiness cum spiciness, in the base notes. | ||||||
B8 |
In 1998 a new sub-section was introduced, sensual florals | ||||||
B9 |
In 2002 a new group with an emollient, ‘watery’ note was introduced; aqueous florals | ||||||
| Floramber was introduced in 1993 | |||||||
| The Fougère Family | C |
Mean ‘fern’ in French; is characterized by scents which have fresh, herbaceous notes on a mossy base. | |||||
C1 |
Is fougère | ||||||
C2 |
Is soft amber fougère | ||||||
C3 |
Is floral-amber-fougère | ||||||
C4 |
Is spiced-fougère | ||||||
C5 |
Aromatic-fougère | ||||||
| The Chypre Family | D |
Have distinctive group of contrasting notes. | |||||
D1 |
Is chypre | ||||||
D2 |
Is floral-chypre | ||||||
D3 |
Is floral-aldehyde-chypre | ||||||
D4 |
Is fruity-chypre | ||||||
D5 |
Is green-fruity | ||||||
D6 |
Aromatic-chypre | ||||||
D7 |
Is leather-chypre | ||||||
D8 |
Fleuriffe Chypre | ||||||
| The Woody Family | E |
Fragrances based on sandalwood, patchouli, cedar wood, pine, tambouti wood, etc. | |||||
E1 |
Is woody | ||||||
E2 |
Is woody citrus coniferous | ||||||
E3 |
Is woody aromatic | ||||||
E4 |
Is woody-spicy | ||||||
E5 |
Is woody-spiced-leather | ||||||
E6 |
Is woody-amber | ||||||
| The Amber Family | F |
Or Oriental Family is the oldest family, it includes Asian fragrances and resins; | |||||
F1 |
Is floral-woody-amber | ||||||
F2 |
Is floral-spiced-amber | ||||||
F3 |
Is soft amber | ||||||
F4 |
Is citrus-amber | ||||||
F5 |
Is floral-semi-amber | ||||||
F6 |
Is floramber - introduced in 1993 with the launch of 'DNA Perfume for Women' | ||||||
| The Leather Family | G |
Has an exceptional formula and a slightly different concept of perfumery, with dry to very dry notes such as burnt or smoked leather, birch and tobacco. | |||||
G1 |
Is leather | ||||||
G2 |
Is floral-leather | ||||||
G3 |
Is tobacco-leather | ||||||
| The Green Family | A more recent family, it includes notes that are based on herbs or leaves. | ||||||
| Fruity Floral | Is the newest Family: a modern outgrowth of the Floral Family. (2002) | ||||||
note |
Naturally the ‘f’ and ‘m’ addendum stand for feminine or masculine fragrances. | ||||||
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