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FLORAL

15Nuances

Attributes

Feminine
Romantic
Elegant
Intimist
Joyful
Seductive
Luminous

Description

Essential in perfumery, the Floral family is comprised of an incredible diversity of scented flowers that provide an air of nobility, delicacy and richness to fragrances.



We are, of course, familiar with rose and jasmine whose use is ancestral.
Orange blossom, however, provides more freshness and has nuances that are reminiscent of neroli. White flowers, such as tuberose, ylang-ylang or gardenia, are sensual and intoxicating. If we are seeking the most delicate and light flowers, we needn’t look any further than lily of the valley or freesia. Violet and mimosa surprise us with their powdered and velvety notes. Finally, one of the spiciest flowers is the carnation, which develops clove accents.



Today, the technology known as the "headspace technique" allows perfumers to capture the protected olfactory molecules of plants in a vacuum environment. Thanks to this technique, new floral notes are discovered every year.

Combining with FLORAL, the citrus notes add an energetic facet, offering a sparkling and tangy freshness which give distinction to the fresh perfumes.

Combining with FLORAL, the green notes add a vibrant and effusive light. They reinforce the natural notes by adding a vegetal touch and a scent of the outdoors.

Combining with FLORAL, the watery notes add scents of algae, iodine and marine breeze but also an effect of transparency, air, or even ozone. They reinforce the clearness of the floral notes.

Combining with FLORAL, the aromatic notes add a complex freshness associated with countless plants, aromatic herbs and the smell of fields warmed by the sun. They transmit an energetic and clean sexiness.

Combining with FLORAL, the aldehydic notes give a scent of laundry room, clean cotton or even whiteness, like a freshly ironed white shirt. They give a blooming effect to the flowers and reinforce the durability in a natural and fresh way.

Essential in perfumery, the Floral family is comprised of an incredible diversity of scented flowers that provide an air of nobility, delicacy and richness to fragrances.

Combining with FLORAL, the fruity notes add velvety or juicy, sour or sweet accents, lending more modernity to the floral bouquet.

Combining with FLORAL, the spicy notes add contrast to the fragrance. They provide character, personality and relief. They vary from pungent freshness to enveloping warmth.

Combining with FLORAL, the woody notes add contrast to the fragrance, bringing dry, creamy or powerful effects. The research of synthetic molecules has increased the perfumer’s palette with interesting woody notes, completing the natural one.

Combining with FLORAL, the Chypre accord brings texture and depth. It completes the floral notes, enhances with patchouli and moss, giving an incredible trail and diffusion to fragrances.

Combined with FLORAL, the notes of tobacco give a contrast, adding silkiness and richness to the fragrances, playing with a pleasant scent, reminiscent of blond tobacco through nuances of woods, honey and freshly mown hay.

Combining with FLORAL, gourmand notes add a contrasting warm, appetizing, tasty and generous scents. They provide comfort and well-being to the perfumes, adding notes that are reassuring as they most often evoke the scents of childhood.

Combining with FLORAL, ambery notes give a heady, voluptuous, warm and captivating contrast. They add very soft, enveloping and sometimes powdery notes, extending the scented trail by providing a velvety accent and sensuality.

Combining with FLORAL, leathery notes contrast and add quite an unusual scent, with dry or sometimes very dry notes, trying to reproduce the smoky odour of leather, the softness of the styrax, or the velvety touch of suede.

Combining with FLORAL, musks enhance the persistence and roundness of the fragrances. They add a comfortable, reassuring, soft and slightly fruity scent, that makes the perfume rounder and more mellow. They add a clean effect and sensual notes… similar to the smell of skin.