Top-7 Complimentary Perfumes
- Posted by: angeli.krohmal
It is hard to imagine a more mysterious and subjective art form than perfumery. With more than 400 years of existence in the form to which we are accustomed, perfumery continues to surprise us, develop and pay tribute to the past. Fashionable epochs change each other, something becomes popular for years, some styles, ideas and even whole pieces of clothes disappear into oblivion, something is remembered again after decades - but the desire to smell nice remains with us always.
In different years the world of perfumes dominated the most diverse notes, families and directions. At the beginning of its development, perfumery was not divided by gender. Then in the 20th century under the influence of a huge number of factors such as globalization, world wars, sexual revolution and technological progress, as well as the development of the economy and the birth of marketing in perfumery appeared a strict framework, assigning some types of smells to women and others to men.
Actually, the concept of perfume collecting a lot of compliments is also very subjective and subject to the perception and influence of external factors. Individualism, manifested in the choice of perfume, plays almost the main role. At the same time, it is the question "What fragrance will collect compliments most of all?" is often the determining point in the purchase of a particular fragrance. Let's be honest - choosing a fragrance according to this criterion is not a guarantee of expressing your personal taste. It is our desire to broadcast something to the society to get feedback that plays a big role here, rather than the egocentric desire to enjoy the fragrance as such and ourselves in it.
It's worth saying that there is no such thing as a reference perfume for compliments. To be more precise, almost every perfume release can bring down this or that number of rave reviews. At the same time, the wave of popularity of a particular perfume profile also does not guarantee that absolutely every fragrance created in this vein will please absolutely everyone or those who praised a previously released fragrance with similar notes. It depends on an infinite number of factors: the quality of perfume materials, the brand, the perfumer, the design of the bottle, the accompanying notes in the fragrance pyramid, the scale of the advertising campaign, etc.
Still, we will try to go deeper and look for perfumes that are more likely to resonate positively with your surroundings.
When talking about a pleasant fragrance the first thing that comes to mind is flowers, of course. Since prehistoric times, plants with blooms have attracted humans with their incredibly beautiful scents. Of course, besides the fragrance, the buds of blossoming flowers, be it a stately rose or a field daisy, are pleasing to the eye. In addition, the flowering of plants, as thousands of years ago, and today is used for medicinal purposes.
Rose
This is undoubtedly the most popular flower in the world, and not only in perfumery. Roses are given most often, the image of this flower is used in heraldry, emblems, names of books, movies, institutions and companies. It is difficult to think of something more perfect than what nature came up with as a rose. There are about 25,000 varieties in the world today! It's hard not to resist and choose the flavor of this flower for yourself. Rose is mentioned in the ancient myths of different peoples, it gained great importance in the Middle Ages and does not lose popularity today. It was one of the first to be used in perfumery.
Of course, it is difficult to find one or even a dozen examples of perfumes with a note of rose, which collect millions of compliments - in fact, there are many more. It is easier to define the directions in perfumery, in which rose is used. There is no official classification of rose perfumes, but both perfumers themselves and fragrance enthusiasts distinguish approximately the following:
Fresh and lively, natural rose, the sound of such a perfume is quite natural.
Lush, theatrical, pompous - this is often what they say about compositions where Turkish rose or oil is used.
Dramatic, gothic - rose surrounded by rather heavy notes such as frankincense, oud, civet, often it is already a fading flower.
Rosechouli - a popular duo of rose and patchouli.
Oriental rose - most often blended with saffron and oud.
Candy rose - sweet flowers with dessert accords or even candy.
And a host of others.
Spices
Spices have an enchanting effect not only in cooking. In perfumery they are also highly valued and have been used for quite a long time. In different directions, flavors with spices can be spicy, sweet, warming, shading woody notes. Spices are frequent guests in perfumes of the oriental direction, but one type can be found in almost every second fragrance.
Vanilla
The sweet, slightly creamy flavor of vanilla is loved by many people, even those who are indifferent to desserts. Paradoxically, the source of vanilla is a flower. This sweet spice is made from the seeds of a flower related to the orchid. Interestingly, orchids themselves, of which there are impressively many varieties, rarely have a bright and noticeable aroma, unlike their seeds. Until the 16th century, this exotic spice was almost impossible to find in Europe, as its historical homeland was Mexico.
Vanilla pods were valued so highly in the ancient world that for a while they served as money. Later, in the 18th century, it became widespread and was used for culinary purposes and then for perfumes. Vanilla as we are used to experience it in desserts is already a final product, although this type of vanilla flavor is common. In fact, the dried pods have a rather spicy balsamic olfactory profile, which is typical of niche brands in the perfume industry. Vanilla has emollient properties, making the fragrance soft, rounded, more delicate. It pacifies aggressive notes, such as aldehydes or heavy woody accords. In human perception vanilla has a feminine imprint, although it is not uncommon to find it in the pyramid of men's perfumes.
About the corporeal
Often we want to think of perfume as an extension of our natural flair. Very often people want to smell like themselves, just in an improved version or with an additional decoration, rather than a completely atypical for a person's extraneous odor, although very pleasant. Fulfilling such a human desire the creators of the creative perfume industry have turned to nature in a different way.
Musk
This amazing word hides an equally amazing story. Zoologists use this term to refer to the secretions of the musk deer from special glands. As the fauna was studied, it turned out that some other animals, such as musk duck and muskrat, have similar properties. History is silent as to how exactly the musk scent was discovered to be incredibly pleasant to humans and how the substance was optimized for use in perfumes, but in the 20th century it was a real fascination. The scent of musk cannot be described clearly enough - its chemical properties are such that each person will sense something unique to them. The simplest explanation is as follows: it is your own skin, just warmed and cleaned in a hot bath without the impurities of other odors. Today, hunting the animals that produce natural musk is strictly prohibited. As the chemical and perfume industry progresses every year, the natural substance has been successfully replaced by synthetic analogs that have not turned out to be worse. Interesting fact: initially, chemists did not purposely create a synthetic analog of musk. It happened by accident under the most unusual circumstances - experiments were conducted on the creation of explosives. The destructive element did not turn out, but the scientists noticed that the result of their experiments had a very expressive pleasant aroma.
In addition, some species of plants exude a similar aroma and have also become popular and perfume creators, we will talk about them later.
Musk is a fixing substance, with its help it is possible to stabilize the notes of the pyramid, which quickly escape. In addition to this, the aroma of musk gives a sense of kinship between a person and a perfume, making it something man-made and natural at the same time. Some differences between synthetic musk and natural musk exist. Thanks to the variety of chemical variations, different types of sound are recreated - clean and refreshing, fleshy and a little sweet, you can find musks rather intrusive and sharp, but it guarantees persistence of the whole composition.
The notes in perfumery that are sure to garner a huge number of compliments are indeed many. Therefore, our editorial team will tell you gradually about the best of them in the following articles. And now we want to share a set of fragrances that will surely become a real treasure on your shelf.
Every person is always pleased to hear rave reviews from others about the chosen perfume. We have picked up a small set of universal favorites that will not leave anyone indifferent - neither women, nor men.
