High living has always been associated with the use ofperfumes. In the old days with royalty people espousing the need forfragrances, the bourgeois society soon followed.

Perfumes from natural odorants like sandalwood or musk were preferred. In today'sworld due to illegal trafficking and species endangerment, natural odorants arereplaced by synthetic aromatics. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.Aromas like musk from natural ingredients are extremely complex and have beenimpossible to imitate through synthetic aromatics like nitro-musks ormacrocyclic musks. On the other hand, synthetic aromas like ozone, marine,metallic, etc. have no parallel olfactory relationship in the natural odorants.


So nowadays with modern technology of perfume manufacturing and syntheticaromas, new categories have been created. Categories that can be best describedas:


  1. Bright Floral - very popular and meant for almost everyone and all occasions
  2. Woody - it evokes the forest refreshing smell
  3. Green - it has a lighter fragrance and is meant for casual wear
  4. Oceanic - it is very popular among the younger generation
  5. Spicy Fruit - a good choice for tropical weather or during summer
  6. Oriental - (Or Spicy scents) it is meant for special occasions.


The composition of perfumes is very important, because the right combination ofscents (as rose, jasmine, cola), modifiers (esters), blenders (linalool,hydroxycitronellol) and fixatives(like resins, wood scents and amber), canprovide the unique smell by which brand name perfumes are so famous and desiredfor. Some famous brand name perfumes are:


  1. Eau de Cologne (1709)
  2. Chanel No. 5 (1921)
  3. Opium YSL (1977)
  4. Azzaro Pour Homme (1978)
  5. Anais Anais (1979)
  6. Poison Christian Dior (1985)
  7. Eternity Calvin Klein (1988)
  8. Envy Gucci (1997)
  9. Nu YSL (2001)
  10. Rose 31 (2006)


Also, preservation of perfumes is of vital significance as it degrades if keptcarelessly. Previously all perfumes used to come in open bottles with caps.These bottles kept the fragrance intact for about a year. As it was used, thelevel of the perfume went down, and it was exposed to oxygen contained in theempty space of the bottle. This eventually changed the perfumes fragrance.Heat, light, oxygen, and extraneous organic materials, further distorted thefragrance. Thus glass bottles, though extremely decorative, allowed light, andcontributed to the degradation of the scent.


It is now a well known fact that light-tight aluminum bottles are best for thepreservation of perfumes, especially when they are refrigerated at low temperaturesfrom 3 to 7 degree Celsius. The oxygen contained inside the bottle cannot beremoved completely but it can be minimized by the use of rollers instead ofopen bottles. Further minimization of oxygen exposure can be attained by theuse of sprays.


Thus almost all modern day perfume come in spray bottles, which isolate theperfume from mixing with outside oxygen, skin, detritus, and dust, therebypromoting the longevity of the olfactory quality of the perfume.


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