August Atelier Bespoke Collection offers you a fun and fragrant fantasy as the history of parfum comes to life. As we begin our melange below is a guide for connoissieurs of fine fragrance.
Aquatic: Perfumes in this family are made up entirely of synthetic ozone-like materials. They can smell like the ocean, clean air and freshness with other influences like light fruity or floral notes. Great examples are Eau D’Issey Miyaki and Egyptian Musk.
Chypre: These are generally built on outdoor type accords of bergamot, oakmoss, patchouli and labdanum. A good example is Knowing by Estee Lauder.
Citrus: These types of perfumes contain fresh citrus notes that are commonly used in a lot of men’s colognes. A famous example is Tommy by Tommy Hilfiger.
Floral: These classes of perfumes are dominated by one or several types of Flowers or “Fleurs as in Paris.” A famous example is Diorissimo by Christian Dior. It’s time for you to become the Designer… you decide what classifications speak to your style.
Floriental: The perfumes in this family contain deep floral notes, spices and rich bases like amber, musk and woods. Tresor by Lanĉome comes to mind. Oh I just love this stuff. It makes me want to take another trip to Paris next week.
Fougère: These types have sharp herbaceous notes built on a base of lavender, coumarin and oakmoss. Davidoff did it with Cool Water and Halle by Halle Berry uses lots of coumarin.
Fruity: Lauren by Ralph Lauren and Island Kiss by Escada uses this category of intensely fruity & fresh notes.
Green: The color of August as in Peridot. Evokes memories of fresh cut grass, green leaves mixed with herbaceous notes like galbanum, lavender, rosemary, pine, etc. One of my true favorites Gio by Giorgio Armani. We Bespoke your favorites in a pure alcohol-free non-parabenic blend.
Leather: Well defined deep notes of honey, tobacco, wood and wood tars in their middle or base notes reminiscent of leather.
Modern / Aldehydic: These scents contain a type of aroma chemicals known as aldehydes. They have an airy tone to them and get stronger as they are warmed by the skin. The most famous of all: Chanel No. 5 by Madamoiselle herself (actually by Edward Gainic the creator de parfumeur who designed the fragrance for the House of Chanel).
Orientals or Ambers: These perfumes can have pronounced notes of resins, spices, vanilla, animal notes, flowers and woods. Think Shalimar by Guerlain.
Spicy: Scents in this family contain spicy notes, floral notes and musk. Joop! Homme by Joop!
Woody: These types of perfumes are dominated by woody notes like sandalwood, Vetiver also spelled Vetyver depending upon what part of the universe in which it is derived, cedarwood, etc. Loved by Ralph Lauren and perhaps To Be Loved by you.
Enjoy your mélange.
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