Glossary & Fragrance terminology
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Warm:
A word used to describe a fragrance that has a stimulating effect upon the imagination. The effect of warmth is usually conferred by material having an unconventional odor. Wild: Referred to plants which grows spontaneously and they are not cultivated . Woody: A fragrance resembling with the aroma of fresh cut, dry, oriental wood or fibrous root in part or whole of sandalwood or vetiver, Cedar wood Virginian, patchouli. Some materials can smell woody even though they are not woods: the grassy plant patchouli smells dry, pungent, earthy and woody; Cashmeran is a type of musk with a strong woody-ambery nuance. Sandalwood, on the other hand, does not smell classically woody. It is a creamy scent reminiscent of dried rose petals and fresh milk. Wormwood: It refers specifically to artemisia absinthium, one of the key ingredients of Absinthe. |