I decided the other night that, even though I dislike technicalities intensely, I was going to get my head around perfume classifications. Knowing my perfume classifications means that when I smell a perfume I will be able to say, for example, if it's a floral/amber perfume or a floral bouquet. I see it as a bit like knowing the difference between classical and jazz in music. It's really important! Anyway, to help cement the whole thing in my head, I made up two sentences using the initial letter of each classification for the start of every word in my sentence. Have a look! ( The sentence runs up the side of the posters). The sentences I made up I can easily remember, they don't really make sense but that's not the point. The point is that now I know my perfume classifications and can list them off by heart: ) My nose does the job of recognizing where the various perfumes go, it's putting a name on them I was having trouble with. These posters I designed myself to print out for the wall of my studio. If you click to enlarge the image and then drag it to your desktop or right click and save. Then you can print them out too. Tell me what you think!


First Whiff 1. Himalayan geranium: initial smell is sweet, light and floral. 2. Atlantic bourbon geranium (certified organic): initial smell is dry, floral and slightly bitter. 3, Anatolian bourbon geranium: initial smell, rounder and also dry. More floral than the Atlantic. After 2 minutes 1. Light and sweet but drying out slightly, not at all bitter. A sweet floral note. 2. Much dryer, becoming more leafy now and a green tinge coming through. 3. Also much dryer but becoming more fruity than leafy, more of a soft fruity floral. After 5 minutes 1. Is still light and now fruity floral, still more sweet than dry. 2. A distinct bitterness which is not present in the Himalayan geranium, a dry floral note. 3. No bitterness, the more fruity of the three. After 10 minutes 1. A definite citrus note coming in from nowhere, lifting this one up again, mmmmh I'm really enjoying the Himalayan geranium. 2. A softer herbal tea type note, less bitter and a little cloying compared to the Himalayan ...
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