Top Perfume Categories
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The fragrance industry did more than ten billion dollars in sales last year. People love perfumes. They like scents in everything they use. In our society, we use perfumes in almost every product we make. Perfumes are in our soap and our cleaning products. We use perfumes to freshen our air, our bodies, and our pets. We cannot escape these scents in our society. People have used perfumes for thousands of years, and until recently; all perfumes were made of completely natural ingredients. In recent years, perfumes have become less expensive. As a result, more and more people are able to purchase them in a variety of products. However, as these two things have happened, they have lost most of their natural ingredients and become more synthesized. More than ninety five percent of the chemicals that come in perfumes today are synthetic. As this has occurred, perfumes have been placed into seven basic categories.

The first perfume category is floral. Floral perfumes make up more than half of all fragrances on the market today. They are, quite easily, the most popular category of perfumes. Floral perfumes are very feminine and are typically associated with romance. There are several different types of floral perfumes. Floral green perfumes are characterized by things like iris and galbanum. Floral fruity perfumes offer things like cassis, pineapple, apricot, peach, and apple hints combined with flowers. These are the newest category of floral perfumes, as they have only been introduced to the market in the last ten to fifteen years. Floral fresh perfumes are spring like fragrances. Hyacinth, lily of the valley, orange blossom, hinted with bergamot or other citruses usually make up the base of these perfumes. There is also a basic floral category within the florals. Rose and jasmine are the two most popular basic floral perfumes, but ylang ylang, narcissus, tuberose, iris, and carnation are also popular bases within this category. Another category is floral-aldehydic. This group is often called florientals. They are intense floral perfumes. They were popular around the turn of the century, but they made a huge comeback in the nineteen seventies.

Another popular perfume category is the Oriental scents. These are the heaviest of all of the scents. These fragrances are most popular in Europe and the United States, despite their name. They are considered to be evening scents, and many people consider them to be very sexual scents. As with the florals category, there are a few categories within this scent. Oriental-ambery scents usually have a citrus and vanilla base. These became popular in the early nineteen eighties. The bases can also be combined with green or herb like elements for a bit of a twist. Another category is the Oriental-spicy category. Clove, mace, and cinnamon are the usual bases for fragrances in this category. Lots of florals fit in this category, too, though. Jasmine, ylang-ylang, or various salicylates are popular, and they lend these scents a feminine touch. Many masculine fragrances are based on an Oriental-spicy combination.

The citrus scent is another category of popular perfumes. These are among some of the oldest scents known the perfume world. Many masculine scents fall within this category, but they are gaining some popularity in the women's fragrance market. All of the scents in this category are energetic and sporty. They make great summer scents. There are three categories within citrus scents, but they are poorly defined, as it is not a well-explored category of perfume. It is just becoming a popular one for manufacturers to cater to. Citrus fantasy is one category. This is a highly imaginative category that a number of unisex scents are currently working with. Citrus fresh is another category. This is the oldest category, and it utilizes traditional citrus scents as a base. The final category is citrus-green. The green elements of this category help to brighten the fragrance to some degree.

Chypre is also a popular perfume category. This is a complex category, blending woody, mossy, and flowery scents with leather and fruit. This is a dry fragrance with little hint of sweetness. This is a fragrance for elegant, classical people who prefer their lives to be slightly out of the norm.

The world of scents can be difficult to make sense out of. Once you do, however, you will be choosing your fragrance like a pro in no time.

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