A perfume is a substance that emits a pleasant odour. Usually it is a fluid preparation of natural essences (from plants or animals) or synthetics and a liquid fixative is used for scenting. Natural ingredients such as flowers, grasses, spices, fruit, wood, roots, resins, balsams, leaves, gums, and animal secretions, like musk and ambergis, in addition to resources like: alcohol, petrochemicals, coal, and coal tars are often employed in the manufacture of perfumes.
Perfumes have been historically used primarily for fragrance. It helps keep unwanted body odour at bay and ensures that you smell good throughout the day. Certain smells can change your mindset, others can make you more attractive. Some perfumes make a person more confident. That means perfumes can change one’s personality. You can feel younger by wearing certain perfumes. Citrus fruit, floral and winter spice perfumes help calm body and mind. If you use lavender scent before you go off to bed, you can go to sleep easily and early. Wearing perfume can help you cure an awful headache also.
Typically, there are 5 common types of perfumes. These include parfum, eau de parfum, eau de toilette, eau de cologne, and eau de fraiche. The main difference between these five perfume types is their fragrance oil concentration. Eau de parfum works great for the colder season because it is stronger in scent, heavier and oilier. Yet, you have to ensure you pick winter-friendly fragrance smells.
Eau de toilette is ideal for the warmer seasons because of its lighter scent. Eau de cologne works especially great for male fragrances, particularly as aftershave and splash on fragrance. Eau de fraiche, just as its name suggests is perfect for refreshing. So, instead of using it as your go-to perfume, it works perfectly for instances where you want to refresh such as at the gym or beach.
There are 7 different types of scents or fragrances.
1. WOODY
Woody scents are reminiscent of strolling through the California redwoods or sitting around a campfire, and they have a scent that smells like the outdoors. It is the smell of wet asphalt (which is known as petrichor), you’ll probably appreciate a woody fragrance.
Asphalt is made by the fractional distillation of crude petroleum. Petrichor is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.
2. CITRUS
Citrus fragrances are typically crisp and clean, with smell of lemon, grapefruit, orange, and bergamot. They are cooling, in effects.
3. GOURMAND
Gourmand fragrances are Vanilla, chocolate, burnt sugar, and caramel . These are some of the most popular scents.
4. FLORAL
Floral fragrances are romantic in effects. Some of the most common flowers used in floral perfumes include roses, jasmine, lavender, and tuberose.
5. FRUITY
Fruity scents, which are reminiscent of scorching summer days, include scents such as cherry, pear, and watermelon. Sweet orris is a flower-based variant that smells like cinnamon when burnt. The orris root, actually the rhizome of a sweet iris, usually Iris Pallida, features an incredible aroma often used to conjure violet themed fragrances.
6. SPICY
Spicy fragrances, have a provocative air. Cardamom, incense, and pepper are typically warm, passionate smells. This is the perfume one would wear if they wanted to feel intriguing. A touch of spicy Pepper blended with fresh scents of Lavender, Geranium and embellished with subtle Jasmine. Warm, sensual Amber, Patchouli and exotic Sandalwood enhanced with Vanilla, Tonka Bean, and rich, warm Musk complete this fragrance expression.
7. AQUATIC
Aquatic scents, are characterized by smell of algae, salt, and fresh sea air. This fragrance is more of a fragrance composition that conveys freshness and purity.
A nice smell tells about the positive future or capabilities of the person, while a bad smell foretells bad luck and incapabilities. If you start applying perfume based on your main planet, then that helps improve the effects of the main planet. The fragrance of yellow flowers, the perfume of saffron and kevada is perfect for getting the blessings of Jupiter.
For the Venus dominated personalities, all ‘sweet’ floral fragrances from beautiful flowers, like rose, jasmine, lotus, lily and saffron is favourable. Mars is again a fiery planet so the ‘warm’ and ‘spicy’ scents similar to the sun will naturally appeal. It is superstitious belief, a person should not gift someone perfume as it brings bad luck.
Saturn related plants are often poisonous. Her scents are often rich deep florals like patchouli, or transportive resinous scents like Myrhh. Since Mars is a warrior planet he rules over the leather family, and smoky scents like tobacco, birch tar and cade. All red flowers, such as carnation and hibiscus are Arian. The poignant, melancholy fragrance of Orris (Iris) root perfectly embodies the mood of the Moon, as do other “cold” florals like Violet. “Cold” florals like Iris are ruled by the Moon.
Wood of sandalwood tree should be worn to get the benefits of Rahu. Lavender is sometimes associated with the planet Mercury which is with the element of air; and with the astrological signs Gemini and Virgo.Venus is the planet of beauty and extravagance and Rose is the king of flowers favourable for Venusian people.
Different Zodiac signs have a liking for different perfume scents.
1. Aries: Mustard, Peppermint, Honeysuckle.
2. Taurus: Rose, Poppy, Violet.
3. Gemini: Lavender, Myrtle.
4. Cancer: Geranium, Lily, Water Lily.
5. Leo: Saffron, Rosemary, Sunflower, Marigold.
6. Virgo: Linen, Cotton.
7. Libra: Hydrangea, Poplar, Mint.
8. Scorpio: Blackberry, Aloe, Witch Hazel.
9. Sagittarius: Cinnamon, Currant, Sandalwood. Currant perfume is having fragrance between green and red fruit scents. It can have unpleasant smell when badly dosed or orchestrated, it can smell like cat urine, sweat or boxwood bushes.
10. Capricorn: Thyme,It’s spicy, aromatic – and surprisingly leathery smell , in a perfume. It’s spicy, aromatic – and surprisingly leathery. Elm Slippery Elm bark also has a sweet smell much like butterscotch or maple syrup. Pine: The smell of pine is refreshing due to certain volatile chemicals, called terpenes, that are produced by the pine tree. Willow: The more common Weeping Willow variety gives off a smell similar to urine when burned. Red willow, however, has a much more pleasant odour and can even impart a sweet flavour on meat and fish when used for smoking.
11. Aquarius: Orchard, Golden Rain .Golden Rain Tree
emits a mild, sweet fragrance and like the smell of buzzing happy bees as they collect nectar.
12. Pisces: Cucumber, Sage.There are many variations of sage. But ultimately, sage as a whole offers an earthy aroma with an herbaceous scent.
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