Fragrances
Part 2
Paola Fanutti
Fragrance evokes powerful physiological and psychological reactions in people. Scents can relax, re-energize and stimulate emotions and remind us of pleasant memories and experiences.
Body fragrances can make us feel sensual, sophisticated, provocative, masculine or feminine.
Home fragrances can aromatize a house saturated with strong cooking, cigarette and stale odorous and purify air, making an ordinary household an aromatherapeutic atmosphere.
Fragrances come in various concentrations, classifications, forms, and notes. No longer limited to mere eau de parfums and colognes, many modern fragrance lines have expanded their best selling perfumes into skin care, toiletries and home accessory products, to delicately fragrance every aspect of the body and household.
Fashion designers are getting into the perfume business as well, launching fragrances that compliment their own clothing and accessory line's style.
Fragrant products are so widespread that you can caress your nose with your favorite smell and diffuse your favorite aroma on yourself and your living space using everything from modern fragrance lamps to scented candles, to body mists, to scented drawer liners, to fragranced talcum powder.
CASWELL MASSEY
Founded in 1752 as America's oldest perfume company, Caswell Massey is modernizing and adding more fragrant items to its already existing line of 450 skin soothing products. Using the finest perfume grade oils and luxurious ingredients, Cassey Massey's newest scented additions for the home include sandalwood and lilac drawer liners, lavender drawer sachets, and freesia wardrobe freshners, for sweet smelling linens and laundry.
FRAGRANCE LAMPS
Fragrance lamps can add decor, style while diffusing pleasant aromas that welcome residents and guests into any household. Fragrance lamps are available in a wide variety of scents that range from indulgent fragrant flavors like butter cream, pumpkin pie and spice to more decisive earth or woodsy tones like musk or wildflower. Fragrance lamps also make great gifts for any occasion.
L'OCCITANE
The bestselling, posh French cosmetics and skin care company from Provance is launching its newest fragrance, Feu D'Orange Intense, a unisex scent inspired by the orchards of Sicily. Feu d'Orange is not merely an eau de toilette. Feu's citrus and orange odors infuse an entire line of toiletries and cosmetics, including Orange Passion lip gloss, spicy orange home spray, and Feu D'Orange scented candles to leave the entire body and home with a lingering orangey odor.
ROGER & GALLET
The opulent Parisien perfume house found in 1862 is adding fragrant innovation to its traditional world-renowned fragrant soaps and water. Roger & Gallet's expanding product list includes fragrant mini-soap with cases, buttery-soft body lotions, and dual hair and body washes. Roger & Gallet's multipurpose line is also available in the company's newest upscale and original scents, Lotus Blue and Cinnamon Orange.
DISCOUNT PERFUME
Can't afford the newest posh designer perfumes? You can still spritz sensual scents by scoping out discount perfume lines.
The Body Shop touts a great selection of body sprays and matching scented skin care, and scented body oils.
Designer fragrance collections from Sephora offer small, affordable, concentrated brand name designer scents into inexpensive 'air-plane' friendly, purse-size bottles for sparing use.
The very affordable and very sexy Victoria Secret line also sells sweet-smelling skin care and perfume collections in inspiring fragrances, like Amber Romance and Strawberries and Champagne.
LAMPE BERGER
The decorative and creatively original French home accessory line has been in existence since 1898, selling a wide range of fragrant home lamps that purify the air while adding a touch of French class to any room. Each custom lamp burns an alluring fragrance. Adding to the existing, exciting collection of Southern Vanilla and Almond Pear is the new, decadent Chocolate Indulgence fragrance. Lampe's lamps are an excellent way to rid the home of smoky and stale odors and replace them with a delicious scent.
VANDERBILT
The American fashionista, clothing and accessory designer house Vanderbilt designs fragrances for women that compliment the brand's sophisticated clothing line. The Vanderbilt perfume line includes Vanderbilt, Glorious and Honeymoon. The extended Vanderbilt fragrance line is available in skin silkening bath powders complete with body puffs, perfumed body lotion and perfumed talcum powder to beautify the entire body.
PERFUMES
Perfumes are available in different concentrates and notes and are composed of a combination of essential oils and synthetic compounds.
To create a fragrance, pure perfume oil must be diluted with chemical solvents, alcohol and/or natural compounds. The dilution process determines the concentration, potency strength and duration of the fragrance.
The purest, least diluted and most potent form of fragrance is the perfume extract, followed by the eau de parfum. The lighter, less intense fragrance forms are the eau de toilette and eau de cologne.
NOA PERFUME
The French Cacharel brand of clothing sells a ready made collection of fragrances to match the fashion line's sleek, upbeat style. Noa and Noa Perle's famous blackcurrant, pear, and jasmine notes are also found in a complete body care range, including the Noa's body shampoo, deodorant spray and Stardust body lotion.