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Perfumes




Your perfume is a reflection of your personality. Perfume is not merely a tool that suppresses your body odor, it has evolved into a fashion necessity. The market today offers a wide choice of fragrances. Knowing your fragrance is as important as knowing the best brands in the market.

Perfume types


Traditionally a perfume came mainly in floral fragrances. Today you have a choice of many unique and innovative smells. Some of which are listed below:
  • Leather - The smell of honey, tobacco and wood is mixed to form a scent that you identify with leather.
  • Fougere - A strong woody and herbal scent defines such fragrances. Used mostly in men's perfume range, the scent of lavender and oakmoss are often used.
  • Floral - You can get single as well as a mixture of different floral scents. A mixture of single and multiple floral perfume is often tagged as bright floral in the market.


Categories

  • Gourmand - If you are fond of the fragrance of vanilla and other similar things then these are the family of smell that would find favor with you.
  • Chypre - Patchouli, labdanum and oakmoss are often the scents that define this characteristic frangrance.
  • Fruity or citrus - These are the "refreshing" scent that was often identified with the unmistakable scent of eau de cologne.
  • Wood - The scent of sandalwood, cedar and camphoraceous.
There are separate perfumes for men and women. Perfumes are often classified accordingly.

Perfume brands


Women's perfume brands:

  • Apple blossom
  • Cartier
  • Chanel
  • Christian Dior
  • Elizabeth Arden
  • Lacoste
  • Mont Blanc
  • Old Spice

Men's perfume brands:

  • Aramis
  • Angel
  • Calvin Klein
  • Jovan
  • Chanel
  • Christian Dior
  • Clarins
  • Clinique