Personalized Perfumes :: The Ascentual Self

The Ascentual Self

Natural perfumes are mainly created from plant materials called essential oils and absolutes. These include fruits, flowers, herbs, resins, woods, seeds, roots.

Often these essences are termed "the life force, or soul" of the plant. Scientific scent research is showing that each plant oil has its own particular fragrance which in turn can affect our mood and emotions. Some essences are energizing, uplifting, inspiring. Others can be calming, soothing, grounding. And still others have aphrodisiac properties. Perfumes made from synthetic chemicals do not have these same 'alive' qualities.

Borrowing from music terminology, perfumes are composed through combining notes and chords. Every perfume is created from Top, Middle and Base Notes.

Top or Head Notes are what we smell first and they introduce the perfume, drawing us in to the fragrance. They are ethereal and fleeting and soon give way to the Middle Notes. These are the personality or "heart" of the perfume. They eventually fade into the Base Notes which are deep, earthy and mysterious and linger the longest on the skin.

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