{"id":1946,"date":"2024-12-08T20:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2024-12-08T20:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T20:21:37","slug":"understanding-fragrance-labels-decoding-fragrance-labels-and-terminology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/2024\/12\/08\/understanding-fragrance-labels-decoding-fragrance-labels-and-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Fragrance Labels: Decoding Fragrance Labels and Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A perfume bottle usually comes along with multiple lines of ingredients, manufacturing details, storage tips in addition to the heavy branding and marketing information. These messages are sometimes overlooked and mis-understood by the common consumer. The level of information on a perfume package can be broken down into the following \u2013<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Top note \u2013 These are the impressions that are first smelt as soon as a perfume is sprayed and are very light which means they evaporate the quickest.<\/li>\n\n<li>Middle note \u2013 They form the main body of the fragrance and are strongest once the top notes fade away and provide the main depth of the fragrance<\/li>\n\n<li>Base note \u2013 These notes are the foundation of a perfume and are the longest lasting notes of the perfume composition<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Concentration levels<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eau de Cologne (EDC) \u2013 Colognes have the lowest concentration of fragrance oils, generally around the 2-4% mark and are typically very light and available for a lower price<\/li>\n\n<li>Eau de Toilette (EDT) \u2013 Majority of the commercial fragrances fall into this category. EDT have a concentration of between 5-15% of fragrance oils and typically last longer than EDCs<\/li>\n\n<li>Eau de Parfum (EDP) \u2013 EDPs are longer lasting fragrances, having a fragrance oil concentration between 15-20% and are typically made for evening perfumes with the aim of having a strong scent presence<\/li>\n\n<li>Extrait de Parfum (Parfum) \u2013 These are fragrances with the highest concentration levels of oils, typically between 15-40%. Due to their composition, these fragrances tend to be quite expensive and last the longest due to their intensity<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Other labels generally include the different fragrance families that the perfume is a part of, ingredients and their origins (which can be both natural and synthetic). Some manufacturers also add labels of key ingredients which can a<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A perfume bottle usually comes along with multiple lines of ingredients, manufacturing details, storage tips in addition to the heavy branding and marketing information. These messages are sometimes overlooked and mis-understood by the common consumer. The level of information on a perfume package can be broken down into the following \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-perfume",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1949,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/1949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarafragrances.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}