Perfumes

Fortunately, my wife (Libertad Green) is a nano-influencer, so she occasionally receives samples of perfumes we would probably never buy. Usually, these are in the form of tiny spray bottles, which only contain several milliliters (ml), or less than half of one tenth of one fluid ounce (fl. oz.). However, someone sent her a bottle with approximately 50 ml (1.7 fl. oz.) of Tom Ford's OMBRÉ LEATHER. Fortunately, this is one of my favorite scents. 

Since March of 2022, I have been sniff testing all of the perfume samples that my wife has given me (see the list below). The first four are in order of my personal preference; the rest are in no particular order:

1. Ombré Leather eau de parfum by Tom Ford smells like leather.
2. Black Opium eau de parfum illicit green by Yves Saint Laurent smells addictive.
3. Oud Wood eau de parfum by Tom Ford smells like wood.
4. Spice Bomb Night Vision eau de parfum by Victor & Rolf smells spicy.
5. Bad Boy eau de toilette by Carolina Herrera smells like a grandmother.
6. Eternity for Men cologne/eau de toilette by Calvin Klein smells like a church.
7. Acqua di Gio Pour Homme eau de toilette by Giorgio Armani smells like a mall.
8. Le Male Le Parfum eau de parfum intense by Jean Paul Gaultier smells like a bakery.
9. Aqua Vitae cologne forte eau de parfum by Francis Kurkdjian smells like flowers.
10. Polo:  Deep Blue parfum by Ralph Lauren smells like a pool.
    
11. Defy eau de toilette by Calvin Klein defies description.
    
12. The Most Wanted eau de parfum intense by Azzaro smells like a bakery.
13. Legend eau de toilette by Mont Blanc smells like hand sanitizer.
14. Light Blue eau de toilette by Dolce & Gabbana smells like ________________    
    
15. Gentleman eau de parfum boisée by Givenchy smells like ________________
16. Glossier you. eau de parfum by Glossier smells like ________________
17. A Rose for... eau de parfum by _________________  
18. Tygar by Bvlgari eau de parfum by _________________
19. Pure Grace eau de parfum by Philosophy 

MORE TO FOLLOW!

About Perfume

According to PerfumeSociety.org, the following types of perfume are expected to contain the following percentages of whatever it is that makes perfume smell like whatever it smells like:

1. Extract/extrait/solid perfume  – 20-30% [used to make perfume]
2.                  Parfum/Perfume – 15-25%
3.             Eau de Parfum (EDP) – 8-15%
4.           Eau de Toilette (EDT) – 4-8%
5. Eau de Cologne or Cologne (EDC) – 2-4%
   

GLOSSARY:

boisé, boisée - French for "wooded" or "woody"

eau de parfum - French for "water of perfume" or "perfume water"

eau de toilette - French for "water of toilet" or "toilet water"

extrait - French for "extract"

cologne - French for "colony." According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it is "a distilled spirit blended with certain essential oils so as to give off a fragrant scent." This is "short for Cologne water (1814)," a "loan-translation of French eau de Cologne (which also was used in English), literally" [meaning] "'water from Cologne,' from the city in Germany (German Köln, from Latin Colonia Agrippina) where it was made, first by Italian chemist Johann Maria Farina, who had settled there in 1709."

ombré - French for "shadow" 

oud - a lute or mandolin-like musical instrument played principally in Arab countries  

parfum - French for "perfume" 

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Post by William Mortensen Vaughan