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What Is Ethyl Maltol in Perfume?
Ethyl maltol is the candy floss molecule behind Angel and modern gourmands. What it is, how it smells and where to wear...
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Notes broken down, dupes ranked, and straight answers on what actually lasts.
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What Is Mango in Perfume?
Mango's smell spans 285+ compounds, led by 3-carene. What a PLOS One study found, how perfumers build the note, and the mango...
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What Is Lemon in Fragrance?
Lemon oil is 60 to 80% limonene, yet citral at 2 to 5% carries the lemon smell. The chemistry, why citrus fades...
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What Is Peach in Perfume?
Peach in perfume comes from gamma-undecalactone, sold for a century as Aldehyde C-14. The misnamed molecule, Mitsouko, Kirke, and what to wear.
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What Is Caramel in Fragrance?
The caramel note explained: ethyl maltol, the Angel effect, Bianco Latte, and why good caramel scents smell warm rather than flat candy.
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What Is Marshmallow in Perfume?
Marshmallow in perfume is a built accord, not a plant extract. The chemistry behind the note, the two scents that made it...
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What Is Passionfruit in Perfume? A Tropical Smell Built on Sulphur
Passionfruit in perfume, explained: the sulphur molecules behind the tropical smell, the 2023 Crivelli extrait that made it serious, and our Maracuda.
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What Is Mint in Fragrance? The Note That Lies to Your Skin
Mint in fragrance, explained: how menthol tricks your cold receptors, where natural menthol is farmed, and the 1995 formula that made mint...
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What Is Grapefruit in Fragrance? The Note Science Found in a Tree First
Grapefruit in fragrance, explained: nootkatone from an Alaskan cedar, a sulphur molecule you can smell in traces, and why the note fades...
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What Is Pear in Perfume? The Fruit Nobody Has Ever Bottled
Pear in perfume, explained: why no natural pear extract exists, the pear ester molecule that does the job instead, and where the...
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What Is Almond in Perfume? The Cherry Bakewell Note With a Cyanide Past
Almond in perfume, explained: benzaldehyde, the bitter almond molecule with a cyanide past, and why the note smells of marzipan and cherries.
Dupe guide
Aire Sutileza Dupe UK: Aromara Aria
Loewe Aire Sutileza costs 133 pounds. Aromara Aria rebuilds that pear, jasmine and soft musk at 35% Extrait.
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Musc Nurasana Dupe UK: Aromara Damask Musk
Maison Crivelli Musc Nurasana costs 350 pounds. Aromara Damask Musk rebuilds that damask rose, frankincense and musk at 35% Extrait.
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Wavechild Dupe UK: Aromara Waveborn
Room 1015 Wavechild costs 140 pounds. Aromara Waveborn rebuilds that watermelon, coconut and cocoa at 35% Extrait.
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Drunk Lovers Dupe UK: Aromara Drunk Amour
Born to Stand Out Drunk Lovers costs around 145 pounds. Aromara Drunk Amour rebuilds that red berry, brandy and amber at 35%...
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Taormina Orange Dupe UK: Aromara Taormina
Tom Ford Taormina Orange costs 230 pounds. Aromara Taormina rebuilds that Sicilian blood orange, orange flower and oakmoss at 35% Extrait.
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Metal Lavender Dupe UK: Aromara Lavandin
Matière Première Metal Lavender costs 250 pounds. Aromara Lavandin rebuilds that Grasse lavandin, cashmeran and clean musk at 35% Extrait.
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Sugar Blast Dupe UK: Aromara Sugar Blitz
Initio Sugar Blast costs 275 pounds. Aromara Sugar Blitz rebuilds that lavender, praline and rum at 35% Extrait.