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    Perfume Chemistry

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    Perfume is diluted with alcohol so that individual scents can be distinguished as they evaporate off the skin over time, rather than being a jumbled mess. Most perfumes are engineered to have three parts - top notes that are detected within 15 minutes, heart notes appearing after 3-4 hours, and base notes that stick around for 5-8 hours. Knowing how perfume works and evaporates can help one apply it properly to preserve the smells rather than weakening them through heat or sunlight exposure.

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    Perfume is diluted with alcohol so that individual scents can be distinguished as they evaporate off the skin over time, rather than being a jumbled mess. Most perfumes are engineered to have three parts - top notes that are detected within 15 minutes, heart notes appearing after 3-4 hours, and base notes that stick around for 5-8 hours. Knowing how perfume works and evaporates can help one apply it properly to preserve the smells rather than weakening them through heat or sunlight exposure.

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    Perfume is diluted with alcohol so that individual scents can be distinguished as they evaporate off the skin over time, rather than being a jumbled mess. Most perfumes are engineered to have three parts - top notes that are detected within 15 minutes, heart notes appearing after 3-4 hours, and base notes that stick around for 5-8 hours. Knowing how perfume works and evaporates can help one apply it properly to preserve the smells rather than weakening them through heat or sunlight exposure.

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    Perfume Chemistry

    Why is perfume so diluted? It's not that manufacturers are stingy.


    The reason is actually aesthetic: Lots of alcohol spreads out the
    smells so that you can distinguish them. In a perfume oil, you'd
    encounter a jumble of smells. Smelling it would be like hearing an
    orchestra play all the notes in a symphony at once. You might
    register that you're smelling something sweet, but not that it's
    mango, followed by jasmine, finished with cherry. Its diluted nature
    makes the smell enjoyable.
    In fact, most perfumes are engineered to have a three-part smell,
    which unfolds after you apply it to your skin. You smell top
    notes within the first 15 minutes of applying. These chemicals first
    evaporate off your skin. Designers often put weird, unpleasant or
    spicy smells in this phase so that they interest you but don't hang
    around long enough to offend. Heart notes appear after 3 to 4
    hours. The chemicals creating these smells evaporate more slowly
    from your skin. They're probably what you remember about the
    perfume; if it's a floral perfume, flowery smells go here. Base
    notes stick stubbornly to your skin. You smell them within 5 to 8
    hours of application [source: Sell]. Musky, watery, mossy and
    woody chemicals often go in the base [source: Calkin]. The
    word note is just perfume jargon for an individual smell.
    Knowing that perfumes smell by evaporating, you can take better
    care in applying them. When applying, spread the perfume, but
    don't rub it in vigorously, because the heat you create will
    evaporate the top notes and weaken the overall smell.
    Chemical reactions can also morph your perfume on the shelf.
    Visible light has enough energy to bust the bonds in fragrance
    molecules, and bright sun will singe your perfume in as little as a
    week [source: Turin and Sanchez]. Air can also corrode your
    fragrance by oxidation -- the same process that turns uncorked
    wine into vinegar. Storing your perfume at room temperature, in
    the dark and in a spray bottle preserves it well. Then, it will have a
    shelf life of at least two years [source: Sell].
    But what about your chemistry? Your temperature and oiliness
    seem most important. The top notes will evaporate faster from
    warm and dry skin than cool and oily skin. Otherwise, by the time
    the heart notes emerge, the perfume smells the same on everyone
    [source: Turin and Sanchez].
    You have learned about your perfume's structure and behavior.
    You have spread, but not rubbed vigorously. Next, we'll look at
    how the fragrance industry produces the stuff.

    Source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/perfume2.htm

    Accessed: 29/5/2017

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