Fragrances are present in one’s everyday life be it in the perfumes worn or even the scents present in the environment. But, did you ever think of the fact that every other fragrance family or one of such is called a famous family. Knowing perfume families enables you to know your likable scent types and also aids in selecting perfumes, home fragrances and essential oils with relief. It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner or you are just looking to broaden your horizons because this guide will be able to categorize different perfume notes, what kinds of perfume there are, and how essential oils can be incorporated into this whole aromatic treatment.
In this note, we shall address the concepts of fragrance family and the fragrance wheel, the meaning of fragrance families and their genre, and the application of HBNO essential oils in composing the designed fragrances.
What Are Fragrance Families?
In other words, fragrance families are explanatory zones used in scent concepts for one of the most effective forms of fragrance. Positive scenting zones are based on such attributes as the primary characteristic scents of fragrances. Each of these families has its specific profile ranging from crisp to creamy floral and spicy. These are the pale colorings that can be coded in words: abstract, attire, conceptualization, and fresh, spice. However, creating fragrance for inspiration or interaction has taken over and so the fragrance families guide has slowly been falling out of favour.
Many subtle nuances can be found in different types of fragrances, however, it is common to focus on four main groups: Floral, Oriental, Woody, and Fresh. Each group is composed of several subfams to more finely characterize the features and components of the fragrance.
The Primary Fragrant Divisions
- Floral Family
One of the most adored categories of fragrances is the floral family that includes perfumes based on rose, jasmine, lily, peony, and other floral essences. It is perhaps the most gentle, romantic and feminine of all, enticing one to sophistication and the feelings of being fresh.
Types of Floral Scents: The floral scents could be absolute, comprising of single flower note or a broad range of floral fragrances known as bouquet. Other types of floral scents include light floral (powdery and soft) and fruity floral (combines fruity notes with floral).
Common Floral Essential Oils: Rose, Lavender, Jasmine and Ylengylang are fragrant floral essential oils that can be further mixed to make fabulous customized perfumes. For those looking for soothing floral combos try HBNO’s Rose oil or lavender oil.
- Oriental Family
Oriental families are renowned for their strong authentic and unique characteristics and warm notes. This section consists of spices, resins or herbs enriched with floral or woody notes that render to a perfumery that is opulent and enchanting. Often, oriental perfumes are bold and, having strong sillage, are ideal during the night or when cool.
Types of Oriental Scents soft oriental scents consist of lighter cuisines but spiced with mild floral notes. For woody oriental, fragrant and mild spices are the main ingredients but rich and warm elements of woods like Sandal are used. There’s also the circular master oriental which is floral and has elements of floral spice.
Quite often the essential oils Frankincense patchouli and vanilla feature in oriental esthesias. This is the essential oriental fragrance that many try to create in their blends. It’s resinous yet spicy at the same time.
- Woody Family
As the name suggests, woody family is a family which has very deep earthy and dense fragrances. These scents are usually related to the feeling of being in or nature. Their main components are warm earthy scents such as sandal similar, cedar wood; vetiver etc. Woody scents are mostly masculine or unisex and they are more oriented towards rich and earthy bases.
Types of Woody Scents: There are two broad types of woody fragrances, dry wood such as vetiver notes which is more earthy and smoky, and mossy wood which is a balance of neither wood nor green but rather mouse-encumbered wood etc.
Types of Woody Essential Oils: Woods scents in the essential range can be nuts, cedar wood, sandalwood or vetiver. For the calming earthy scent perfect for relaxing in the evening, try out the sandalwood oil from HBNO.
- Fresh Family
If you prefer scents that are crisp, clean, and uplifting, the members of fresh family are for you. These perfumes are usually derived from senses filed by nature containing scents like citrus, green, and water. Fresh fragrances are ideal for day wear and are usually a fashion in spring and summertime when the preference for light perfumes is high.
Types of Fresh Scents: Bright, lemony fragrances are warm and refreshing while green notes include scents of grass and leafy materials. Water fragrances give the impression of fresh rain or clean ocean air, adding a refreshing touch to the experience.
Popular Fresh Essential Oils: Oils such as lemon, lime, mint and eucalyptus are purely fresh oil scents. For a lively refreshing fragrance suited for everyday use, some of HBNO’s peppermint or lemon will be ideal.
Fragrance Classifications: Perfume Types
In addition to categorization according to the family, fragrances are also described in terms of the distinct perfume types determined by the content of the fragrance oils in the given formula. It is important to appreciate these classifications as they may assist you in picking a fragrance depending on how strongly you wish to smell and for how long.
- Perfume (Parfum)
Out of the available types of perfume, it has the highest percentage content of fragrance oils (20-30%) and also the most long lasting since it stays on the skin for up to 8 hours and even more. Because of its high content of fragrances it is often thickened and has a more punch.
- Eau de Parfum (EDP)
Eau de Parfum has less proportion of fragrance oils (15-20%) than perfume but also makes a lasting impression ( around 6 – 8 Hours) although this impression can be less intrusive compared to that of perfume.
- Eau de Toilette (EDT)
Eau de Toilette has the lowest proportion of fragrance oils (5-15%), thus providing a light fresh scented perfume that lasts for about 3-4 hours. It is best suited for day to day wear without overwhelming the wearer ’s senses or those around them.
- Eau de Cologne (EDC)
Out of all the content of fragrance oils, Eau de Cologne has the lowest proportion (2-5%). It is however still and very pleasant but does not last long. The EDC fragrance is appropriate for use when you do not wish to smell and zoning out is required.
Making Personal Perfumes at Home Using Essential Oils
In people’s daily lives, one of the most common ways used to change the wearer’s fragrance is the use of oils and more so essential oils. Essential oils lie in the category of non-chemical substances, are organic in nature and come with many health and psychological advantages and of course help you smell good.
How Do You Make Your Own Essential Oil Blends?
By mixing essential oils, you may either design a fragrance profile that is standard and belongs to one of the prominent fragrance houses or one that is a fusion of the scents that you adore most. Blending essential oils does not have to be complicated as this is a simple rule.
- Decide which of the Families You Want: Select the family of scent that you would like to start with. If you are the type that enjoys a sparkling or zesty smell, then you could start off with lemon essential oil or even the orange. But in case you would like more of the muscular body fragrances then you might need to work on some woody essential oils.
- Top, Middle and Base Notes: Top notes: There are usually fried / cooked lemon essential oils the first scent that one smells and they are not heavy spicy such as citrus or mint.
- Middle notes: These components say the heart of the fragrance. They include floral notes, green notes, herbs and spice.
- Base notes: There is a heavy mass in the main part which contains bios etc. Noozles that are thick and heavy stay for the most time, and these are usually from woods and resins.
- The three fragrances comprising a lemon (head note), lavender (heart note), and a sandalwood (base note) can be termed as an arrangement of citrus and wood.
- Test Your Blend: After picking the oils you like, you should first combine the oils in small portions and see how these oils are going to work together. You may do this by dispensing a small quantity of each oil into a carrier oil, for example, HBNO’s Jojoba oil or sweet almond oil and applying this on your skincare to determine how it works.
Conclusion
Recognizing fragrance families and perfume types will help you to look into the world of scents confidently. Be it a customized perfume that you are designing or selecting a ready-made perfume, knowledge of aromatic families will definitely enable you to get a scent that meets your needs and lifestyle. With HBNO essential oils you can play with different scent families and design your own personal perfume without losing the advantages of natural oil treatment.
Try out HBNO’s essential oils right now to begin your exploration into fragrances and enhance your wellbeing.
