Mostly, perfumes are catagorized as fresh, woody, floral, oriental and fougere. Not widely known for its scent like others, fougere is the French term for fern. Almost everyone is familiar with floral perfumes, because most people associate perfume with this scent and nearly all of our grandmothers have worn them at some time.

The categories of perfume types are distinguished by the actual scent they make and the ingredients they are composed of. A combination of different barks and oils from woods will give you a woody scent, while a natural or citris scent will smell fresh and the basic florals are the result of the scent of a flower. The intoxicating scent that is referred to as woody oriental has warm, dry woody notes, night blooming flowers, musks, vanilla, and a combination of oriental resins.

By understanding these simple breakdowns in the fragrances a person can choose the type of women’s perfume they want and that will blend with their body type to create a tantalizing aroma. Some perfume companies also make a perfume specially designed by you which is known as a signature fragrance. You can choose the ‘flavors’ and have a unique fragrance, that is yours and yours alone. There are also different strengths to the types of women’s perfume.

Women’s Perfume Strengths Defined

The most basic type of women’s perfume strength is a true perfume and the person who wears a true perfume will be wearing the strongest concentration of the scent. Perfume is a concentration of aromatic oils that will be at least twenty percent. By using the true perfume a person will have the full essence of the fragrance offering an unmistakable aroma. Even though they will cost considerably more than the other strenght options, paying more gives you the best quality in this case.

The perfume concentration or fragrance levels depend on individual skin type and so naturally vary, therefore these levels are guides only:

  • Parfum: a 15% to 30% strength will last up to 6 hours
  • Eau de Parfum EDP: 8% to 15% strength will lasts 3 to 5 hours
  • Eau de Toilette EDT: 4% to 8% strength will last 2 to 4 hours
  • Eau de Cologne EDC: 3% to 5% strength will last up to 2 hours

Decreased concetrations are eau de cologne, eau de toilette and eau de perfume. These concentrations can be bought in larger quantities for less money making them affordable types of women’s perfume strengths. 

If you want to learn more about the types of women’s perfume, take the time to study these various groups and strengths. One way to see for yourself the different groups of scents out there is to investigate the popular brand names and perfumes currently out there. You will naturally have likes and dislikes and it won’t take long to see which category of perfumes you prefer. You remove all of the difficulties involved in choosing the perfect womens perfume when you are better acquainted with the strength and category of the fragrance group you prefer to invest your money in.

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