Comes from the Latin "per fumum" which means "through smoke." Perfume is the result of the creativity of the perfumer. This word designates only the richest product of a fragrance line.
From the Latin words "per" (through) and "fumum" (smoke); the strongest, most concentrated and lasting form of a fragrance. A blend of natural essential oils or aroma chemicals and fixatives, a fine perfume may contain as many as 300 different elements.
Up to 300 different chemical ingredients are used to produce many fragrances in cosmetics and toiletries. Of these 300 chemicals, as many as 100 may be potentially persistent or allergenic in nature.
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
a distinctive odor that is pleasant
fill or impregnate with an odor; "orange blossoms prerfumed the air in the garden"
a fine elegant fragrance exquisitely designed to meet the subtle elegance of a woman's sophisticated taste
a scent of an exquisite blend of a fresh, herbal scent with
a scent of an exquisite fragrance
a tantalizing elegant fragrance which includes hints of contemporary cedar giorgio armani collection, amber giorgio armani collection, and musk
an agreeable scented quality of bouquets of wines typically of German origin. A vivid example of such a wine with this bouquet is the German Morio Muskat.
most highly concentrated form of fragrance.
The purest, most luxurious form of fragrance. This long lasting version is a brilliant blend which may contain several hundred ingredients.
"per fumum" - comes from the Latin, meaning "through the smoke." In ancient times, fragrant resins were burned as incense offerings that was the origin. Today, we understand perfume to be a solution containing 15% to 30% perfume oils and 85% to 70% alcohol, respectively.
counters in the department stores (Robinsons and Central) sell a good range of international brand perfumes. Fakes can be bought in tourist areas and at stands in Tesco Lotus and Big C with the scent varying quite a bit from the original depending where you buy.
is a concentrated essence of fragrant materials diluted in a minimum possible amount of high-grade alcohol. It consists of 15-30% of pure essential perfume oils, diluted in 90-95% pure alcohol.
Perfume, or parfum, as it is sometimes called, is the highest concentration of oils, with 20-50% compound, which makes it last longer than others.
Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 1985 literary historical horror novel (originally published in German as Das Parfum) by German writer Patrick Süskind. The novel explores the sense of scent, and its relationship with the emotional meaning that scents may carry. Above all this is a story of identity, communication and the morality of the human spirit.