December 5, 2014

What are the fragrance families? What is Chypre? What is Fougere?

Fragrance families are modern way of classification of perfume. We group fragrances according to their notes – e.g. floral – with flower notes, citrus – with lemon, mandarine or graiphfruit, woody – with sandalwood, cedar or patchouli, water – with sea accords etc.

Chypre is a scent characterized by combination of citrus, oakmoss and patchouli. It is fresh and aromatic.

Fougere means fern and it is a way to describe men’s scent which is usually made of bergamote, lavender, oakmoss and tonka bean / coumarin (smells like a fresh hay)

While we tend to love some fragrances and really dislike the others, it’s good to know which fragrance family you are the fondest of.