The Different Type Of Scents
Sometimes it is difficult to choose your most preferred scent (of the day) or even more difficult to find a new fragrance which suits you well.
Do you know about these popular abbreviations of scents?
EDC, EDT, EDP, and perfume – these are not just fancy French expressions. They describe the type of fragrance and therefore might also help you to find your most preferred go-to-scent.
To begin with, the abbreviations describe very specific the different types of fragrances. At the same time, they tell a lot about their intensity, longevity, and price.
In the end, a scent is almost just math and chemistry. Because a higher concentration of oils creates a stronger fragrance.
This means if there is less alcohol added, the scent concentration is high (or higher compared to others). This means there are just more essential oils and less alcohol. (Intensity)
The concentration also impacts how long a fragrance will last. Sure it also depends on the fragrance family and your individual skin type.
The difference of the same scent can be just very subtle, choosing between Eau de Perfume and Eau de Toilette f.e. – because many brands offer both fragrance types of identical scent. It depends just on the amount of alcohol which is mixed with the amount of (pure) perfume. This means the original scent is essentially the same. In the end, the final product has been diluted just differently. (Therefore a spritz of EDT will last shorter comparing to EDP because the Eau de Parfum is more potent – and will, therefore, be usually more expensive.)
“One should use perfume wherever one wants to be kissed.” – Coco Chanel