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What Are Top, Heart and Base Notes in Perfume?
Understand top, heart and base notes, why a note pyramid is not an ingredients list and how perfume changes from first spray to dry-down.
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Perfume Knowledge
Understand top, heart and base notes, why a note pyramid is not an ingredients list and how perfume changes from first spray to dry-down.
Read guideEDT, EDP and parfum explained in ordinary English, including typical concentration, projection, longevity and why stronger is not always better.
Read guideLearn how designer-inspired perfumes are developed, diluted, matured, tested and bottled - and why a note list is not a perfume formula.
Read guideStill deciding?
Explore a fragrance properly before committing to a full bottle.