Mossy
Woods Perfume & Fine Fragrance
Perfume
Guide - Perfume
Categories - Mossy Woods
Mossy
Woods
Mossy
Woods Fragrances for Men and Perfumes for Women are often
termed Chypre Boisé. Perfumers delineate these fragrances
and perfumes according to the content of oakmoss woods and
citrus tones. Most of this fragrance category have Oakmoss
as their central theme.
Mossy Wood fragrances were exceptionally popular at the turn
of the century, with fragrances such as Je Reviens, Ma Griffe
and Coty Chypre. These fragrances were simple, often linear
and contained a heady blend of very aromatic notes and most
imporatantly oakmoss.
After the 1950s these fragrances lost their grip as more floral
and oriental fragrances began to become popular and the technology
to distill these modern perfumes developed. However these
woody fragrances enjoyed a resurgence during the late 1980's
and early 1990s and have built a loyal following. They include
the ever popular Estee Lauder Knowing and Issey Miyake Pour
Homme. These fragrances take the traditional chypre characters
of oakmoss and citrus and mix them with fresh floral tones,
such as rose and jasmine, oriental essences, such as sandalwood
and cinnamon and acquatic notes, for fragrances that are unusual,
wearable, distinctive and enduring.
Designer houses have recently rediscovered this fragrance
category again, with much success. Perfumes such as Narciso
Rodriguez For Her, Badgley Mischka, and the hugely successful
Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely. These now popular fragrances
have ensured that this category is certainly the one to watch
this decade.
Other
Mossy Wood Fragrances:
Perfume
This
is the extract or extrait of a fragrance and represents
the scent in its purest form. This often creates a smooth
and round texture, which is hard to achieve with the
dilution represented in the other concentrations of
fragrance.
EDP
Eau
de Parfum or EDP is one of the most popular forms of
fragrance. Eau de Parfum contains between seven to fourteen
per cent of fragrance oils and perfume elixirs and is
the second strongest, and longest lasting means of wearing
a fine fragrance.
EDT
Eau
de Toilette or EDT is fast becoming the most common
means of wearing a fragrance or perfume. EDT’s
are not as highly concentrated in oils and elixirs as
an EDP or Perfume would be and contain one to three
per cent of fragrance oils. This impacts the ability
of the fragrance to last and around eighty percent of
the oils in an EDT fragrance will evaporate within three
hours of application.
EDC
Eau
de Cologne’s or EDC’s were first popularised
by Napoleon. These fragrances are often constructed
in a different manner to the traditional French Model
and are formulated in one single burst. As a result
of this process, EDC’s or Eau de Colognes last
the least amount of time on the skin and can dissolve
within a couple of hours. EDC’s should be worn
as a invigorating spray. |
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