Most Popular Women's Perfumes

Floral Perfumes - Most Popular Women's Perfumes



Floral perfumes are fragrances that are
dominated by one or several types of flower notes. These types
of perfume are predominately feminine and made for women
although many of them can also be classified as unisex. Floral
fragrances can be split into many smaller groups such as Single
florals, Florientals, Heady florals, Floral bouquet, Fruity
florals, Soft florals, Aldehydic florals, Green florals and
Woody florals. Depending on the distinctive accompanying scent
notes in the perfume.

The floral fragrance category is one the oldest style of
perfumes that were created by most of the oldest and most
prestigious perfume houses. In eras past, especially during the
regency period, floral perfumes were the trend of the day and
used in making status statements among the very rich. Both men
and women regularly doused themselves in floral perfumes made
with intensely aromatic oils. Rose, Jasmine, Orange blossom,
Carnation, Frangipani, Lotus, Champaka, Tuberose and other
expensive natural flower oils were the most common perfume
ingredients used in the blends of the day.

Floral perfumes remain the most popular fragrance group to this
day, they are numerous and extensive in their scents and
characteristics, appealing to people right across the
generations. Vast numbers of floral perfumes are created every
year by the perfume industry to meet this demand. The
availability of such an amazing variety of perfumes within the
floral family is truly fascinating, from vibrant and
intoxicatingly complex fragrances like Beautiful and Pleasures
from Estee Lauder, to single florals that only contain the
fragrance note of a single flower such as Stella by Stella
McCartney, which as a beautiful rose scent.

In the early days of perfumery, French perfume houses were
renowned for making perfume in the traditional style using the
industry staples of natural perfume ingredients like essential
oils and botanical compounds, sometimes accentuated with other
ingredients like musk and ambergris derived from animal by
products.

However, in modern times and in recent years, perfumers have
moved away from classic perfume making style. With easy access
to thousands of aromatic raw materials, modern perfume makers
are no longer under the constraints that were placed on their
predecessors from earlier eras by having limited aromatic
ingredients to work with.

The composition process of perfumes is now much more exciting;
and the combination of creativity, quality perfume supplies and
technological advancement has really turned things on its head,
making the creation of beautiful perfumes quite common place.
Perfume makers are now constantly composing great floral scents
with perfume notes that do not exist in nature. Headspace
technology and aroma chemicals are extensively used to produce
fresh and fruity floral notes that are sweeter and more vibrant
than those used in classics floral perfumes.

These days, it's not uncommon to find vibrant floral perfumes
that contain notes of bluebells, raspberries, ozone, melon,
apples, and other such notes used to add substance and character
to a blend. Light Blue for women by Dolce and Gabbana and Island
Kiss by Escada are popular examples of such blends.

Nevertheless, although modern floral perfumes are by far the
most popular perfumes sold these days, the more traditional old
faithful heady floral perfumes made with rich and heavy floral
notes still command a good part of the market. As does soft
floral perfumes bygone days that are made with airy notes of
Lily of the valley, Gardenia, Freesias, Aldehydes and other
white flowers. They too continue to stand their ground and
retain their dedicated following.