Archive for September, 2008

Angel Perfume for Women

September 8, 2008 at 11:05 am · Filed under women's perfume ·Tagged ,

Angel perfume for women is a perfume whose creator is the design house called Thierry Mugler.  The main feature of this perfume is its refreshing, oriental and woody fragrance.  In fact there is a blend of vanilla, sandalwood and patchouli in this exquisite feminine fragrance.  There are fragrances borrowed from fruits too like fresh citrus, melons, peaches and plums.

Most customers consider Angel perfume for women alluring, long-lasting and a great perfume for drawing compliments.  But it is also considered to be rather expensive, though some say that you get a great value for your money. It can be used daily for work and at the same time used for evenings affairs and special occasions.

If you are an adventurous and trendy person, you should go in for the fresh and aquatic fragrance of Angel perfume for women.  The woody and earthy fragrance is for the more natural type of woman and the oriental and spicy fragrance for the classic type. For the classic type of woman, the citrus, fruity or herbal fragrance is befitting as well. For romantic occasions it is ideal, as it is sexy, seductive and simply yummy.

Angel perfume for women is available as a splash with a refill, as well as an EDP spray.  This romantic fragrance seems to be close to nature and the essences of honey, chocolate and caramel give it that special sweet effect.  Even sandalwood is a popular fragrance for the Asian type of woman, like the fragrances in Armani perfume for women.

The Eau de Parfum splash is recommended for daytime wear and so is the spray, which has the same fragrance.  The Angel Violet Eau de Parfum spray is also refillable and is a small 8 oz. spray. It is one of the best-selling colognes in the modern fragrance sales and Angel perfume for women is in a class by itself.  Besides, its recommended use is for all seasons, which increases the popularity.

The packaging of Angel perfume for women was uniquely designed in celestial forms.  The Eau de Parfum spray is available in a bottle that is shaped like a shooting star.  It brings back the emotions of tender childhood memories and you attain a dreamlike effect being close to the stars.  It has recently launched a new fragrance category called the oriental gourmands.  The flavors are absolutely angelic, as if they go deep into your memories and at the same time are sensual and passionate.

The new fragrances include aromatic ingredients like hedione, helional, honey, dewberry, red berries and coumarin.  The style gives an extremely soft effect, making you feel pure and innocent. The Angel Innocent Women is another new addition to the Angel perfume for women line and this scent is famous for its refreshing flowery fragrance.  It is recommended for daytime wear mainly because the fragrances are so feminine, like that of honey, pure mandarin and other exotic fruits.

Several rebates and special offers with bonuses are available on many websites that feature this line.  Refills are available too, but make sure that you buy them from a reliable source.  Shipping is free within the United States, but otherwise it has to follow strict regulations, because of the alcohol content in Angel perfume for women.

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The Best Selling Perfume is Chanel No.5

September 2, 2008 at 10:11 am · Filed under women's perfume ·Tagged , , , , ,

Although there are more designer perfumes than ever, many come and go on the market with an extremely short lifespan.  There have been very, very few perfumes who have been consistent top sellers for decades.   Created by Gabrielle Coco Chanel in 1921, it has taken a twist on the basic, delightful scent of jasmine and hasn’t stopped since.  It was reported to be Marilyn Monroe’s top perfume, especially with her revelation in an interview, “All I wear to bed are two drops of Chanel No.5.”

What’s In There?

To this day, the Chanel Company will not disclose what the formula is for Chanel No. 5.  Under laboratory tests, this best selling perfume seems to be made of six essential oils and a fixative of the musk from civet cats.  This is harvested in an inhumane way. In order to keep the best selling perfume from dropping out of sight because of animal rights activists, the Chanel Company has admitted that civet is used in Chanel No.5.  In 1998, they also announced that they had found a good enough synthetic replacement for real civet musk.

A perfume is a symphony of scent, made up what perfumers call “notes”. The top notes are what the perfume first smells like.  These smells quickly fade, letting the middle notes take over.  The middle notes tend to be the harmony to a perfume.  But the longest lasting impression of a perfume is made up of the base notes.  These are usually all made up of essential oils.

In the world’s best selling perfume, the top notes are of ylang ylang and neroli, the middle notes of May rose and jasmine.  There’s nothing too unusual there.  These are all flowery scents – the neroli quite orangey – considered standards in women’s perfumes.  But the base notes use much more masculine scents of sandalwood, vetiver and vanilla.  Vanilla is known to be an aphrodisiac to men and is now a staple in many best selling perfumes.

But it’s the addition of sandalwood and vetiver that really was made Chanel No.5 so distinctive and revolutionary (well, revolutionary for perfume, anyway).  In 1921, it all women’s perfumes were made from the essential oils of flowers, with perhaps some ambergris, too.  All women were expected to smell like flowers.

Sandalwood is aptly named, with a complex, woody scent usually associated with men.  Sandalwood has also been used in religious rituals in Asia for centuries, so there was the bit of the sacred associated with the scent.  Chanel No.5 is a very complex, multi-dimensional scent, much like women themselves.  This nod to women’s masculine side is perhaps one reason why it is the world’s best selling perfume.

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