We all love a good perfume. After all, perfume is what ties your whole look and often leaves a lasting impression long after you’ve exited the room. However, finding or even understanding fragrances can often get overwhelming. With all the different options available in the market, finding the perfect fragrance that matches your style, and personality can often feel like navigating through a complex maze.
Whether you’re looking for a classy woody perfume, a long-lasting EDP perfume, or the best-smelling perfume that suits your style. It’s essential to understand the intricacies of perfume selection before you make the purchase. Now we have talked in detail about the steps to finding your signature scent in our previous blog, so today we’ll be talking about Fragrance Wheel.
What is a Fragrance Wheel?
The fragrance wheel is an invaluable tool when it comes to understanding different fragrance families. Created by fragrance expert Michale Edwards in 1983, the wheel is basically a classification system that organizes perfume scents into different families based on their olfactory characteristics. This wheel is divided into 4 main categories namely flora, woody, fresh and oriental, which are further divided into several subcategories.
Different Fragrance Families
Let’s go into detail about the different fragrance families and their subfamilies:1. Floral
One of the most popular and loved categories in the fragrance wheel is floral. These scents are typically derived from flowers like Roses, Jasmine, and lilies and are mostly found in women’s fragrances. The floral family is further divided into several subfamiliesFloral: They are classic floral fragrances like a bouquet.
Fruity: These often contain sweet or tropical scents of fruits.
Soft Floral: These have a softer touch with powdery or creamy notes of Musk.
Floral Oriental: These are a beautiful combination of floral notes with a subtle hint of spices.
Popular Embark Perfumes from Floral Fragrance Family - Ananda for her, Floral Oud, My Journey Kashmir.
2. Oriental
This fragrance family consists of warm, spicy and exotic fragrances. They often feature ingredients like vanilla, cinnamon, and amber. The Oriental fragrance family is further divided into 3 subcategories.Oriental:These core oriental fragrances feature rich and warm scents.
Soft Oriental: This fragrance combines floral notes with warm spices for a fragrance similar to incense.
Woody Oriental: This fragrance combines woody and oriental notes for warmth and depth.
3. Woody
They are known for their earthy, warm, and sophisticated scents. Woody fragrances are often combined with floral or citrusy scents, to prevent bitterness. The woody fragrance is further divided into 3 subcategories.Woods: The core woody fragrance often combines to create an aromatic fragrance.
Mossy Wood: Known to be the smoothest, often features a touch of earthiness.
Dry Woods:They combine a hint of smokiness of wood with oriental fragrances.
Popular Embark Perfumes from the Woody fragrance family: My Journey Rajasthan, Wood Oud, My Dream for Him.
4. Fresh
Fresh fragrances offer a clean and light scent that often includes citrus, aquatic, and green notes. The fresh fragrance category has four subfamilies.Aromatic: Fresh notes are combined with aromatic notes, like fresh herbs with floral or woody notes.
Citrus: They have fresh and bright scents that create a sense of invigoration.
Water: They are mostly all about recreating the freshness of the sea or air.
Green:They have a fresh and uplifting fragrance like that of a freshly mowed lawn or crushed green leaves.
Popular Embark Perfumes from the Fresh fragrance family: Ananda for him, My Journey goa, My Journey Kerala.
Understanding the fragrance wheel can help you understand fragrance much better and eventually make the whole perfume selection process a whole lot easier. So, choose your perfumes with confidence that complement your personality and style.
