A fragrance smells different from the bottle, than from right next to one's skin, than from several feet to yards (meters to y'all non-americans) away. How do you gauge what others around you actually smell and how far away they smell it?
The best i've come up with is to wave my wrist past my nose. However, I doubt this is giving me the same representation of the scent as others perceive it in my wake.
~mad
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Actually, the way a perfume can be noticed by others around you is called volume or diffusion. I'ts not the same as sillage or trail. But most people here use the term sillage for how strong a perfume is (as supposed to scents that stay close to the skin), so I guess it doesn't matter.[/quote]
http://www.basenotes.net/community/Y...1136269074/0#0 (search for "sillage"
The best i've come up with is to wave my wrist past my nose. However, I doubt this is giving me the same representation of the scent as others perceive it in my wake.
~mad
additional info:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Concord
[quote author=teflondog link=1136347689/0#2 date=1136350843]
Sillage is the trail of scent you leave in the air. The amount of sillage a fragrance has is reflected on how much other people around you can smell it.
[quote author=teflondog link=1136347689/0#2 date=1136350843]
Sillage is the trail of scent you leave in the air. The amount of sillage a fragrance has is reflected on how much other people around you can smell it.
Actually, the way a perfume can be noticed by others around you is called volume or diffusion. I'ts not the same as sillage or trail. But most people here use the term sillage for how strong a perfume is (as supposed to scents that stay close to the skin), so I guess it doesn't matter.[/quote]
http://www.basenotes.net/community/Y...1136269074/0#0 (search for "sillage"
