I'd be interested in amassing ingredient information as listed on the fragrance boxes. It wouldn't be foolproof in figuring out reformulations, dates of production and the like, but it may give us greater collective insight into why we smell what we smell, esp. since many of us are fans of Dr. Turin and Chandler Burr's work in detailing the scientific side of fragrance.
Obviously, a fragrance whose ingredients are listed solely as alcohol, water, fragrance (really now?) and various dyes won't be very useful here, though maybe if someone has allergies to these dyes it may serve some purpose. Just thinking aloud here - any ideas, improvements, comments or criticisms are always welcome.
I wish I'd kept more of my boxes, but here are mine thus far and what they list:
Eau D'Hermes: Alcohol Denat; Water (Aqua); Fragrance (Parfum); Butylphenyl Methylpropional; Cinnamal; Cinnamyl Alcohol; Citral; Citronellol; Coumarin; Eugenol; Geraniol; Limonene; Linalool.
Eau Sauvage: Alcohol; Aqua (Water); Parfum (Fragrance); Linalool; Limonene; Citral; Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone; Hexyl Cinnamal; Eugenol; Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract; Geraniol; Coumarin; Cinnamyl Alcohol; Hydroxycitronellal; Citronellol.
Grey Flannel: Alcohol Denat., Water/Aqua/Eau, Parfum/Fragrance, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Anise Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Farnesol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool.*
I'll make a similar post in the Female Fragrance Discussion Board, as I own and wear some "women's" frags as well.
* - I found this listing a bit odd since many of the ingredients seem to be named alphabetically, and I'm skeptical as to whether these ingredients were in fact added in the proportions indicated (I was taught, hopefully rightly, that ingredients are always listed from most to least amount). I'm hardly an expert so it's possible but is it probable? I don't know, I suppose it could be a legal loophole of some sort too. Perhaps someone with a greater knowledge of chemistry and/or the law can shed more light on this.
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Actually, Eau D'Hermes has a similarly alphabetical listing too, everything except for water from what I saw. Interesting...
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Now I'm just embarrassing myself...water and fragrance. There.
Now I'll let others have the floor. *Sheepishly saunters away from the podium...*
Obviously, a fragrance whose ingredients are listed solely as alcohol, water, fragrance (really now?) and various dyes won't be very useful here, though maybe if someone has allergies to these dyes it may serve some purpose. Just thinking aloud here - any ideas, improvements, comments or criticisms are always welcome.
I wish I'd kept more of my boxes, but here are mine thus far and what they list:
Eau D'Hermes: Alcohol Denat; Water (Aqua); Fragrance (Parfum); Butylphenyl Methylpropional; Cinnamal; Cinnamyl Alcohol; Citral; Citronellol; Coumarin; Eugenol; Geraniol; Limonene; Linalool.
Eau Sauvage: Alcohol; Aqua (Water); Parfum (Fragrance); Linalool; Limonene; Citral; Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone; Hexyl Cinnamal; Eugenol; Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract; Geraniol; Coumarin; Cinnamyl Alcohol; Hydroxycitronellal; Citronellol.
Grey Flannel: Alcohol Denat., Water/Aqua/Eau, Parfum/Fragrance, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Anise Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Cinnamate, Benzyl Salicylate, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Farnesol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, Limonene, Linalool.*
I'll make a similar post in the Female Fragrance Discussion Board, as I own and wear some "women's" frags as well.
* - I found this listing a bit odd since many of the ingredients seem to be named alphabetically, and I'm skeptical as to whether these ingredients were in fact added in the proportions indicated (I was taught, hopefully rightly, that ingredients are always listed from most to least amount). I'm hardly an expert so it's possible but is it probable? I don't know, I suppose it could be a legal loophole of some sort too. Perhaps someone with a greater knowledge of chemistry and/or the law can shed more light on this.
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Actually, Eau D'Hermes has a similarly alphabetical listing too, everything except for water from what I saw. Interesting...
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Now I'm just embarrassing myself...water and fragrance. There.
Now I'll let others have the floor. *Sheepishly saunters away from the podium...*
