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Please help me with classification

post #1 of 9
11/29/12 at 12:36pm
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Well I enjoy the forum and the world of fragrances intensively!

So far I have bought what I like with the help of the BN's but I don't know wich type of fragrances they are? I read words like gourmands, powdery, oriëntal, woudy etc Can you help me with the classifications of mine?

These are the fragrances I love:

A*Men
Le Male
Jaipur Homme EDP
Dior Homme Intense
Spicebomb
L'instant de Guerlain Homme Extreme
La Nuit de l'Homme EDP
Midnight In Paris EDP
Eau Des Beau l'Occitane
Eau D'Orange Verte
One Million

When I know the type and the things that are similar, I will find other great fragrances!

Thank you in advance!

TLS
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post #2 of 9
11/29/12 at 1:07pm
There are several classifications (eg Michael Edwards etc). For instance, I don't think gourmand is part of the Edwards classification, but it is of course used a lot now.

So I'd classify A*Men, DHI and One Million under gourmand/sweet. Le Male too, to some extent though it's not as dense as the others. Eau des Baux is woody-spicy, spicebomb spicy, and eau d'orange vertes a citrus.

cacio
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post #3 of 9
11/29/12 at 1:09pm
Spicebomb is definitely spicy.
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post #4 of 9
11/29/12 at 2:21pm
Attachment 17799 This attachment might be helpful in sorting out fragrance categories.

 

THE H&R GENEALOGY masculine.pdf 289.296875k . file
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post #5 of 9
11/29/12 at 3:07pm
Multiple classifications, as mentioned. However, that list looks to be dominated by gourmands.

Thank you for that post as well, southerngardens!
I won't lie. I checked the chart, and got excited when I read "Pure Lavender." For a second, I thought TM had made something new!
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post #6 of 9
11/30/12 at 5:28am
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Great thank's!
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post #7 of 9
11/30/12 at 5:48am
You like gourmand and oriental
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post #8 of 9
11/30/12 at 7:29am
I'm not good and this either, so right or wrong, I go to Fragrantica and use their classification of frags. Then, I find common themes of classifications, ingredients, etc. that I like/don't like.
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post #9 of 9
12/3/12 at 7:02am
There are :-
Genres e.g. orientals, gourmands, chypres etc.
Subtypes e.g. Aromatic, floral, citrus-woody, etc
Notes/accords descriptions that can be
- textural e.g. powdery, dry, dewy, creamy etc
- temporal e.g. evanescent, tenacious, fleeting etc
- olfactorial e.g. tart, smoky, hesperidic, etc
- others (as you see fit)

Imo a good way to get a quicker handle is to sample a few fragrances from the same family/genre, subtype or dominant note/accord. You'll start to notice similarities and subsequently variations in similar compositions. Hanging around BN helps too, esp over at the Notes Exploration forum.
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