Fragrance Longevity 101: Components

Good Chemistry’s Fragrance Director, Greta Pagel, gives us a lesson in fragrance types, and how their composition relates to lasting power.

  • Perfumes built on tenacious base notes have more lasting qualities
  • They have larger, slow-moving molecules that tend to stick around
  •  Effervescent notes are small molecules moving fast
  • These contrasting top notes are held down by the lasting base notes

 

 

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Good Chemistry’s Fragrance Director, Greta Pagel, gives us a lesson in fragrance types, and how their composition relates to lasting power.

  • Perfumes built on tenacious base notes have more lasting qualities
  • They have larger, slow-moving molecules that tend to stick around
  •  Effervescent notes are small molecules moving fast
  • These contrasting top notes are held down by the lasting base notes

 

 

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