An Explanation of Fragrance Families

Fragrance is divided into basics types or families.  Once you figure out what notes or combination of notes appeal to you, you can narrow down the fragrances you sample to just a few, making perfume shopping infinitely easier.

Fresh or Citrus scents are those  with clean notes like citrus fruits, lavender, green, or marine. These are the fresh scents that we associate with healthy beauty.
Oriental scents are spicy with earthy notes like amber, resins, vanilla, musk, or patchouli. I’m partial to orientals – I love the richness of the amber or musky notes. Orientals appeal to men or women.
Woody or chypre …read more