Perfume Notes
Top, heart, base — and the chemistry of building your own perfume.
Stories in Perfume Notes
Anatomy of a Perfume Note: Top, Heart and Base, Explained
A working guide to the three-act structure of every fragrance — and how to use top, heart and base notes when you blend your own perfume with a DIY kit.
Oud Attar: A Practical Guide to Wearing It Well
Oud is the most expensive raw material in modern perfumery — and the most misunderstood. A practical guide to oud attar, layering it, and using it in DIY blends.
How to Build an Accord: The Small Pairings That Make a Perfume Feel Whole
An accord is two or three notes that stop sounding like themselves and start sounding like one new thing. A guide to building your first accords at home — and the classic Indian pairings to start from.
How Perfume Is Made: From Raw Botanical to Bottle, Explained
Perfume is made in four broad stages — sourcing raw materials, extracting their aromatic oils, blending those oils into a formula around top, heart and base notes, then diluting and maturing the blend in alcohol or oil. Here's what actually happens at each stage.
Top Notes, Heart Notes, Base Notes: What They Are and Why They Matter
Top notes are the first 15–30 minutes of a perfume, heart notes are the two-to-four-hour body, and base notes are everything that lingers overnight. That three-act structure is why a fragrance smells different at 9 AM and 9 PM.
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