The Floral Scents

Today we will take everyone to get to know the floral scents that people like to use as ingredients in perfumes. As you know, the fragrance that comes from the flowers gives different scents. For example, there are many varieties of jasmine, each with a different fragrance. Even though they are made from the same flowers, they can produce different fragrances. Today we will take you to know the scents of 5 types of flower families that perfumers like to use as one of the ingredients in making perfume.

Rose
Rose is a plant in the Rosaceae family that is commonly grown in Middle Eastern countries, India, and China. Later, it is spreaded to Europe. Rose has many species, but there is only 2 species that are commonly used as ingredients in perfumes: Rosa Damascena and Rosa Centifolia. Rosa Damascena is a rose that was created from a cross between Rosa gallica and Rosa moschata. Its petal is pale pink to red. It originates from the Middle East. Later, there were many countries where it was popular to grow, such as Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran and India. It is said that just 1 drop of rose oil is made from 2000 rose petals. Rose scent is one of the most popular ingredients used in perfumes because it gives a unique and sweet long-lasting scent. For Rosa Centifolia, it is a rose species widely grown in Morocco, France and Egypt. Apart from being popularly used as one of the components of perfumes, this species is also popularly used to produce rose essential oil to give relaxation and relieve anxiety as well.

Rosemary
Rosemary was an important flower for the ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks. It has many colors, such as purple, blue, dark blue, or white, and has many varieties. The warm herbal aroma of rosemary will help stimulate the sensation of freshness and relaxation, moreover; its scent has many other benefits. Therefore, people like to use it as one of the ingredients in perfumes because it gives relaxing scent, enhances concentration, strengthens memory ability, and relieves depression and fatigue. Rosemary is commonly extracted as essential oil because it has many properties. For example, treating muscle pain, stimulating blood circulation, eliminating germs in the body, and curing poisonous insect bites that are harmful to the skin. Moreover, it can nurture the hair’s health to be soft and shiny and eliminate dandruff.

Tuberose
Tuberose is a fragrant white flower belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. The name Tuberose comes from Latin. It’s native to South America. It has been commonly used as one of the components of perfume since ancient times. Tuberose flowers are one of the most expensive ingredients in a perfume because it takes up to 3600 kg of flowers, of which just 0.5 kg can be extracted. With a sweet, elegant yet complex, and attractive scent, this scent is used as one of the components of a long-lasting perfume.

Ylang Ylang
Ylang-ylang is a yellow flower with long petals that is native to tropical South Asian countries and can be found in the rainforests of Indonesia, the Philippines, Java, etc. Ylang ylang is called “Jasmine for the poor” because it has a gentle fragrance similar to jasmine, but the price is quite cheap compared to jasmine. Ylang-ylang is one of the most commonly used ingredients in the perfume industry because it has a strong and charming aroma. Sometimes it has a rubbery smell mixed in. It’s also a scent that goes well with other scents to make it sweeter and softer, such as rose, vetiver, bergamot, gardenia, and tuberose. For this reason, Ylang-ylang is considered to be one of the important components of perfume. Apart from being one of the components of perfume making, ylang-ylang is also popularly used in aromatherapy because it has stress and anxiety relieving properties and can help improve the mood.

Frangipani
Frangipani is a colorful tropical flower that comes in many colors such as white, light yellow, red, pink. Apart from the many colors, it also has a soft and sweet scent which is often used as a top note or middle note. Frangipani trees are native to the Americas, found in areas from southern Mexico to northern America. There are many varieties of frangipani flowers, each with its unique scent. The scent of frangipani flowers is similar to roses and gardenias. Some varieties may smell like fruit, such as pineapple, ripe banana, coconut, ginger, or even some spices. Apart from using frangipani scent to make perfume, we also use frangipani scented to make other products, such as soaps, candles, and body massage oils as well.

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