Perfume is enjoyed by millions to create a lovely smell that pleases the senses of others. Most commercial brands of fragrance are kept secret. The special blend of ingredients uncovers a wide variety of emotions. The combination of oils, compounds, fixatives, and solvents merge within a decorative bottle. Inside that bottle, making the harmonious chord of scent, are three specific notes.
The main note is refereed to as the top note. This is the scent produced from the first application onto the skin. Forming an initial impression is the main selling point in the perfume industry. The top note is usually described as "fresh", "assertive", "sharp", or having a citrus appeal. Lasting only five to ten minutes, this note evaporates quickly, the overall impression of this aromatic quality is crucial. Examples of commonly used oils are: basil, orange, bergamot, lemon, pine, peppermint, and eucalyptus.
Notes of the middle, or heart notes, are the ones smelled after the top has dissipated. Being the center of attention this scent is full bodied and pleasant. Warming the skin, the true scent is about to emerge. Being strong, lasting and potent the middle note is a nice transition after the shock of the first. Appearing from two minutes to an hour this note is the one most often smelled as you navigate through the day. Typical oils used are lavender, rose, chamomile, fennel, nutmeg, juniper, and tea tree.
The final note in the structure of perfume is known as the base note. The combination of the middle and base notes develops the main theme of the fragrance. Adding depth and solidity, to the composition, the base note is used to give rise to boldness and strength. Rich and deep this note is usually not perceived until thirty minutes after the application. Aimalic notes are known to last as much as twenty-four hours. Base notes include: wood oils (cedar wood, gaiac, linaloe wood, sandalwood, etc.), resin oils (frankincense, myrrh, etc), laburnum, oak moss absolute, patchouli, vanilla, and vetiver.
There are plant, animal, natural, and synthetic sources available, besides oils, to use as your three notes. Plants are the most popular used compounds in the manufacturing of perfume. Honey and musk are derived from animals that have been used in creating widely used scents. Natural sources might include oak moss, tree moss, or seaweed. Modern fragrances are established by means of synthetic sources. Linalool and coumarin are both naturally occurring compounds that can be cheaply synthesized from terpense.
Perfume contains a variety of ingredients which are often organized into four groups. The primary scents are used as a base like rose or cola. Then, a modifier is added like honey or cherry to give the base some character. Next, a blender is added to the mix, which can be a multitude of ingredients, like linalool and hydroxycitronellol. Finally, a fixative is mixed in to support the primary scent. Common fixatives are wood and amber which blend well with many other scents. The top, middle, and base notes of a fragrance may have separate primary scents and supporting ingredients. Leaving room for ultimate creativity the expression of your own scent is priceless.
A sample recipe:
Ingredients:
2 cup of water
1 cup fresh chopped flower blossoms
Directions:
In a bowl place a cheesecloth where the edges are hanging over the bowl. Fill with 1 cup of flower blossoms of your choice. Pour water over the flowers until they are completely covered. Let the mixture sit overnight. The next day using the edges of cheesecloth pull it out of the bowl and gently squeeze the scented water into a small pot. Simmer the water until about 1 teaspoon is left. Cool and place into a small bottle. Making perfume this way has a shelf life of about one month. Other suggestions for flowers: Lavender, Lilac, Orange Blossoms or even Honeysuckle. Anything that is highly fragrant works best.
America's Next Top Model is back again with the season premiere scheduled for Wednesday night. This will be the 12th cycle of America's Next Top Model and will see Tyra Banks return to host another fashion-filled season of the show. Airing on the CW Network, it has been held back for a tad, but will now finally make its way to the airwaves, courting hopes that viewers will come back and help out with some strong ratings. On the smaller network bad ratings wouldn't be enough to cancel it, but the excitement around this season has been mediocre at best.
For Season 12 of America's Next Top Model 34 contestants were brought in to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas where they are given the chance to allow their inner "model" to shine. From that first test photo shoot, Tyra Banks gets to decide which of the final 13 contestants will go back to New York City to compete on the show. Back in New York, all of the models will live together in a New York City loft, getting to know one another very well, and in some instances, that will surely cause quite a lot of drama. After all, the show is built on drama most of the time anyways, and putting 13 aspiring models, who all want to win, in the same house, is a recipe for it.
The judges for America's Next Top Model are Tyra Banks, Paulina Porizkova, J. Alexander and Nigel Barker, all of whom are typically interesting to watch in a format such as this. They will again put the potential models through various challenges and photo shoots in order to figure out who the best of the bunch is, and in the end, someone will go home with the title of this seasons Top Model. Along the way there is sure to be drama, excitement, high fashion, and of course, way too many dramatic pauses by Tyra, but those who tune into the show already know what they are getting themselves into.
The CW already has a web-site up and dedicated to this season, giving interviews with the cycle 12 cast, going over some of the profiles of this year's cast, and providing a question and answer format with judge Paulina Porizkova. They also have a trivia section where you can test your smarts on the history of the show and its winners. Each week one of the contestants will be heading home, and the reality competition will be shown every Wednesday night at 8pm (7pm Central time) until the finale when the new winner is crowned.
Source: Next Top Model Web-Site
Stupid, simple minded black folks. Every time some beautiful black woman is successful, you always have some basic people who try to tear her down. When Bey-Bey first came out…people always said how pretty she was and that she looked like a black barbie doll. Now that she’s an international icon, all you hear is people criticizing her as if they are the saints of saints. Beyonce doesn’t worship the devil, she is just very successful and a smart business woman. Insecure woman can’t stand her success just as a pretty girl at the club gets hated on by ugly hood gremlins because they are jealous of the attention the pretty girl is getting. But hey, so long as we have fools who treat bossip’s rumors as golden as the bible word, we can expect to see bored idiots fill half the damn post with, “Beyonce is the devil/illuminati”
We've had a few brushes with strange movie tie-ins around here in the past, but this time, I think we might have hit a new low -- or at the very least, a new standard of strange. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s you probably grew up in the age of the movie tie-in: collecting action figures, hoarding glasses from fast food restaurants, and even buying those terrible novelizations. But a loyal reader by the name of Jeff Solomon has found something a little different than your usual movie tie-in, and has snagged photos of perfume for sale inspired by some of your favorite films. Unfortunately, we're not talking about limited edition scents for Coco avant Chanel, or even Perfume. No, apparently somebody thought it would be a good idea to make scents inspired by such films as Bee Movie, Madagascar 2, and Transformers.
So if you've ever wondered what scent notes could convey Madagascar 2 (of which probably none of you have), now is your chance to dive in, though I can't be the only one wondering if the Madagascar scent would leave you smelling like a zoo animal. This isn't the first time that the world of the big screen has wound up at the perfume counter, as you might remember how back in 2001, NYC-based Demeter Fragrances released a limited edition perfume for Hedwig and The Angry Itch that was a scent reminiscent of hairspray, cigarette smoke, and cheap hotel rooms (kind of gross, but at least it made sense).
So even though I understand that these babies probably aren't official studio marketing tools, on the off chance these scents are the real thing, I think someone might want to sit down with the executive who thought the world needed a Transformers' cologne (for the low, low, price of $19.99) for a nice long talk about appropriate marketing.
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