Background notes, what is it?
The background notes are composed of heavy materials, the heaviest of the olfactory pyramid. They take place several hours after you have sprayed the perfume on your skin. They have the longest life span. Indeed, they are tenacious and settle from several hours to several days. Their function is therefore to fix the perfume. The nose therefore chooses them, among other things, for their fixative effect. The background is the base of the perfume, its wake constitutes the memory. It is him that you can feel on your clothes several days after spraying. It comes to create a bond of attachment and nostalgia with you. A link that is stronger and more lasting than the blow of heart that can cause the head notes.
What are the most used materials in background notes?
The background notes are usually warm and sensual. They can be wooded with sandalwood essence, patchouli, cedar, vetiver, oak moss, tobacco ... The background can also be animal with amber, leather or musky chords. Other perfumers prefer the spicy background notes composed of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, saffron ... Some fragrances opt for a very greedy bottom based on cocoa scents , chocolate, vanilla, coffee, caramel ...
Some examples of background notes of well-known perfumes
The Lancôme house creates a background of sandalwood, amber and vanilla in its "Treasure". In "Belle d'Opium", Yves Saint Laurent enclosed a background of notes of patchouli, sandalwood, smoke and amber. At Guerlain, a fragrance named "Gourmand Coquin Elixir Charnel" releases a sweet background of rum and chocolate.
The background notes are composed of heavy materials, the heaviest of the olfactory pyramid. They take place several hours after you have sprayed the perfume on your skin. They have the longest life span. Indeed, they are tenacious and settle from several hours to several days. Their function is therefore to fix the perfume. The nose therefore chooses them, among other things, for their fixative effect. The background is the base of the perfume, its wake constitutes the memory. It is him that you can feel on your clothes several days after spraying. It comes to create a bond of attachment and nostalgia with you. A link that is stronger and more lasting than the blow of heart that can cause the head notes.
What are the most used materials in background notes?
The background notes are usually warm and sensual. They can be wooded with sandalwood essence, patchouli, cedar, vetiver, oak moss, tobacco ... The background can also be animal with amber, leather or musky chords. Other perfumers prefer the spicy background notes composed of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, saffron ... Some fragrances opt for a very greedy bottom based on cocoa scents , chocolate, vanilla, coffee, caramel ...
Some examples of background notes of well-known perfumes
The Lancôme house creates a background of sandalwood, amber and vanilla in its "Treasure". In "Belle d'Opium", Yves Saint Laurent enclosed a background of notes of patchouli, sandalwood, smoke and amber. At Guerlain, a fragrance named "Gourmand Coquin Elixir Charnel" releases a sweet background of rum and chocolate.
