The interpretation of French perfume dreams

Roja Dove, the designer of the famous French brand Guerlain, once said: "When you buy a bottle of perfume , you also buy a dream." Paskley Juskind in his novel "Perfume" Fictionalized a genius with a sense of smell, the guy always likes to follow a variety of scent, the atmosphere described in the book "as fresh as the sea breeze, sweet like a nut oil, as soft as apricot blossom"... It’s a curse. Pursuing sweet fragrance has long been a big worry for human beings.

The first-class brand in French perfume - "Chanel"

The Chinese are no longer familiar with Jasmine. In Europe, Spain's "Royal Jasmine" is the most famous, but unfortunately the output is very small, barely able to collect half a kilogram of flowers per acre. The night is deeper and the air is moist, and the scent of jasmine is especially strong. Its temper is like a rose, picking must also pick the hour, it is best to star the sky, not a trace of daylight, only then, the fragrance of the flower can be condensed. Jasmine and rose are very similar to the new married brides of ancient China. Jingui, shy, and the red gauze cover her eyes to peek at the sun and moon stars.

When it comes to refining fragrances, Grasse's perfumers are at their best. They often show off to tourists: "Do you know? Refining one kilogram of flower oil requires 600 kilograms of jasmine, lasting more than three months. Money? At least six Wan Farang!" Although the cost is heavy, after all, the soul of the perfume has been extracted.

"Joy" is the representative of the jasmine scent, and "Tiffany" is a great example of the jasmine, rose, and mixed jungle tone. European women are familiar with their names and know more about their high price. Both perfumes cost more than $200 per ounce, making them the top liquid diamonds.

Of course, when the main force of creation is too late, not all kinds of spices can be purified into flavors. For example, “Lily of the Valley” belongs to this category. The blending of this fragrance can only rely on artificial synthesis. The fragrance was faint, and it came slowly, but it did not completely pick up the leaves in the garden of God.

It is said that more than 8,000 kinds of raw materials can be formulated, and at least 3,000 kinds of perfume stylists must be familiar with them. These wizards are not the police dogs who can talk, but the talented and cultivated cultural people. Their ability to distinguish the fragrance comes from natural gas, and the other half relies on spiritual nourishment. Mr. Jean Paul Gailland, who is revered as a "perfume genius", likes to read congestion, Baudelaire and Stendhal. It seems that the culture behind the perfume is still culture.

Advertising of the French perfume "Dior"

The Old Testament records the story of three Oriental wise men carrying gifts to find the "Holy Baby". They are the rarest things at the time: gold, frankincense and myrrh. Three items, two servings of spices. Frankincense and myrrh are still common ingredients for making perfumes.

Ambergris is an animal fat spice. How did it come from? When the "sperm whale" preys on crustaceans, the intestines secrete a viscous digestive juice, woven into an irregularly shaped hemp bag that wraps all the prey and wrap it up. After a while, the piece becomes hardened. The smashed sacks of shellfish are smashed out of the body. Because it is light, floating on the surface of the sea, at first glance, like a long-lasting paste-like piece of wood. Although it looks ugly, it is a hundred years. The capture of the dragon scent is equivalent to saving the god of wealth, one gram of sea pearl, one gram of dragon muscat, and so on. Perfume with oriental charm is often used as an auxiliary material. It is pure amber, and the aroma is strong and solid, giving a noble, mysterious and mysterious classical atmosphere. The most typical representative is the “Opium” perfume produced by YSL in 1977. The weird name is matched with the strange fragrance – this product ranks fifth in the list of “World's Top Ten Luxury Perfume”. Up to $170 per ounce.

The world's most famous "Flower Capital" in the south of France - Grasse Town

Botanical fragrances are both woody and floral. The wood scent that the Chinese are most familiar with is “Sandalwood”, which is produced in India and Southeast Asia. The essence is extracted from the crumbs and branches of sandalwood, yellow liquid, similar to latex. More than half of the high-quality perfumes use sandalwood as the base material, and many people like this faint woody fragrance.

The flowers are even more complex: the green "Lavender", the pale yellow "Lemon", the white "Carnation", the golden "Evening Primrose"... the most common It is a rose and jasmine.

The "May Rose" on the hillside of Grasse was once a special raw material for French perfumes. Unfortunately, it was in short supply. Bulgaria's "Damask Rose" and some varieties from Egypt and Morocco rushed in. It is said that a pound of flavor has to be put into a thousand pounds of roses. These delicate petals must be picked up with crystal dew before the morning glow. Otherwise, the sun will come, and the weak fragrance will be scared away. It’s the moon, the sound of the insects, the young and delicate fingers of the girl can capture the freshest buds. Different genus can extract 17 kinds of flavors such as honey and sweet rhyme. Almost any perfume can't be circumvented. It is no wonder that roses have the reputation of “the crown of flowers and oil”.