What is the actual fragrance for Powdery? Soapy?
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I think barber shop...I think clean smelling. I know, very subjective. Avon's Black Suede has it, Royal Copenhagen. Musk and oakmoss.
It's a chicken/egg problem. There are certain scent compounds over used in the past, one use was for baby powder. This association leads people who grew up with this scent to ascribe "powdery" to anything that smell like that. There is actually a bunch of threads that got into that, but they might be hard to find. This is generally a layman description.
In perfumery, the formulator or the person analyzing the perfume will use the word and it will be more of a descriptive. Think chalk, it might smell like that. Certain compounds are known to dry down to powder. Frequently these are floral perfumes aimed at women, but that is just one example.
Soapy is traditionally associated with the dry down of Colonia or "coloney" scents, the citrus aspect. There are parts of the world where this was the common scent.
In perfumery, the formulator or the person analyzing the perfume will use the word and it will be more of a descriptive. Think chalk, it might smell like that. Certain compounds are known to dry down to powder. Frequently these are floral perfumes aimed at women, but that is just one example.
Soapy is traditionally associated with the dry down of Colonia or "coloney" scents, the citrus aspect. There are parts of the world where this was the common scent.
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Yeah.. I get the same vibe. But talcum powder itself doesn't have an odor. I wonder what scent they add to it to make it smell that way?
Oops...looks like APBinNCA just addressed that.
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I read perfume blogs along with people on here who know A LOT more than I do. It's interesting to read how they balance their formulations. They may say they want such and such smell, but can't add too much or it will dry down to powder so they add another thing to compliment the first one so they can use less of that first one. It sometimes makes your head spin.
That's exactly what powdery means.
Soapy refers to the smell of the little soaps that people leave in the bathroom,
that you're not supposed to use.
The meaning of powdery is more specific than that of soapy.
Powdery - jasmine, rose, and vanilla.
soapy clean - iris
soapy clean - iris
