The Rouge Perfumer

I have gotten many questions from people asking me, “What is an accord?” I have always understood it as the describing words of the perfume. For example, is it sweet? Spicy? Woody? To go further in depth though, an accord is a blend of multiple notes to describe what the perfume smells like. If you are familiar with wine, they describe the taste as nutty, smoky, sweet, or dry. Accords are similar, with oils and materials that made the perfume, they give the fragrance an overarching scent. Perfumes have multiple accords, actually, very rarely does a perfume only have one or two accords. I want to go further in-depth on popular accords and what notes are familiar within their category. My goal at the end of this article is for you to confidently say that you perhaps know what you enjoy to smell like. Sweet Pillowy Marshmallows, Soft Caramel, Creamy Vanilla Often when I think of sweet perfumes, I think of the word gourmand. This simply means edible, think of a chocolate store or a bakery....

Coco Chanel changed the standards of women in clothes and fashion. According to A Feminist Icon? The Historical Leadership of Coco Chanel, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was an orphan and started to sew at a young age. She eventually opened a hat and dress shop in Paris, which at the time and still is the capital of fashion (Sinha, 2019). She took inspiration from looking in her lover’s closet at the time. Chanel liked wearing men’s clothing, it was more comfortable and she wanted to adapt to women’s fashion. She loved the fabric and colors of men’s clothing more than women’s, so she adapted that for the clothing that she made. This revolutionized clothing at the time, remember, women had to have help putting clothing on. She led a rebellion in the 1920s after World War I, after creating looser silhouettes for women like tweed pantsuits and jersey dresses. These may have been “less flattering” to a male eye, but women could now breathe again because they weren’t wearing corsets. There were m...

Indulgent whipped cream, sunny bergamot, and creamy coconut. As a senior on a college campus, this fragrance has a clutch on young women. The perfume is none other than Cloud by Ariana Grande. I have no beef with her perfumes. I own Moonlight and enjoy wearing it very much. I have seen this pattern before with people my age being drawn to a common fragrance. However, the ‘cloud’ that follows us around needs some altering. We are all unique, therefore we should smell unique. You are different from your best friend, you should not be wearing the same perfume. It’s okay if they have the same notes, but you are two different people with different identities. With that being said, I want to introduce some similar perfumes to women who wear Cloud and explain why these perfumes are similar but different in a superior way.  Fresh Cream Eau de Toilette by Philosophy ($54) Notes: Whipped Cream, Butter Cream, Tonka Bean https://www.ulta.com/p/fresh-cream-eau-de-toilette This perfume has the s...