Fragrances can be classified by certain olfactive families, or themes, or accords. Please view all the other guides on the Fragrance Families I have written.

In this guide I will briefly discuss the Aldehyde theme.

 Aldehydic, or modern perfumes are those with significant notes of the aldehydes which are synthetic compounds, with clean, diffusive, sparkling notes and a family of chemicals.

Aldehydes are usually associated with florals and feminine perfumes. The first aldehydic perfume was created in 1925 by Ernest Beaux for Chanel No. 5, quite possibly the world‘s most famous aldehydic perfume. There are subdivisions of classifications in this family and they are: floral aldehydic and floral aldehydic chypre.

Perfumes which are classified as Aldehydic are:

• Chanel No. 5
• L’Interdit
• Arpege
• Rive Gauche
• White Linen
• Cerruti Femme 1881
• Je Reviens
• Chamade
• Vega
• Infini

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