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 Oriental themes. Orientals are warm, spicy, intense, heady and are the longest lasting type of women’s perfumes.

Amber orientals have the notes of vanilla and “amber” Ambergris (the synthetic is known as “amber” in the perfumery world) is a substance excreted by the sperm whale after eating cuttlefish and found in lumps of varying size floating in tropical seas or washed ashore. Ambergris must be weathered for at least three years before use. Although ambergris was used for centuries as a perfume, no one knew the exact source. True ambergris has not been used in perfumery in over thirty years.

Spicy Orientals are rich with clove, nutmeg, incense and cinnamon.

Floral Orientals, also known as Florientals combine two favorite fragrance families, a subgroup of florientals in the sheer florientals which are lighter in scent than other oriental type perfumes. .

The subdivisions of classifications in this family are: floral oriental, floral woody amber, floral spicy amber, soft amber, citrus amber, and floral semi-amber.

Perfumes which are classified as Oriental are:

• Shocking
• Bijan
• Passion
• Joop!
• Habanita
• Samsara
• L’Heure Bleue
• Soir de Paris
• Poison
• Vol de Nuit
• Byzance
• Red Door
• Tabu
• Chantilly
• Shalimar
• Youth Dew
• Opium
• Oscar
• Nicole Miller
• Allure
• Lou Lou
• Must de Cartier
• Obsession
• Cinnabar

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