I am amazed at how you are able to retain all the information! Your in depth research is so on point! This video is so informative and interesting! 💖💕❤️
LOL Lala, you should have seen me filming this! This is an hour of my waffle edited down 😂 I like researching things though! I am someone who goes down rabbit holes and can't stop reading about something until I've answered my questions 😂
Claire! What you’re able to bring to the table because of your education, experience and understanding make your videos so incredibly interesting and entertaining. I love it! Great video! Thank you. ✌🏽🧜🏻♂️♥️
Ah yesssss some of the ones you mentioned bring back memories of seaside or at least trick us into thinking about these memories. Escape and Issey are two super powerhouses. It never dawned on me that calone or similar notes lasted so long and lent to the strength of these perfumes. Well done, Dr. Smith!
Yes! Scent memory is so important! I have no experience of calone, it's only what I've read, but it's certainly regarded as something that is virtually eternal in terms of the timescale of the longevity of scent notes. ❤️
Yes! I grew-up on the SE coast of the U.S., roughly five miles from the ocean. I love visiting the mountains and other areas of the country and world, but the beach is 🏠 It's funny, though. I NEVER go there. I don't like the sand 😂
When you think about it, calone fell quite dramatically out of fashion. I think when perfumes were using it at nearly 1% that might have been overkill! 😂
I love watery florals and fruits … gives fresh vibe and makes me happy … As for salt notes, i love it when they are combined with citruses, which they usually are… I want to try Thunderstorm by Demeter… Veronica talked about it and it has that “spark” that you said … 😁
Oh yes! I saw her talk about that too, I think it was this week?! I think I tried that one when they were sale in boots in the UK about 10 years ago. I used to spend ages trying them all. I really liked thunderstorm, 4 leaf clover, gin n tonic and Pina colada! Salt and citrus; like the theodoros kalatinis fragrance? Is that the Aegean one? I get a bit lost with those! You have a lot now!!!!
Guava!! Now I get why I cannot handle Xerjoff Cruz Del Zud II… Its the Guava in it.. Its aquatic.. And mixed with lactonic notes, ohhh my 😂😂 Thank you for clearing that up for me❤
I've only tried two Jo Malone fragrances but I will check that out when I'm next near a shop, it sounds like one I would enjoy 😊 thanks for watching ❤️
I like aquatic fragrances but it's really a hole in my collection. I guess that's a reflection that calone is out of vogue in designer perfumes. Omg, I had trouble filming this! I am really not very organised so there's always lots of cuts 😂 also my husband finally agreed that our broadband is cr*p, so I got a small victory when we switched to a new deal and I can now upload a video in 12 mins instead of 7 HOURS!!!! 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume oh wow that's amazing well done! They're about 3ish hours for me but mine are looooong these days 😆 I don't seem to go for aquatics in general but think that's just my tastes, I like warm and spicy or super sweet 😋❤
@@sam.smells6435 I know you like super sweet 😂 you are a sugar monster. I think I like both warm and cool fragrances but ultimately I think I prefer cool because I like something refreshing. I am a bit scared of doing longer videos... I think I've been conditioned to 10-12 mins by the awful broadband.
@@dr.claire.perfume I reaaaaally need to cut the waffling on mine they're getting ridiculous! Never mind I enjoy doing them at least 😆 I have a definite sweet tooth, think that extends to my taste in fragrance!
@@sam.smells6435 I like a chatty video. I pop them on when I'm doing the washing up or getting ready in the morning. I don't do much commenting but it's nice to listen to! 💕
This was so interesting! I still get confused when fragrances list "salt" as a note, because to me salt doesn't really smell. I appreciate how you explained it's probably the impurities along with salt that give us a scent association, like salty air, etc. I would love to hear your thoughts on ozonic vs. solar notes, as well. The idea of solar notes was interesting to me until I smelled a few fragrances with solar notes listed, and they tended to smell like tropical florals and maybe some aldehydes. I'm probably over simplifying the concept though lol.
Yes salt in pure form has no smell! I have a video on solar notes, I'm not sure whether you've already seen that or not. I don't have one on ozonic notes though. I think you are bang on with solar notes, a lot of the more modern ones are based on odour molecules given off by tropical florals. Aldehydes are also slowly becoming more popular again after they were deemed a bit old school. I predict a mini-resurgence... Which ozonic perfumes do you enjoy?
@@dr.claire.perfume Oh thank you for mentioning your solar notes video! I'll check it out. And speaking of aldehydes, I know there are some in newer fragrances that don't give off that classic Chanel vibe, but smell more like detergent to me. I never get "sparkly champagne" vibes from them, just a headache lol. Hmm, I don't know if I have any fragrances that list ozonic notes, but sometimes earthy or metallic notes remind me of the air before it rains...so I guess that would be the closest to ozonic that I can peg down? There is a fragrance oil called Qatar meets London that reminds me of that ozonic/mineral quality.
@@ndo355 sorry I forgot to link the video for you: ua-cam.com/video/_iig65UHvRo/v-deo.html I'm not a massive fan of aldehydes either. I am yet to find a fragrance with them that I like! I will keep trying 😂 I looked up Qatar meets London, I had never heard of the brand but thank you for bringing them to my attention! Earth after the rain sounds interesting 😉
@@dr.claire.perfume Would Oud Silk Mood be considered ozonic? There is to my nose a dry, welding -yet elegant, electric charge dryness. Is my conception incorrect?
Thanks! LOL serendipity is one of my favourite concepts. I slide it into anything I can, I think I even got it into my thesis. 🤣 I think perfume can have similar effects to Valium in some cases. I definitely think aromatherapy is a thing. 💕
Just found your channel! Great to see someone talking about aromachemicals- I have been doing perfumery for about 6 years now and have always loved using calone! Aquamate, melonal, floralozone, maritima and aquaflora are also really great ones that I think you'd really like if you haven't smelled them before :) just subbed and look forward to seeing your future videos!
Thanks. I'm not a perfumer, just a scientist! I don't make many of these kinds of videos as they take a long time to do, but I have some other videos on solar notes, musk and petrichor. I also have a video discussing clones that might interest you. Thanks for subbing 🥰
Wow Claire thank you for that one loved all the chemistry 😍 I've learnt lots there. These videos are the best. I have a watery feel from juniper especially feels like a heavy thick water off me which I like and I get that from a few things, like a mineral water. Fab as ever 🙂
Hello! I got your package today! I just found it. Thank you! I am saving it for a treat tomorrow 😂 might make a video. I just got a perfume with juniper and yes I got something cold, almost metallic, pencil shavings, but definitely fresh from it, but it was with papyrus, so that might be why. My friend has a juniper fragrance and she just smells like gin 😂 I will ask her which it is! Juniper is refreshing. I like a deep dive. My favourite bit of science is writing review papers, synthesising information and finding new questions to ask. I would love to be a synthetic chemist who could formulate notes for perfumers to use. Really wish I'd picked chemistry at uni. Oh well!
@@dr.claire.perfume it's all over my head but that's why people like yourself explaining in a way I get is fantastic. I am really interested how things work just my brain struggles with it all 🤣. Aw lovely I hope there's at least one you mildy enjoy 😜
@@scentedsnowdrops I'm sure there will be more than one! Thank you it was so kind of you! I am really not someone with a lot of experience of different scents so I love to hear about them from other people and I'm looking forward to trying what you have sent. I think the science aspect of perfume is something I can vaguely understand and I feel that most other channels aren't doing that so I thought I'd give it a go... I feel that most people think perfume is a very natural product and even perfume companies present their perfumes like that in the main. But I think the magic of it for me is that chemistry can invent and make all of these notes for perfumers to use. ✨
@@dr.claire.perfume yes chemistry isn't dirty literally everything is built of chemicals so I agree there. Your content is already awesome but I'll love the science edge. Ah I love hearing everyone's individual experience with perfume to be honest. It gets dull when everyone seems to smell the same thing without genuine feeling 🙄. We can all read fragrantica... But yea love your style of describing things and how you bring it to life 🙂
@@scentedsnowdrops I once watched a video where someone described a perfume to a t, but it was the wrong perfume that was in a similar bottle. I was wondering whether they'd just searched for reviews and said those. It was really shocking because even when people pointed it out, the person left the video up 😲 it was someone with quite a lot of subscribers...
Nice Video, very informative. I love aquatic scents i used to live in Melbourne Australia and now in my home country. I am missing the beach and now i love aquatic marine scent even more, because it kind of remind me near the beach. I got Aqcua di gio profumo, DG light blue intense and Bvlgari Aqva pour homme my top three aquatic scents.
Thank you, yes fragrance is something that can take you back to other places and times in your life. Wow! I imagine living in Melbourne is all about being close to the ocean. I would love to go there one day! Some lovely choices there, I really like that Bvlgari. Thanks for watching 🙂
Hi! Watching this during a particularly heavy downpour so feels very appropriate talking about aquatic scents. 😂 I love this kind of video. Helps me to understand fragrances a bit more! I finally got L'imperatrice! I saw it was on sale about a week after you mentioned it and took the risk. It's lovely and gives me that aquatic vibe with the classy floral I prefer. I actually taste salt when I get a waft of it. Sounds weird but I don't hate it! 😂 Thanks for sharing this. Xxx
I looked that l'imperatrice's ingredients up to check for calone but I didn't see any. It thought it might be there what with the watermelon. It could be listed under a derivative name though or a chemical name so I might recheck.... cos I'm a geek! I am also very tempted by it!!! I always spray it in boots 😂 I wonder how much longer I will hold out 🤣
These are my absolute favorite videos from you🥰🥰🥰. Im watching this now coz Spring &summer is around the corner and I need to be prepared for all the lovely water smelling perfumes Im gonna buy😂😂😂
I am over here having a midlife crisis over all the years I spent not realizing that "watery" smells between "clean" and "fruit". This and everything else makes soooo much sense! I have a blue smoothie with aloe pulp that I wanted to give this fantasy watery, crystalline taste. I had been using flavors of pear drop, corossol, elderflower, jasmine and cactus to create this sort of gustatory water accord. For the fruit base I was using cacao fruit, and I was even looking for safer molecules associated with pool smell (chloramines) for the clean note. I'm going to make so many fantasy water smoothies off this info that I might drown lol. Thank you for this content!
Haha! Amazing! I love this concept of making almost perfume like smoothies! Taste and smell are so closely linked. From what you say, you've not been far off making something watery even without this info. ☺️
@@dr.claire.perfume Oh, and btw, I've seen people such as Mountain Aromatics suggest certain citrus notes like bergamot as "watery" candidates. I can actually kinda see that as bergamot oil is somewhere between fruit and clean. I'm leaning more towards your choice of watery notes, but I think there could be interesting interplay between the multiple watery notes you all are suggesting.
Hello! Aah cool! Thank you! I love chemistry too! I did a video on solar notes, you might also like that. Also one on natural Vs synthetic notes and one about smell, two are linked in the description. Thanks for watching 😘
I am trying to remember what ketone smells like.. I work in Taiwan before, part of the chemical we use everyday is ketone.. (I have no idea if the Ketone you mentioned is the same ketone we use in the lab) Thanks for doing this.. I'm learning again and I admire your efforts in research for this topic..
Oh wow! I had no idea you worked or used to work in a lab! What were you/your company doing?💕 I think it's unlikely it is the exact same compound, I was just trying to give an example for people to show where people might have experienced ketones in everyday life. I think chemistry can sound like something inaccessible otherwise. These ketones that the company was studying were cyclic ones so they likely smell very different to the aliphatic ketones that I give as examples, but it was the best I could manage 🤣 I always worry I will say something factually inaccurate so I really try to check what I say as I am not an expert but I do really enjoy reading about this kind of things 🙃
Yet another amazing, educational video. I loved this and found it very interesting. I don’t have many aquatic fragrances in my collection. You look lovely 💙💙💙
Thank you 💖 Me neither! I really think most are salty or watery florals not calone or derivatives. I think calone is a male marketed perfume thing in the main on designer perfumes at least. I'd like to find a good aquatic fragrance...
Yes! There's a place on the West coast of France that processes sea salt that smells of violets! How crazy is that?! I was reading about that and had no idea that salt could smell of violets! It has ionone in it, the violet smell!
Hi Claire thank you for such an informative and interesting video. I absolutely love the note of Calone and am in the process of growing my collection. Just subscribed to your channel and looking forward to learning more about fragrance from you.
Thank you! I love the science of perfume but I have found it really hard to find much accurate information on topics 🤷♀️ I am planning to do a video on petrichor soon. 🥰
My impression for aquatic scent is something like davidoff cool water im not knowledgeable about notes but other than that cant distuingish other perfumes with aquatic accords, i think its more easy for me to distuingish the salty notes than the marine and aquatic 🌊 Interesting great video 💙💙💙
Yes I'm no expert either for sure. I need to sniff more aquatic scents. I think they have been out of fashion and also the few that there are seem to be marketed towards men mainly.
I have only smelt lab ketones so I am not sure how distinctive the diabetic thing is. Is it smell it, know they need a special diet and a shot of insulin right away?! Or is it quite subtle? I remember part of my exam was to identify a compound I'd been given. I got marked down for not smelling it (it was a ketone). I thought if I went around smelling random lab chemicals without knowing what they were I'd soon be dead but no, apparently if I don't, I lose marks 🤣
I have used escape since mid 90s. Wow, almost 30 years. It has been my signature fragrance as I have not used another. since CK stopped producing and selling, I have stocked up as much as I could. I have been looking for another perfume that I can replace Escape with. So far I have not found anything. Your video was the first one mentioning And that convinced me I am watching a true expert. Kudos! Any suggestions for me to try instead of escape? Desperately searching for years :( thank you very much
I don't own Escape, so I'm probably not the best person to ask. Did you try asking Veronica says? She has a bottle and maybe be able to suggest something... There are also the this perfume reminds me of pages on Fragrantica, but those are usually way as comparisons for me. Sorry that I can't help further. I hope you find something. 😊
I so appreciate your using your researching and presentation prowess to benefit us! Since my first L'eau D'Issey bottle, I've loved aquatic scents. I now also have Shi by Alfred Sung and Oxygene by Lanvin. Jennifer Aniston's Chapter One also makes me think of the sea as it smells of salty skin :)
Thank you! I remember this video taking me a long time to research 😂 I feel like aquatic perfumes are still a bit out of fashion but I do think they are due a revival! I've not tried any of those that you mention, other than l'eau d'issey, but I will look out for them! Thanks for watching 😘
@@dr.claire.perfume very much agree re a revival! I was born in 1988 so everything from the 90s I covet now as I was too young to participate at the time. I think my preoccupation with perfume is purely a manifestation of my wanting to be my older sisters and cousins lol
@@lilidonna yes I remember smelling things on other people when I was younger and thinking, oh that's so cool, I am going to smell like that, then suddenly tastes change and trends move on and things become unavailable 🤷♀️
Thanks Joss! 💕 Yes I should watch my lingo with notes and accords 🙃 too much to think about 🤯 takes all my concentration to make a video with proper sentences 😂
@@Joss-Fragrance-Mixology no no! I know! Don't worry! I was just making an observation. I find it difficult to tell, how are you meant to know if something has one note or many to make an accord when the notes used are synthetic. It's like a black box. I don't think there's a way to tell. Unless an accord means that the scents have to be VERY distinct notes paired together... Help me out here Joss, what do you think??? 💕
My favorite water/wet fragrance is Monsoon by Dame Perfumery. It’s a whole experience that ends in a watery plunge. It’s never citrus or “blue.” It’s the wettest most unique, yet not challenging fragrance I’ve ever worn. My favorite watery floral that also happens to have some ozonic properties without being too metallic (I don’t enjoy metal fragrances) is Chanel’s Cristalle. Since I only have a decant and it’s discontinued, I blindly bought Issey Miyake’s A Scent, but it didn’t have the same ethereal feel :( For anyone that has a chance to try on Cristalle, spray it in wrists and maybe behind the knees as part of its magic is catching it in the air.
Wow, I just looked monsoon up! What is creosote bush??!! I need to read about that! Not tried much Chanel. I saw some cristalle on UK eBay the other day. I was tempted to try it but it ended up going for a lot! 😂 Thanks for your very interesting comment 😘 I love to hear about fragrances I've not tried!
Great video! It was so interesting to watch. I think of ozone also after a thunderstorm. Wonder if there are any fragrances like that, that smell like rain and thunder. I have a love and hate relationship with the aquatics usually. Maybe I can try a few in the future again. I have been on a lavender and orange blossom kick lately. Ordered Mon Guerlain edt and LVB L’eclat edt for the hot July weather. 🌿🌻🦋💖
I'm pretty sure that soki London recently did a video on rain fragrances... Not sure. You might find a video there, if not, I might make one. Mon Guerlain EDT is very refreshing. Not tried lveb l'eclat. Let me know what you think!
@@dr.claire.perfume Thanks! I will look it up. And if you want to make one, that would be great. 🙂I am also looking to get some scents that are ocean like, beachy I guess. I will let you know what I think of the LVB eclat when I receive it. I ordered both edt. I usually go for edp, but edp was not available for Mon Guerlain. I hope it’s still good :) I usually try to buy all at discount sites or used even. ☀️🌻🦋☔️⛈🐳🌊
@@natalinastella5144 I will certainly read about them and see! Thanks for the suggestion! I also buy a lot of secondhand fragrance. I don't have a massive budget for it and I like to think that my consumption isn't damaging the environment so much that way. Mon Guerlain EDT I think is discontinued, it was heavily discounted last year, I could be wrong though! 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume Yes, I think Mon Guerlain edt is discontinued now. I think alike, I don’t have a huge budget I can justify spending on perfume, and the environment is a big concern also. I usually really try to make sure I like the notes before I buy. 💕
I really have not idea how to refresh materials like melonal, calone, scentenal, ultrazur, Adoxal, floralozone, seems that everything don't work well with that
Hi Claire, I have just purchased a mix of ISO E SUPER, AMBROXAN & CALONE mixed with perfumers alcohol. Whilst this smells nice it is not my favorite smell as all I get is a heavy chemical smell as opposed to the nice sandalwood smell of previous ISO E SUPER purchases. I have purchased a fair amount of perfume oils which I like, would you recommend applying the oil on my skin then spraying over it with the CALONE mix to perhaps elevate the sillage of my perfume oils as they sit close to the skin? Thanks.
I would say that calone smells better when more dilute, as it can be pretty dominating! I do not know how it works with perfume oils as separate mixes and I've no idea whether it will make the oils more volatile and therefore more noticeable. I think you will have to experiment and see what works. Sorry I can't be more help! I would love to know the answer to this though, it is very interesting question. Please let me know how you get on with mixing / sprayover.
Problem is that every marine ingredient is sweet, soooo sweet and often nauseating, I know need only a touch of these materials, and maybe you can add some citruses for refresh but then become often weird and bad smell, so what to add? 🥶
Thank you for this video! I smelled a body wash called Method Men's Sea and Surf, and to me, it smells like an uncut aquamarine gem. It seems sort of salty, but cool and refreshing. Do you know of any perfumes, fragrances, or particular molecules (calone, etc..) I should look for to find that sort of frosty marine smell?
I have heard Costa Azzurra Acqua described exactly as "frosty marine" but I've not tried it myself. I'm sure there are cheaper options though. I've not got anything with that vibe myself. I do have some with ambroxan in that feel fresh and slightly salty marine in the background, but have other stuff that is more prominent in the foreground, namely chant d'extase and Kenzo World. Hope that helps! Thank you so much for watching 😊
Possibly. I know bromophenols are food additives so there may be crossover if they are skin safe. They would have to be at really low concentrations though otherwise they would likely not smell very nice! Dimethyl sulphide is also a big sea like smell but I'm not sure that's used. Really I think Fragrantica could do a great fragrance wheel to explain how related some of these fundamental chemicals are and how seemingly diverse smells are created from very similar molecules. I think that would be really interesting. Thanks for watching ❤️
@@dr.claire.perfume I was juuuust watching a discussion of the history of perfumes and how they used to be applied to clothes instead of skin. I'll have to look into the dimethyl sulfide thing. Sulfurous compounds tend to give more savory or animal notes from what I've seen so far, but I can see some overlap between aquatic notes and that. Thanks for putting out such great content!!
I am amazed at how you are able to retain all the information! Your in depth research is so on point! This video is so informative and interesting! 💖💕❤️
LOL Lala, you should have seen me filming this! This is an hour of my waffle edited down 😂 I like researching things though! I am someone who goes down rabbit holes and can't stop reading about something until I've answered my questions 😂
Hi Claire! What a fun subject, thank you!!
Thanks Tara! Lovely to see you ☀️
Claire! What you’re able to bring to the table because of your education, experience and understanding make your videos so incredibly interesting and entertaining. I love it! Great video! Thank you. ✌🏽🧜🏻♂️♥️
Thank you! This one took quite a bit of reading and research to understand and distill 😅
Ah yesssss some of the ones you mentioned bring back memories of seaside or at least trick us into thinking about these memories. Escape and Issey are two super powerhouses. It never dawned on me that calone or similar notes lasted so long and lent to the strength of these perfumes. Well done, Dr. Smith!
Yes! Scent memory is so important!
I have no experience of calone, it's only what I've read, but it's certainly regarded as something that is virtually eternal in terms of the timescale of the longevity of scent notes. ❤️
Thank you so much for doing this Claire🙏🙏🙏. I am in awe and could sit and listen to you for hours 👌👌
Awwh thanks so much for the suggestion Kathy! Glad that you liked it! 💕
Water really is so tranquil and relaxing! Whenever I’m near the ocean, I immediately feel happy and relaxed.
Yes me too! I love being by the coast! 🥰
Yes! I grew-up on the SE coast of the U.S., roughly five miles from the ocean. I love visiting the mountains and other areas of the country and world, but the beach is 🏠 It's funny, though. I NEVER go there. I don't like the sand 😂
a 90s hangover... haha! love it
When you think about it, calone fell quite dramatically out of fashion. I think when perfumes were using it at nearly 1% that might have been overkill! 😂
I love watery florals and fruits … gives fresh vibe and makes me happy …
As for salt notes, i love it when they are combined with citruses, which they usually are…
I want to try Thunderstorm by Demeter… Veronica talked about it and it has that “spark” that you said … 😁
Oh yes! I saw her talk about that too, I think it was this week?! I think I tried that one when they were sale in boots in the UK about 10 years ago. I used to spend ages trying them all. I really liked thunderstorm, 4 leaf clover, gin n tonic and Pina colada! Salt and citrus; like the theodoros kalatinis fragrance? Is that the Aegean one? I get a bit lost with those! You have a lot now!!!!
@@dr.claire.perfume aegean salt and citrus, yes 😁 i now have the entire line from TK 😂
Cool water for women is very nice for summer.
Yes, I liked it when I tried it in the shop, very fresh. 😊
Great presentation, thank you. Very efucational for us lovers of fragrance.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰
Guava!! Now I get why I cannot handle Xerjoff Cruz Del Zud II… Its the Guava in it.. Its aquatic.. And mixed with lactonic notes, ohhh my 😂😂
Thank you for clearing that up for me❤
No problem, thank you for watching. Ooh yes, lactonic and aquatic together can be strange! 🥰
@@dr.claire.perfume especially together 😅
this is so educational! the only ketones I know is diabetic ketoacidosis and ketone breath…hahah! great video, claire💕 thanks for sharing🙂
I know! That's all I can think about too 😂 glad you enjoyed it! Hope you are well. ❤️
Cool water is still my favourite fragrance in my hubby
A total classic! 💕
Hello! Thank you for this video! Please make more videos like this which go in depth on perfumery and notes❤🙏🏿
I have ones on petrichor, musk and solar notes if you've not already seen those, but yes, I will! Thanks for watching 😘
@@dr.claire.perfume I have just come across the playlist and I am now binging on the videos. Thanks🙏🏿
I own the Guerlain-Coconut fizz also and is my second bottle,i love it.
Lately i bought also another whatery scent Jo Malone-Whater lily
I've only tried two Jo Malone fragrances but I will check that out when I'm next near a shop, it sounds like one I would enjoy 😊 thanks for watching ❤️
Really enjoy these educational style videos from you Claire, I always learn plenty from you in these and they’re always super interesting 🙂❤️❤️
I like aquatic fragrances but it's really a hole in my collection. I guess that's a reflection that calone is out of vogue in designer perfumes.
Omg, I had trouble filming this! I am really not very organised so there's always lots of cuts 😂 also my husband finally agreed that our broadband is cr*p, so I got a small victory when we switched to a new deal and I can now upload a video in 12 mins instead of 7 HOURS!!!! 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume oh wow that's amazing well done! They're about 3ish hours for me but mine are looooong these days 😆 I don't seem to go for aquatics in general but think that's just my tastes, I like warm and spicy or super sweet 😋❤
@@sam.smells6435 I know you like super sweet 😂 you are a sugar monster. I think I like both warm and cool fragrances but ultimately I think I prefer cool because I like something refreshing.
I am a bit scared of doing longer videos... I think I've been conditioned to 10-12 mins by the awful broadband.
@@dr.claire.perfume I reaaaaally need to cut the waffling on mine they're getting ridiculous! Never mind I enjoy doing them at least 😆 I have a definite sweet tooth, think that extends to my taste in fragrance!
@@sam.smells6435 I like a chatty video. I pop them on when I'm doing the washing up or getting ready in the morning. I don't do much commenting but it's nice to listen to! 💕
This was so interesting! I still get confused when fragrances list "salt" as a note, because to me salt doesn't really smell. I appreciate how you explained it's probably the impurities along with salt that give us a scent association, like salty air, etc. I would love to hear your thoughts on ozonic vs. solar notes, as well. The idea of solar notes was interesting to me until I smelled a few fragrances with solar notes listed, and they tended to smell like tropical florals and maybe some aldehydes. I'm probably over simplifying the concept though lol.
Yes salt in pure form has no smell!
I have a video on solar notes, I'm not sure whether you've already seen that or not. I don't have one on ozonic notes though. I think you are bang on with solar notes, a lot of the more modern ones are based on odour molecules given off by tropical florals. Aldehydes are also slowly becoming more popular again after they were deemed a bit old school. I predict a mini-resurgence...
Which ozonic perfumes do you enjoy?
@@dr.claire.perfume Oh thank you for mentioning your solar notes video! I'll check it out. And speaking of aldehydes, I know there are some in newer fragrances that don't give off that classic Chanel vibe, but smell more like detergent to me. I never get "sparkly champagne" vibes from them, just a headache lol.
Hmm, I don't know if I have any fragrances that list ozonic notes, but sometimes earthy or metallic notes remind me of the air before it rains...so I guess that would be the closest to ozonic that I can peg down? There is a fragrance oil called Qatar meets London that reminds me of that ozonic/mineral quality.
@@ndo355 sorry I forgot to link the video for you: ua-cam.com/video/_iig65UHvRo/v-deo.html
I'm not a massive fan of aldehydes either. I am yet to find a fragrance with them that I like! I will keep trying 😂
I looked up Qatar meets London, I had never heard of the brand but thank you for bringing them to my attention! Earth after the rain sounds interesting 😉
@@dr.claire.perfume Would Oud Silk Mood be considered ozonic? There is to my nose a dry, welding -yet elegant, electric charge dryness. Is my conception incorrect?
Great video! Appreciate all the research that goes into these videos❤
Thank you! I have some on musk, petrichor and indoles if you've not already seen those. ❤️
@@dr.claire.perfume I’m binging them as we speak. Fascinating!
😂 enjoy!
Serendipitous- I’ve learned new word 👍🏻😂🌸🌸 great video! 🤗🤗 Valium in perfumes would be good 😂😂🌸🌸
Thanks! LOL serendipity is one of my favourite concepts. I slide it into anything I can, I think I even got it into my thesis. 🤣
I think perfume can have similar effects to Valium in some cases. I definitely think aromatherapy is a thing. 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume haha why not 😊 yes it’s definitely a thing, I’ve noticed YSL Libre calms me with its lavender 😂🌸🌸
@@pinkfabulous248 that's another one on my list! I like the original EDP the best I think.
Just found your channel! Great to see someone talking about aromachemicals- I have been doing perfumery for about 6 years now and have always loved using calone! Aquamate, melonal, floralozone, maritima and aquaflora are also really great ones that I think you'd really like if you haven't smelled them before :) just subbed and look forward to seeing your future videos!
Thanks. I'm not a perfumer, just a scientist! I don't make many of these kinds of videos as they take a long time to do, but I have some other videos on solar notes, musk and petrichor. I also have a video discussing clones that might interest you. Thanks for subbing 🥰
Wow Claire thank you for that one loved all the chemistry 😍 I've learnt lots there. These videos are the best. I have a watery feel from juniper especially feels like a heavy thick water off me which I like and I get that from a few things, like a mineral water. Fab as ever 🙂
Hello! I got your package today! I just found it. Thank you! I am saving it for a treat tomorrow 😂 might make a video.
I just got a perfume with juniper and yes I got something cold, almost metallic, pencil shavings, but definitely fresh from it, but it was with papyrus, so that might be why. My friend has a juniper fragrance and she just smells like gin 😂 I will ask her which it is! Juniper is refreshing.
I like a deep dive. My favourite bit of science is writing review papers, synthesising information and finding new questions to ask. I would love to be a synthetic chemist who could formulate notes for perfumers to use. Really wish I'd picked chemistry at uni. Oh well!
@@dr.claire.perfume it's all over my head but that's why people like yourself explaining in a way I get is fantastic. I am really interested how things work just my brain struggles with it all 🤣.
Aw lovely I hope there's at least one you mildy enjoy 😜
@@scentedsnowdrops I'm sure there will be more than one! Thank you it was so kind of you! I am really not someone with a lot of experience of different scents so I love to hear about them from other people and I'm looking forward to trying what you have sent.
I think the science aspect of perfume is something I can vaguely understand and I feel that most other channels aren't doing that so I thought I'd give it a go... I feel that most people think perfume is a very natural product and even perfume companies present their perfumes like that in the main. But I think the magic of it for me is that chemistry can invent and make all of these notes for perfumers to use. ✨
@@dr.claire.perfume yes chemistry isn't dirty literally everything is built of chemicals so I agree there. Your content is already awesome but I'll love the science edge.
Ah I love hearing everyone's individual experience with perfume to be honest. It gets dull when everyone seems to smell the same thing without genuine feeling 🙄. We can all read fragrantica... But yea love your style of describing things and how you bring it to life 🙂
@@scentedsnowdrops I once watched a video where someone described a perfume to a t, but it was the wrong perfume that was in a similar bottle. I was wondering whether they'd just searched for reviews and said those. It was really shocking because even when people pointed it out, the person left the video up 😲 it was someone with quite a lot of subscribers...
Nice Video, very informative. I love aquatic scents i used to live in Melbourne Australia and now in my home country. I am missing the beach and now i love aquatic marine scent even more, because it kind of remind me near the beach. I got Aqcua di gio profumo, DG light blue intense and Bvlgari Aqva pour homme my top three aquatic scents.
Thank you, yes fragrance is something that can take you back to other places and times in your life. Wow! I imagine living in Melbourne is all about being close to the ocean. I would love to go there one day! Some lovely choices there, I really like that Bvlgari. Thanks for watching 🙂
Melbourne is great. Come in summers probably after November till February.
Hi!
Watching this during a particularly heavy downpour so feels very appropriate talking about aquatic scents. 😂
I love this kind of video. Helps me to understand fragrances a bit more!
I finally got L'imperatrice! I saw it was on sale about a week after you mentioned it and took the risk. It's lovely and gives me that aquatic vibe with the classy floral I prefer. I actually taste salt when I get a waft of it. Sounds weird but I don't hate it! 😂
Thanks for sharing this.
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I looked that l'imperatrice's ingredients up to check for calone but I didn't see any. It thought it might be there what with the watermelon. It could be listed under a derivative name though or a chemical name so I might recheck.... cos I'm a geek! I am also very tempted by it!!! I always spray it in boots 😂 I wonder how much longer I will hold out 🤣
Hey I love the added information on the simplicity of how perfumes were done.
Lovely to see you Pat 😘
Very good, interesting subject! Thank you!
Thank you! ❤️
Hello again Claire. Here watching.
Hello 😊
These are my absolute favorite videos from you🥰🥰🥰. Im watching this now coz Spring &summer is around the corner and I need to be prepared for all the lovely water smelling perfumes Im gonna buy😂😂😂
I did recently try davidoff cool water woman and I felt it smelt mostly of pineapple and melon... I'm still looking for a calone scent! 🤔
@@dr.claire.perfume I have that one too or had it...my 7yr old son hijacked it😂
This was soo cool!!
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
I am over here having a midlife crisis over all the years I spent not realizing that "watery" smells between "clean" and "fruit". This and everything else makes soooo much sense!
I have a blue smoothie with aloe pulp that I wanted to give this fantasy watery, crystalline taste. I had been using flavors of pear drop, corossol, elderflower, jasmine and cactus to create this sort of gustatory water accord. For the fruit base I was using cacao fruit, and I was even looking for safer molecules associated with pool smell (chloramines) for the clean note. I'm going to make so many fantasy water smoothies off this info that I might drown lol. Thank you for this content!
Haha! Amazing! I love this concept of making almost perfume like smoothies! Taste and smell are so closely linked. From what you say, you've not been far off making something watery even without this info. ☺️
@@dr.claire.perfume you just helped me step up my game. Especially with the knowledge of calone!
@@dr.claire.perfume Oh, and btw, I've seen people such as Mountain Aromatics suggest certain citrus notes like bergamot as "watery" candidates. I can actually kinda see that as bergamot oil is somewhere between fruit and clean. I'm leaning more towards your choice of watery notes, but I think there could be interesting interplay between the multiple watery notes you all are suggesting.
Another great video Claire
Thank you 💗
Thank you for the education
Hugs 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks for watching Frances 🥰
This was so interesting! I wondered about Calone. I love learning the chemistry behind perfumery.
Hello! Aah cool! Thank you! I love chemistry too! I did a video on solar notes, you might also like that. Also one on natural Vs synthetic notes and one about smell, two are linked in the description. Thanks for watching 😘
@@dr.claire.perfume I will be checking those out as well as your other videos! Thanks! xx
Thank you. Very informative video as always. Love your curly hair 👩🦱
Hi Yulia! Thank you! I've got one on indoles coming Saturday 😊 if I finish editing it 🤦♀️
@@dr.claire.perfume I am looking forward to seeing this .
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Hi Claire! Great interesting topic 💙
Thank you 💕
I am trying to remember what ketone smells like.. I work in Taiwan before, part of the chemical we use everyday is ketone.. (I have no idea if the Ketone you mentioned is the same ketone we use in the lab)
Thanks for doing this.. I'm learning again and I admire your efforts in research for this topic..
Oh wow! I had no idea you worked or used to work in a lab! What were you/your company doing?💕 I think it's unlikely it is the exact same compound, I was just trying to give an example for people to show where people might have experienced ketones in everyday life. I think chemistry can sound like something inaccessible otherwise. These ketones that the company was studying were cyclic ones so they likely smell very different to the aliphatic ketones that I give as examples, but it was the best I could manage 🤣
I always worry I will say something factually inaccurate so I really try to check what I say as I am not an expert but I do really enjoy reading about this kind of things 🙃
Absolutely honest and outstanding review!👍 brilliant video!
Thank you 💕 hope you are well Dax!
@@dr.claire.perfume I'm doing good Claire!❤ I hope you are doing good Claire. Stay safe and healthy!💕
@@daxjacob Great! I'm fine thanks. I just booked a month off work so looking forward to that! 😉
This is interesting and educative. Enjoyed listening to all the new information 🙂 Like the aquatic scents for the summer
Thanks, I really enjoyed making this one! 💕
Yet another amazing, educational video. I loved this and found it very interesting. I don’t have many aquatic fragrances in my collection. You look lovely 💙💙💙
Thank you 💖 Me neither! I really think most are salty or watery florals not calone or derivatives. I think calone is a male marketed perfume thing in the main on designer perfumes at least. I'd like to find a good aquatic fragrance...
It’s so amazing how different salt can taste ,I have a very expensive palette for salt lol
Yes! There's a place on the West coast of France that processes sea salt that smells of violets! How crazy is that?! I was reading about that and had no idea that salt could smell of violets! It has ionone in it, the violet smell!
@@dr.claire.perfume how amazing would that be !! I want some LOL
@@HappinessSparkles if I ever go, I will send you some! 💕
Hi Claire thank you for such an informative and interesting video. I absolutely love the note of Calone and am in the process of growing my collection. Just subscribed to your channel and looking forward to learning more about fragrance from you.
Thank you! I love the science of perfume but I have found it really hard to find much accurate information on topics 🤷♀️ I am planning to do a video on petrichor soon. 🥰
My impression for aquatic scent is something like davidoff cool water im not knowledgeable about notes but other than that cant distuingish other perfumes with aquatic accords, i think its more easy for me to distuingish the salty notes than the marine and aquatic 🌊
Interesting great video 💙💙💙
Yes I'm no expert either for sure. I need to sniff more aquatic scents. I think they have been out of fashion and also the few that there are seem to be marketed towards men mainly.
Oh yes ! That Ketone smell ! 😳
I have only smelt lab ketones so I am not sure how distinctive the diabetic thing is. Is it smell it, know they need a special diet and a shot of insulin right away?! Or is it quite subtle? I remember part of my exam was to identify a compound I'd been given. I got marked down for not smelling it (it was a ketone). I thought if I went around smelling random lab chemicals without knowing what they were I'd soon be dead but no, apparently if I don't, I lose marks 🤣
I have used escape since mid 90s. Wow, almost 30 years. It has been my signature fragrance as I have not used another. since CK stopped producing and selling, I have stocked up as much as I could. I have been looking for another perfume that I can replace Escape with. So far I have not found anything. Your video was the first one mentioning And that convinced me I am watching a true expert. Kudos! Any suggestions for me to try instead of escape? Desperately searching for years :( thank you very much
I don't own Escape, so I'm probably not the best person to ask. Did you try asking Veronica says? She has a bottle and maybe be able to suggest something... There are also the this perfume reminds me of pages on Fragrantica, but those are usually way as comparisons for me. Sorry that I can't help further. I hope you find something. 😊
I so appreciate your using your researching and presentation prowess to benefit us! Since my first L'eau D'Issey bottle, I've loved aquatic scents. I now also have Shi by Alfred Sung and Oxygene by Lanvin. Jennifer Aniston's Chapter One also makes me think of the sea as it smells of salty skin :)
Thank you! I remember this video taking me a long time to research 😂 I feel like aquatic perfumes are still a bit out of fashion but I do think they are due a revival! I've not tried any of those that you mention, other than l'eau d'issey, but I will look out for them! Thanks for watching 😘
@@dr.claire.perfume very much agree re a revival! I was born in 1988 so everything from the 90s I covet now as I was too young to participate at the time. I think my preoccupation with perfume is purely a manifestation of my wanting to be my older sisters and cousins lol
@@lilidonna yes I remember smelling things on other people when I was younger and thinking, oh that's so cool, I am going to smell like that, then suddenly tastes change and trends move on and things become unavailable 🤷♀️
How can Oxygene be aquatic when it is milky?
I had no idea about the chemistry behind some of these notes
Me neither before reading! Imagine looking for a tranquilizer and then thinking, mmm, that smell of sea spray!!! LOL 😂
Here watching - love your look today! Very pretty. :)
Thanks! ❤️
Watching!! ❤️❤️
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This video is on fire... or water, how would you say on water... as in fabulous? Let's see... this video is... on wave! Yeah.
😂 thank you, happy that you enjoyed it! ❤️
Loved this - very interesting!!!💙💙💙I do love those sea notes and accords
Thanks Joss! 💕 Yes I should watch my lingo with notes and accords 🙃 too much to think about 🤯 takes all my concentration to make a video with proper sentences 😂
@@dr.claire.perfume I hope you don't think I was trying to correct you because I most definitely wasn't! Your videos are always awesome!❤️❤️❤️
@@Joss-Fragrance-Mixology no no! I know! Don't worry! I was just making an observation. I find it difficult to tell, how are you meant to know if something has one note or many to make an accord when the notes used are synthetic. It's like a black box. I don't think there's a way to tell. Unless an accord means that the scents have to be VERY distinct notes paired together... Help me out here Joss, what do you think??? 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume Sorry, I'm no expert here - I usually go to Wikipedia or Fragrantica when I want to remind myself of the differences😁
@@Joss-Fragrance-Mixology LOL I LOVE Wikipedia!
My favorite water/wet fragrance is Monsoon by Dame Perfumery. It’s a whole experience that ends in a watery plunge. It’s never citrus or “blue.” It’s the wettest most unique, yet not challenging fragrance I’ve ever worn. My favorite watery floral that also happens to have some ozonic properties without being too metallic (I don’t enjoy metal fragrances) is Chanel’s Cristalle. Since I only have a decant and it’s discontinued, I blindly bought Issey Miyake’s A Scent, but it didn’t have the same ethereal feel :( For anyone that has a chance to try on Cristalle, spray it in wrists and maybe behind the knees as part of its magic is catching it in the air.
Wow, I just looked monsoon up! What is creosote bush??!! I need to read about that!
Not tried much Chanel. I saw some cristalle on UK eBay the other day. I was tempted to try it but it ended up going for a lot! 😂
Thanks for your very interesting comment 😘 I love to hear about fragrances I've not tried!
I wore Cristalle. I can’t find it or anything similar, yet.
Great video! It was so interesting to watch. I think of ozone also after a thunderstorm. Wonder if there are any fragrances like that, that smell like rain and thunder. I have a love and hate relationship with the aquatics usually. Maybe I can try a few in the future again. I have been on a lavender and orange blossom kick lately. Ordered Mon Guerlain edt and LVB L’eclat edt for the hot July weather. 🌿🌻🦋💖
I'm pretty sure that soki London recently did a video on rain fragrances... Not sure. You might find a video there, if not, I might make one. Mon Guerlain EDT is very refreshing. Not tried lveb l'eclat. Let me know what you think!
@@dr.claire.perfume Thanks! I will look it up. And if you want to make one, that would be great. 🙂I am also looking to get some scents that are ocean like, beachy I guess. I will let you know what I think of the LVB eclat when I receive it. I ordered both edt. I usually go for edp, but edp was not available for Mon Guerlain. I hope it’s still good :) I usually try to buy all at discount sites or used even. ☀️🌻🦋☔️⛈🐳🌊
@@natalinastella5144 I will certainly read about them and see! Thanks for the suggestion!
I also buy a lot of secondhand fragrance. I don't have a massive budget for it and I like to think that my consumption isn't damaging the environment so much that way.
Mon Guerlain EDT I think is discontinued, it was heavily discounted last year, I could be wrong though! 💕
@@dr.claire.perfume Yes, I think Mon Guerlain edt is discontinued now. I think alike, I don’t have a huge budget I can justify spending on perfume, and the environment is a big concern also. I usually really try to make sure I like the notes before I buy. 💕
@@natalinastella5144 🙌
I notice that a lot of perfumes that have “salty” notes are more geared towards summer.
Yes! Maybe the note combos that go well with salty feeling notes/accords perhaps? Not sure! 🥰
I loved New West. It was green and unusual and really smelled like grass. I did not love Escape or Issey Miyake.
I'd love to try it. I nearly bought a vintage bottle but I was worried about condition. 😔
@@dr.claire.perfume probably wouldn’t have smelled right. It was a long time ago. I wore it first at 28 or 29 I’m mid 50s now.
I really have not idea how to refresh materials like melonal, calone, scentenal, ultrazur, Adoxal, floralozone, seems that everything don't work well with that
It's an interesting point that you raise, I would love to know the answer too! 🙂
Claire, have you done ozonic explanation video?
I haven't but it is on the list. I am thinking of doing petrichor and musk at the moment, but I need to do some reading.
Hi Claire, I have just purchased a mix of ISO E SUPER, AMBROXAN & CALONE mixed with perfumers alcohol. Whilst this smells nice it is not my favorite smell as all I get is a heavy chemical smell as opposed to the nice sandalwood smell of previous ISO E SUPER purchases. I have purchased a fair amount of perfume oils which I like, would you recommend applying the oil on my skin then spraying over it with the CALONE mix to perhaps elevate the sillage of my perfume oils as they sit close to the skin? Thanks.
I would say that calone smells better when more dilute, as it can be pretty dominating! I do not know how it works with perfume oils as separate mixes and I've no idea whether it will make the oils more volatile and therefore more noticeable. I think you will have to experiment and see what works. Sorry I can't be more help! I would love to know the answer to this though, it is very interesting question. Please let me know how you get on with mixing / sprayover.
Problem is that every marine ingredient is sweet, soooo sweet and often nauseating, I know need only a touch of these materials, and maybe you can add some citruses for refresh but then become often weird and bad smell, so what to add? 🥶
I'm not a perfumer, so I'm probably not the person to ask, but hopefully someone will see your question and answer. I'm sorry that I can't help more!
Thank you for this video! I smelled a body wash called Method Men's Sea and Surf, and to me, it smells like an uncut aquamarine gem. It seems sort of salty, but cool and refreshing. Do you know of any perfumes, fragrances, or particular molecules (calone, etc..) I should look for to find that sort of frosty marine smell?
I have heard Costa Azzurra Acqua described exactly as "frosty marine" but I've not tried it myself. I'm sure there are cheaper options though. I've not got anything with that vibe myself. I do have some with ambroxan in that feel fresh and slightly salty marine in the background, but have other stuff that is more prominent in the foreground, namely chant d'extase and Kenzo World. Hope that helps! Thank you so much for watching 😊
Do you think salt might be added by halogenated compounds? I know bromophenols contribute to the smell of algae and shrimp.
Possibly. I know bromophenols are food additives so there may be crossover if they are skin safe. They would have to be at really low concentrations though otherwise they would likely not smell very nice! Dimethyl sulphide is also a big sea like smell but I'm not sure that's used. Really I think Fragrantica could do a great fragrance wheel to explain how related some of these fundamental chemicals are and how seemingly diverse smells are created from very similar molecules. I think that would be really interesting. Thanks for watching ❤️
@@dr.claire.perfume I was juuuust watching a discussion of the history of perfumes and how they used to be applied to clothes instead of skin.
I'll have to look into the dimethyl sulfide thing. Sulfurous compounds tend to give more savory or animal notes from what I've seen so far, but I can see some overlap between aquatic notes and that.
Thanks for putting out such great content!!