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Nature brings great things to human beings. Thanks to plants and flowers we can continue living but, in addition, they provide many sensations such as those transmitted through sight and smell. Therefore, more than one serves to make the perfumes and other aromatic products that most of us use. In this Green Ecologist article, we show what are the flowers and plants most used in perfumery.
Flowers and plants to make perfumes
As is well known, the plant kingdom provides many ingredients to perfumers, especially flowers for their own aromatic richness. For thousands of years they have been used in many different civilizations. Of all the flowers to be found and to be found, the one that has always been most present is the Rose, for its exquisite aroma and for its beauty. There are many varieties of rosebush but the most used are the damascene rose and the centifolia rose.
Another of the most popular plants in the world of gardening is lavender, with blue flowers in spikes, which contains a fresh, soft, persistent and long-lasting fragrance, which is why it is widely used to scent clothes and ward off moths. From the tinctures and oils that are extracted from the plant, perfumes, waters and scented soaps are made.
Too the violet It has been widely used in perfumery for its delicate aroma, although today it is only used in the structure of the most modern perfumes. In the same way, too geranium It is very important in the elaboration of perfumes, although depending on the variety, the notes are different. Pink geraniums are very frequently used in men's perfumes. Also very common are the mauve geranium, the scented geranium and the prince of orange.
Today modern perfumes are also based on petals, buttons and flower buds, such as jasmine, cananga or ylang ylang, orange or orange blossom, lilacs, carnation, narcissus, mimosa, jonquil and hyacinth, freesia, iris, gadiolo and saffron.
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