All About Perfumes

A great fragrance is a powerful thing. It can make you feel put together on a big day, put you in a good mood, and even make people remember you { like me, I usually forget people names but not fragrances}.

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or artificial compounds and solvents, used to an agreeable scent.

What is the difference between EDT, EDP, and Parfum?

Everyone that started their perfume journey will eventually stumble upon these words but what is the difference between EDT, EDP, and Parfum?

So, simply it is the different amount of concentrated perfume oil in perfume.

For more detailed information about these types of perfumes, you can read

below…. 

EAU FRAICHE

“Fraiche” means Fresh in English and pronouncing it as “Fresh” is correct. It is the perfume with the lowest amount of concentrated perfume oil. Perfume with the tag “Eau Fraiche” normally is cheapest among “EDT or EDP” which naturally has more concentration of perfume oils. Yes!, the cost of the perfume also depends on the concentration of perfume oils in it.

Eau Fraiche doesn’t last long on the body. Now you must be wondering why would anyone want to buy this type of perfume. There is still a large demand for it mainly because Eau Fraiche perfume is the freshest among others.

Eau de Cologne (EDC)

“Cologne” means perfume. EDC means a lesser concentrated perfume than EDT. Eau de Cologne perfume is not as generic as the rest and often EDC type perfumes are usually the classic ones.

Eau de Cologne has little more concentration than Eau Fraiche. EDC perfumes are usually cheaper than EDT but not as cheap as Eau Fraiche ones.

One can expect up to 6 hours of perfume longevity out of this type of perfume and course perfumes tend to last longer on clothes.

Eau de Toilette (EDT)

EDT is the most famous one among all the above simply because all the perfumes are resolved around Eau de Toilette as it stands in the middle between all of them and this also means the best cost per concentration of perfume oil.

EDT perfumes usually are more affordable than EDP, but one should never take lightly of an EDT perfume simply because the concentration is lower than EDP.

An Eau de Toilette perfumes typically lasts up to 8 hours and 12 hours on clothes.

Eau de Parfum (EDP)

EDP perfumes are more expensive than EDT but the perfume typically tends to last much longer which is up to 10 hours and this certainly justifies the price being higher than EDT. Eau de Parfum or EDP is the 2nd most concentrated among all.

The same as for Eau Fraiche. Eau de Parfum perfumes normally are much stronger and not everyone could stand the smell of a strong perfume and you certainly would not want to use an overly strong perfume on any tight spot or public places.

One can expect EDP to lasts 10 hours on skin and 16 hours on clothes.

Parfum

Parfum contains 15 ~ 40% concentrated perfume oil in it making it the most concentrated of all perfume types.

This is also the reason it is the most pricey among all of them. this category of perfume can be explained in simple clear words that are “purest concentrated form of perfume oils”.

Parfum lasts up to 12 hours and of course, having this perfume to last over a day on clothes is something to be expected.