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BASIC NOTE [1 record]

Record 1 1994-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
CONT

Each perfume is composed of a top note, ... a middle note, ... and a base note also called an end note, or basic note, which is the most persistent.

CONT

... working models of a new fragrance are constructed on a framework of high, middle and low notes.

CONT

Bottom notes (base): Woods, pine needles, cedar, sandalwood, oak moss, some nuts, vanilla. Some flowers, jasmine, patchouli, iris root. Animal, musk, amber (gris), civet, leather.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
CONT

Les notes de fond (ou notes résiduelles) se composent d'odeurs boisées et résineuses (cèdre, bois de Santal, vétiver, patchouli, benjoin, labdanum, mousse de chêne, vanille, etc.) et animales (musc, ambre, civette, castoreum). Les notes de fond sont les plus persistantes.

CONT

Chaque parfum est composé [...] et d'une note de base (appelée aussi note finale ou basique) qui est la plus persistante.

CONT

La troisième phase : le Fond. [...] Le fond, la phase la plus persistante, tient plus longtemps, plusieurs jours, plusieurs semaines, voire des mois.

CONT

[...] après vingt-quatre heures d'évaporation, ce sont surtout les notes de fond qui persistent.

CONT

La note de fond : plus profonde, c'est elle qui persistera.

Spanish

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