Aromatic, 1996: Fine vs lavandin
Choose Aromatic by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Fine vs lavandin” in 1996 titles that note, and 1996 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. English Lavender (1910s–, United Kingdom) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
All year, office daylight. Heat can turn lavender medicinal. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose. No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet.
Aromatic did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors. Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty. Wash-herb etymology (lavare) and Mediterranean drying racks. Paul Parquet’s coumarin-lavender-moss; aromatic becomes a structure.
On the blotter, keep 1996, “Fine vs lavandin,” and 1996. Without them Aromatic blurs.1996
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1996
- Figure kept
- 1996
- Scent
- Aromatic
- Trial line
- Fine vs lavandin