Floral, 2010s: Rose-peony musk

A mixed-flower bouquet — the most familiar map of perfume, from garden rose to a whole florist stall. If you can name a flower stall, you already know this family — perfume simply edits the bouquet. Floral sits in the Bloom group of this atlas. Flower families — mixed bouquets, white petals, rose, jasmine, iris powder and fruit nectar.

A mixed-flower family: bouquet or soliflore, from garden rose to a whole florist stall. Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay. One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.

Spring to autumn, daylight. Extraits can smother in midsummer heat. 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.