Floral, 1978: Mall bouquet
Smell Floral on paper before it touches skin. The year to write is 1978, the line is “Mall bouquet,” and the figure is 1995. Do not lay two scents on the same wrist and call it a comparison. A good Floral formula knows its IFRA ceiling before it knows its ad.
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.
Speak of Floral as 1978, “Mall bouquet,” and 1995. A scent is an order, not a ranking.1978
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1978
- Figure kept
- 1995
- Scent
- Floral
- Trial line
- Mall bouquet