Quelques termes liées à la parfumerie :

Aroma
Term used especially in the food domain. Organoleptic quality taking taste and smell into account.

Concrete
Solid or semi-solid product obtained after extraction of the nice-smelling principles of some natural raw materials such as Jasmine, Rose, etc., by some volatile solvent, ether of petroleum, Benzene.

Fragrance
By opposition to the smell which can be pleasant or unpleasant, this French word of Latin origin translates the pleasant smell of a fragrant product.

Parosmia
Distort perception of the smells.

Blotter
Quality of special paper (without glue), very absorbing, cut in fine strips intended to be dipped into a raw material or a composition and which allows the professionals: chemists, Perfumers-Creators, etc., by olfaction, to appreciate the quality and to follow the evolution by it.