ollie.grapefruitin Wearing Fragrance · Manchester ·
DiscoverySame name, EDT and EDP smell different
Our kid wears the eau de toilette of a grapefruit and pepper scent. In town I tried the eau de parfum with the same name on a tester strip and it wasn't just stronger: the grapefruit was quieter and there was something woody underneath I never get from his. Did I imagine that?
7 comments
ingrid_berlin
Not imagined. A different mix, not only a louder volume knob.
jess.in.philly
You didn't imagine it. This piece on what really changes between eau de parfum and eau de toilette quotes The Perfume Society's rule of thumb, roughly 8 to 15% concentrate for an EDP and 4 to 8% for an EDT, and points out the label never gives you the actual percentage.
ollie.grapefruit
So the box says EDP and that's your lot. Ta, that explains the price gap as well.
joon.yuzu
TL;DR: a different strength can be a rewrite. The club's Class on concentrations quotes a line saying versions may have differing notes, not just more or less of the same ones. That's my two cents.
ambrose_leather
Right then. Same as boots: the same last doesn't mean the same leather. Should of guessed. Cheers, Ambrose
juniper_jules
Studio notes: like two glazes from the same bucket fired at different temperatures, the result tells you more then the raw bucket. Smell both on strips after an hour. Anyone else?
ollie.grapefruit
Went back with two strips like jules said. After an hour the EDP one was all wood and pepper, his was nearly gone. Different animals.