joon.yuzuin Wearing Fragrance · Seattle ·
ReadingWhy my yuzu leaves and the musk stays
TL;DR: it's the molecules, not my skin.
Read Wikipedia's page on top, middle and base notes last night. It ranks materials on an evaporation scale: 1 to 14 for top notes such as citrus and ginger, 61 to 100 for base notes. Base notes are usually noticed about 30 minutes after you spray, and some musks are still detectable after more than 24 hours. That basically matches my spreadsheet: yuzu first to go, musk still on my sleeve the next morning. That's my two cents.
3 comments
jess.in.philly
This is my clean-laundry musk exactly. I thought I was imagining it on my scarf the next day.
dex_in_brooklyn
same as toasting spices, the bright stuff is gone in a minute and the cumin hangs around all night, you're describing my whole station
aroha.rain
The Class on the fragrance pyramid and how fast each layer leaves has heaps on this, its where it finally clicked for me.