“Eau de Parfum typically sits between an eau de toilette and parfum extrait [this is sometimes referred to as perfume oil and is somewhere in the 20-40% range] in concentration,” she adds.

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Cologne (eau de cologne) – Oldest term for perfume, used in North America for masculine scents. Light, fresh and fruity, typically composed of two to four percent perfume oils in alcohol and water.

What is an eau de parfum fragrance? Delivering powerful aromas, an eau de parfum—French for “ perfume water”—typically contains between 15% and 20% of the original fragrance oil.

However, there's one element you can be sure of, and that's understanding the difference between the fragrance world's foundational categories: eau de toilette and eau de parfum.

"Generally, an Eau de toilette concentration is between 8 percent and 12 percent, while an Eau de parfum concentration is between 12 percent and 18 percent, although the concentrations of EDT ...

Eau de toilette Coming from the streets of France, Eau de toilette has a fragrance concentration of between 5% to 15%, and is cheaper, and one of the most popular types of fragrance available. It ...

“Eau de toilette,” she tells me, “is the least concentrated form, using the lowest proportion of the fragrance’s essential oil. Eau de parfum is next and parfum is the most concentrated ...

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This means that an Eau de Parfum is generally much longer-lasting than an Eau De Toilette, with the key difference between the two being the level of concentrated perfume oil they contain.