Thread: What makes a scent "perfumey"? Does "perfumey" mean "artificial smelling"? Thanks!

2nd especially when cold and warm floral notes are mixed all together (for instance lilly of the ++ valley and iris are typically cold notes to me and I don’t like them blended with warm floral notes or citrus, but I can like iris in non-floral blends for instance vanilla or gourmand)

I usually mean cliche, not distinctive, boring.  

To me, it means just 'perfume' is the first thing that comes to mind when I smell it. Archetype ++ perfume. Hard to explain exactly, not necessarily a bad thing but it could be boring.

To me it means sharp, strong, or just LOUD. For example, Red Door; Ysatis; Paris.  

What makes a scent "perfumey"? Does "perfumey" mean "artificial smelling"? Thanks!  

To me perfumy = artificial florals  

Might mean diff things to diff people. For example, aldehydes, powdery, etc.  

I think it means a scent that doesn't mix well with the person's chemistry and all you smell are the chemicals they put in the perfume. Or it could also mean a pungent overly done scent that is trying to be a perfume.

"Perfumey", to me, means a scent that is too well-blended for my taste. Notes are not (rop) individually identifiable. When asked what it smells like... the answer is "perfume" (not jasmine, or vanilla, or any combination of nameable notes).

Aldehydes make things smell perfumey to me, but I agree with everybody that it's subjective.