Demo Accords Sample Set

Eau de Parfum
Composed by Pia Long, reviewed by Nick Gilbert

Fragrance description

Demo Accords is best experienced with the accompanying sample set. This offers a unique way to approach and understand perfumery. Each chapter of the book contains a fully disclosed perfume formula and a fragrance description, as if the composition were a commercial product. With the sample set, you can smell the corresponding fragrance whilst reading and discover the difference between fragrance notes and the actual ingredients.

The Demo Accords Sample Set contains nine 2 ml perfume samples. These are nine of the ten scents whose formulas are discussed in the book:

1. Clean (belongs in shampoo)
2. ANTIFA (a cruelty-free musk against fascism)
3. Foreign (perfume ingredients)
4. Well, Actually (a watery folk tale)
5. Have You Tried...? (aromatherapy on ableism)
6. Fume (Finnish anger)
7. Chemical (a 100% natural perfume)
8. Male Gaze Repellent (a green chypre)
9. 10 out of 10 (a genderqueer statement fragrance)

Dupe This is not included in the trial set due to the exceptionally high cost of the fragrance concentrate.

Ingredients

Clean: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Citronellol, Linalool, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Geraniol, Pinene, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Trimethylbenzenepropanol, Hydroxycitronellal, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil, Terpineol, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Limonene, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Citral, Cinnamal, Beta-Caryophyllene, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Geranyl Acetate, Rose Ketones, Eugenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-Terpinene, Benzaldehyde, Hexadecanolactone, Terpinolene, Menthol.

ANTIFA: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Linalool, Limonene, Linalyl Acetate, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Geraniol, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Pinene, Vanillin, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Trimethylbenzenepropanol, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Beta-Caryophyllene, Citral, Geranyl Acetate, Terpinolene, Terpineol, Alpha-Terpinene, Isoeugenol, Amyl Salicylate, Eugenol, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract.

Foreign: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Limonene, Linalyl Acetate, Linalool, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Pinene, Vanillin, Geraniol, Coumarin, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil, Santalol, Beta-Caryophyllene, Amyl Cinnamal, Jasmine Oil/Extract, Citral, Eugenol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Rose Flower Oil/Extract, Geranyl Acetate, Benzyl Benzoate, Terpinolene, Terpineol, Citronellol, Alpha-Terpinene, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Farnesol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzaldehyde, Amyl Salicylate.

Well, Actually: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Linalyl Acetate, Limonene, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Linalool, Pinene, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Peel Oil, Amyl Salicylate, Geranyl Acetate, Beta-Caryophyllene, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Terpineol, Camphor, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil, Hydroxycitronellal, Vanillin, Citral, Terpinolene, Alpha-Terpinene, Geraniol, Citronellol, Eugenol, Carvone, Coumarin.

Have You Tried Aromatherapy?: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Linalool, Linalyl Acetate, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Limonene, Terpineol, Camphor, Beta-Caryophyllene, Sclareol, Pinene, Geraniol, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil, Coumarin, Vanillin, Geranyl Acetate, Citronellol, Citral, Alpha-Terpinene, Benzyl Benzoate, Terpinolene, Benzaldehyde, Menthol, Eugenol, Benzyl Alcohol, Carvone.

Fume: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Limonene, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Pinene, Beta-Caryophyllene, Linalyl Acetate, Anethole, Geraniol, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Acetyl Cedrene, Linalool, Geranyl Acetate, Coumarin, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Vanillin, Citrus aurantium (orange) peel oil, benzyl salicylate, citral, terpinolene, alpha-terpinene, terpineol, hexadecanolactone, eugenol, cinnamyl alcohol, camphor, citronellol, menthol, isoeugenol, carvone, benzyl cinnamate, benzaldehyde.

Chemical: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Linalyl Acetate, Limonene, Linalool, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Pinene, Geraniol, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Coumarin, Geranyl Acetate, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Peel Oil, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil, Beta-Caryophyllene, Citral, Citronellol, Eugenol, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Flower Oil, Rose Flower Oil/Extract, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Terpineol, Terpinolene, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Camphor, Alpha-Terpinene, Benzyl Benzoate, Carvone, Farnesol, Benzyl Alcohol.

Male Gaze Repellent: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Limonene, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Geraniol, Linalyl Acetate, Terpineol, Linalool, Citronellol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Pinene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxycitronellal, Trimethylbenzenepropanol, Vanillin, Benzyl Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Peel Oil, Santalum Album (Sandalwood) Oil, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Santalol, Pogostemon Cablin (Patchouli) Oil, Benzyl Benzoate, Eugenol, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Jasmine Oil/Extract, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Citral, Rose Flower Oil/Extract, Beta-Caryophyllene, Geranyl Acetate, Terpinolene, Alpha-Terpinene, Hexadecanolactone, Rose Ketones, Benzaldehyde, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Carvone, Amyl Cinnamal, Farnesol, Cinnamal.

10 out of 10: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Perfume), Aqua (Water), Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Linalyl Acetate, Juniperus Virginiana (Virginia Cedar) Oil, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Peel Oil, Coumarin, Vanillin, Pinene, Acetyl Cedrene, Lavandula (Lavender) Oil/Extract, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Peel Oil, Beta-Caryophyllene, Santalol, Farnesol, Citrus Aurantium (Orange) Flower Oil, Citral, Geranyl Acetate, Terpinolene, Trimethylcyclopentenyl Methylisopentol, Camphor, Terpineol, Alpha-Terpinene, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Flower Oil, Citronellol, Hexadecanolactone, Benzaldehyde, Carvone, Eugenol, Isoeugenol.