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Do You Know Perfumes? Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz for those who are mad about perfumes and know basic facts about perfumery. If you are a true perfume lover, it should be not too difficult at all! Enjoy and tell me what you think!

A multiple-choice quiz by inessa. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
inessa

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
8,153

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

Plays
4397

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 20

1. What perfume is considered to be the first 'oriental'? Hint

Poison (Dior)

Shalimar (Guerlain)

Arpege (Lanvin)

Opium (Y.S.Laurent)

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who was the first female to produce a designer perfume? Hint

Coco Chanel

Estee Lauder

Jeanne Lanvin

Elizabeth Arden

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is the so-called capital of world perfumery? Hint

Grasse

Milan

Paris

New York

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which one of these is not a French perfume house? Hint

Caron

Nina Ricci

Loris Azzaro

Laura Biagiotti

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Question 5 of 20

5. Which famous actress was in the ads for Chanel N 5? Hint

Sophie Marceau

Catherine Deneuve

Audrey Hepburn

Sharon Stone

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Question 6 of 20

6. What popular perfume has a star-shaped flacon? Hint

Obsession

Coco

Diorissimo

Angel

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which of these popular perfumes was designed to celebrate the lifestyle of California and is considered to be an all-american perfume? Hint

CKOne

Pleasures

Tommy Girl

Giorgio

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Question 8 of 20

8. What was the first jewelry company to introduce a brand name fragrance? Hint

Cartier

Van Cleef and Arpels

Boucheron

Bulgari

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Question 9 of 20

9. What was the first Dior fragrance ? Hint

Miss Dior

Diorissimo

Diorella

Dioressence

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which one of these famous fragrances smells almost entirely of lily of the valley? Hint

Diorissimo

Beautiful

Poison

Red Door

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Question 11 of 20

11. Essences of which flowers are the most commonly used in perfumery? Hint

rose and lily of the valley

jasmin and freesia

rose and peony

rose and jasmin

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which of these perfume houses is not American? Hint

Shiseido

Elizabeth Arden

Tommy Hilfiger

Clinique

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Question 13 of 20

13. The first eau de cologne was made in ...? Hint

Berlin

Cologne

Milan

Paris

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Question 14 of 20

14. What is best fragrance option for hot summer days (think of general rules, not personal preferences)? Hint

an oriental fragrance

a chypre fragrance

a citrus or an aquatic fragrance

a floral fragrance

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Question 15 of 20

15. Which one of these flacons would be of the highest value for collectors? Hint

a miniature

an empty bottle of a very famous fragrance

a full bottle (no box) of a popular fragrance

a limited edition in its original packaging

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Question 16 of 20

16. How many ingredients might a modern perfume contain? Hint

up to 50

up to 200

millions

thousands

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Question 17 of 20

17. What famous perfume bottle is topped by two doves? Hint

L'Air du Temps

Byzance

Madame Rochas

Contradiction

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Question 18 of 20

18. What are the aldehydes? Hint

tropical flowers

organic chemicals

resins

animal ingredients

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Question 19 of 20

19. Now perfumers use synthetic musk, but they used to get it from the ...?

Answer: (Two Words (think of an animal))

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Question 20 of 20

20. How many 'numbered' fragrances does Chanel have? Hint

three

four

two

one

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What perfume is considered to be the first 'oriental'?

Answer: Shalimar (Guerlain)

Shalimar,introduced in 1925, is considered to be the first modern oriental. Opium was introduced in 1977, Poison - in 1985 and Aprege is not an Oriental, but a floral-aldehydic perfume.

2. Who was the first female to produce a designer perfume?

Answer: Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel was first (with N 5), Jeanne Lanvin was second, but neither Arden, nor Lauder had ever been clothing designers.

3. What is the so-called capital of world perfumery?

Answer: Grasse

Everyone who is serious about perfumes knows that the cradle and the capital of modern perfumery is in Grasse, a small town in Provence, France!

4. Which one of these is not a French perfume house?

Answer: Laura Biagiotti

Laura Biagiotti, whose designer house produced wonderful perfumes Laura, Roma, Sotto Voce, Tempore, etc. is an Italian designer, but her perfume house is based in Germany.

5. Which famous actress was in the ads for Chanel N 5?

Answer: Catherine Deneuve

Audrey Hepburn was always a Givenchy girl, Sophie Marceau is in the Guerlain ads, and Sharon Stone never posed for a perfume ad as of June 2000. So, it used to be (among others) the lovely Catherine Deneuve.

6. What popular perfume has a star-shaped flacon?

Answer: Angel

Angel is the famous gourmand perfume hidden in gorgeous star-shaped bottles.

7. Which of these popular perfumes was designed to celebrate the lifestyle of California and is considered to be an all-american perfume?

Answer: Giorgio

Although the wrong answers might seem more modern and all-american, Giorgio was the biggest American success in perfumery, and epitomises the American style of sheer perfumes (i.e. perfumes without head-heart-bottom note definitions)

8. What was the first jewelry company to introduce a brand name fragrance?

Answer: Van Cleef and Arpels

In 1976 Van Cleef and Arpels introduced 'First' - a very appropriate name for the first perfume by jewelers.

9. What was the first Dior fragrance ?

Answer: Miss Dior

Christian Dior dedicated his first perfume venture to his sister, producing Miss Dior in 1947. Why Miss and not Mademoiselle? Dior was an admitted anglomaniac.

10. Which one of these famous fragrances smells almost entirely of lily of the valley?

Answer: Diorissimo

Poison is an oriental, Beautiful and Red Door are floral, but of much heavier nature. Diorissimo is the most classic example of a fragrance, inspired by lily of the valley.

11. Essences of which flowers are the most commonly used in perfumery?

Answer: rose and jasmin

Almost every perfume contains rose and jasmin extracts, they are staples in the perfumer's palette.

12. Which of these perfume houses is not American?

Answer: Shiseido

I think you all guessed that one. Shiseido is the most famous Japanese brand of cosmetics and fragrances, although a lot of their products are manufactured in the States.

13. The first eau de cologne was made in ...?

Answer: Cologne

Although Italians also claim to be the first, usually Germany and its city Cologne (K�ln) is considered to be the cradle.

14. What is best fragrance option for hot summer days (think of general rules, not personal preferences)?

Answer: a citrus or an aquatic fragrance

You'll feel much better if you choose either a citrus, or an aquatic for summer.A light (!) floral is OK too.

15. Which one of these flacons would be of the highest value for collectors?

Answer: a limited edition in its original packaging

Although a lot of people love miniatures and collect them, true collectors seek failures or limited editons of popular ones unopened and with a proper packaging!

16. How many ingredients might a modern perfume contain?

Answer: thousands

Right now thousands of ingredients (mostly chemicals) are used.

17. What famous perfume bottle is topped by two doves?

Answer: L'Air du Temps

Two doves kissing adorn the classic Rene Lalique bottle of L'air du Temps ( Nina Ricci)

18. What are the aldehydes?

Answer: organic chemicals

Aldehydes, which were very popular in the 1930 through 1960s are organic chemicals derived from natural synthetic materials. They add a vivid quality to top notes. Classic example of an aldehydic perfume - Chanel N 5, of course. N 5 was the first floral fragrance to comtain a lot of aldehydes.

19. Now perfumers use synthetic musk, but they used to get it from the ...?

Answer: musk deer

Musk deers are so rare right now that perfumers are forced to make a synthetic substitute.

20. How many 'numbered' fragrances does Chanel have?

Answer: three

There are three - N 5, N 19 and N 22.

Source: Author inessa

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