Perfume

====Fragrance wheel====
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[[File:Wheel2.gif|thumb|Fragrance Wheel perfume [[classification chart]], ver. 1983]]
This newer classification method is widely used in retail and the fragrance industry, created in 1983 by the perfume consultant [[Michael Edwards (fragrance expert)|Michael Edwards]]. The new scheme simplifies classification and naming, as well as showing the relationships among the classes.<ref name="OGrantInterview">{{cite web |author= Osborne, Grant |date= 1 May 2001 |title= Interview with Michael Edwards |url= http://www.basenotes.net/interviews/int-medwards.html |access-date= 17 December 2006 |website=Basenotes.net |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070206133603/http://www.basenotes.net/interviews/int-medwards.html |archive-date= 6 February 2007 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

The five main families are ''Floral'', ''Oriental'', ''Woody'', ''Aromatic Fougère'', and ''Fresh'', the first four from the classic terminology and the last from the modern oceanic category. Each of these are divided into subgroups and arranged around a wheel.
In this scheme, ''Chanel No.5'', traditionally classified as an aldehydic floral, is placed under the Soft Floral sub-group, while amber scents are within the Oriental group. [[Chypre]] perfumes are more ambiguous, having affinities with both the Oriental and Woody families. For instance, Guerlain ''Mitsouko'' is under Mossy Woods, but Hermès ''Rouge'', a more floral chypre, is under Floral Oriental.