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Fragrances & Perfumes

Perfume, fragrance, essential oil: what is the difference?

In everyday conversation, the three words get swapped around without a second thought. You perfume a room, you choose a fragrance, you diffuse an essential oil: it all seems to point at the same thing. Yet behind those three terms sit three different realities, and telling them apart helps you make better choices for your establishment. Three minutes of reading, and the confusion goes away.

September 15, 2026 5 min