Title: What Is The Difference Between Parfum, Cologne & Eau de Toilette?
Headings: Fragrance Strengths & Concentrations: What Is The Difference Between Cologne & Eau de Toilette?
Fragrance Strengths & Concentrations: What Is The Difference Between Cologne & Eau de Toilette?
What Are Fragrance Concentrations?
So why don’t we just bottle the scent alone?
What Are The Different Strengths?
Parfum (20-30%)
Eau de Parfum (15-20%)
Eau de Toilette (10-15%)
Eau de Cologne (3-8%)
Aftershave / Eau Fraîche (<3%)
What Next?
Men’s Fragrances Contents

Content: As parfums are particularly exclusive and not as affordable, some perfumers tend to only market an eau de parfum as the luxurious version of a fragrance to maximise sales. Eaux de parfum tend to offer a concentration between 15% and 20%, which provides around 8 hours of scent. A single application will provide enough scent to last throughout a working day at a lower price than a parfum. The extended longevity implies that an eau de parfum iteration of a fragrance usually provides the best value for money. Eau de Toilette (10-15%)
Eaux de toilette are actually predecessors of colognes dating back to 14th-Century Hungary. The name derives from an old French term for the practice of personal grooming and cleaning around a dressing table. In the 19th Century, a “cabinet de toilette” was essentially a powder room, which went on to be a euphemism a water closest. In short, eau de toilette was essentially cleaning water that was added to bath water or applied directly after the skin after bathing. Today, modern perfumery has appropriated the term to indicate the concentration of a fragrance. Being the most budget-friendly option, an eau de toilette is usually the most accessible and best-selling iteration of a fragrance.