外國人最想和你聊的時事話題：香水
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What is perfume 什么是香水
Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces a pleasant scent. The odoriferous compounds that make up a perfume can be manufactured synthetically or extracted from plant or animal sources.
Perfumes have been known to exist in some of the earliest human civilizations either through ancient texts or from archaeological digs. Modern perfumery began in the late 19th century with the commercial synthesis of aroma compounds such as vanillin or coumarin, which allowed the composition of perfumes with smells previously unattainable solely from natural aromatics alone.
Since 1945, due to great advances in the technology of perfume creation (i.e., compound design and synthesis) as well as the natural development of styles and tastes； new categories have emerged to describe modern scents:
·Bright Floral: combining the traditional Single Floral ＆ Floral Bouquet categories. A good example would be Estée Lauder's Beautiful.
·Green: a lighter and more modern interpretation of the Chypre type, with pronounced cut grass, crushed green leaf and cucumber-like scents. Two examples would be Estée Lauder's Aliage or Sisley's Eau de Campagne.
·Aquatic, Oceanic, or Ozonic: the newest category in perfume history, appearing in 1991 with Christian Dior's Dune. A very clean, modern smell leading to many of the modern androgynous perfumes. Generally contains calone, a synthetic scent discovered in 1966. Also used to accent floral, oriental, and woody fragrances.
·Citrus: An old fragrance family that until recently consisted mainly of "freshening" eau de colognes, due to the low tenacity of citrus scents. Development of newer fragrance compounds has allowed for the creation of primarily citrus fragrances. A good example here would be Brut..
·Fruity: featuring the aromas of fruits other than citrus, such as peach, cassis (black currant), mango, passion fruit, and others. A modern example here would be Ginestet Botrytis.
·Gourmand: scents with "edible" or "dessert"-like qualities. These often contain notes like vanilla, tonka bean and coumarin, as well as synthetic components designed to resemble food flavors. A sweet example is Thierry Mugler's Angel. A savory example would be Dinner by BoBo, which has cumin and curry hints.
香水（perfume）是一種混合了香精油(volatile oil)、固定劑(fixer)與酒精的液體，用來讓物體（通常是人體部位）擁有持久且悅?cè)说臍馕丁＞腿∽杂诨ú葜参?，用蒸餾法(distillation)或脂吸法萃取(extraction)，也可使用帶有香味的化學物。固定劑是用來將各種不同的香料(perfume/spice)結(jié)合在一起，包括有香脂(balsam)、龍涎香(ambergris)以及麝香貓(musk)與麝鹿身上氣腺體的分泌物(secretion)。酒精濃度則取決于是香水、淡香水還是古龍水(cologne)。香水的保存期限通常是五年。
She must wear perfume (makeup, cologne).
她一定涂抹了香水(化妝品，古龍水)。
The smell of her perfume permeated the room.
房間里彌漫著她的香水味。
Have you anything to declare? Any wine, perfumes, silks?
你有什么東西要報關嗎？有酒、香水或是絲綢嗎？
A little of your most delicate orange scent would not be amiss.
再灑上一點兒你那最最美好的桔子香水，那也怪不錯的。
It seemed that his handkerchief was scented.
他的手帕上好像灑過香水。
Mother puts perfume on her handkerchief to make it smell pleasant.
媽媽在手帕上灑香水，使手帕聞起來很舒服。
The smell of her perfume lingered in the empty house.
空屋里仍然飄溢著她的香水味。
She bought a small bottle of French perfume.
她買了一小瓶法國香水。
She was fashionably dressed and perfumed.
她穿著入時，灑了香水。
How about this cologne perfume?
這種古龍香水怎么樣？
What perfume are you wearing?
你擦什么香水？
They went to Paris to buy perfume.
他們?nèi)グ屠栀I香水。
Perfume is not exempt from import duty.
香水是不免稅的。
The perfume is particularly elegant in smell.
這種香水的香味特別高雅。
I have a particular aversion to that type of perfume.
我對那種香水格外反感。
Paris is noted for its perfume and wine.
巴黎以香水和葡萄酒而聞名。
Part 3 Let's Talk！ 開始交流吧！
Salesperson: Good morning, Miss, anything to help?
銷售員：早上好，小姐，有什么需要幫助的嗎？
Consumer: I'd like to buy a perfume. What kind of perfume do you have?
顧客：我想買一瓶香水。你們有什么香水？
Salesperson: We have both American and French perfume. Which do you like better?
銷售員：我們有美國產(chǎn)的和法國產(chǎn)的。您更喜歡哪一種？
Consumer: Which one is more popular?
顧客：哪里產(chǎn)的比較受歡迎呢？
Salesperson: Both of them are very popular, but I recommend the French one, French is famous for its perfume after all.
銷售員：它們都很受歡迎，不過我個人更推薦法國的，畢竟法國因香水而聞名。
Consumer: Okay, French, please. Please show me something of good quality.
顧客：好的，那就法國產(chǎn)的吧。請給我拿一種高品質(zhì)的看看。
Salesperson: On which occasion will you use it?
銷售員：你希望在什么場合使用？
Consumer: At work or on conference.
顧客：平時上班或者開會時。
Salesperson: How about this Dior perfume? It's very popular.
銷售員：這種迪奧香水怎么樣？它很受歡迎。
Consumer: Really? What makes it so special?
顧客：是嗎？它有什么特別之處？
Salesperson: The elegant smell. It's just the thing that would take a lady's fancy.
銷售員：它的香味高雅。這正是女士中意之處。
Consumer: But is smells so heavy, is there any mild perfume?
顧客：不過香味有點太過濃烈，有沒有淡雅一些的香水？
Salesperson: How about this one? "The tender poison" is specially designed for those women who prefer the mild perfume.
銷售員：這一款怎么樣？"輕柔的毒藥"是專門為喜歡清淡香氣的大多數(shù)女性而設計。
Consumer: Well, it smells good. What's brand?
顧客：恩，聞上去很不錯。這是哪種品牌的？
Salesperson: It also belongs to Dior perfume.
銷售員：這款也屬于迪奧香水。
Consumer: Then I'll get a bottle.
顧客：那我買一瓶。
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