Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Fixação

English translation:

Staying power

Added to glossary by Sonny Tissot
Jun 5, 2008 14:05
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Fixação

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng Perfumes
A fixação do Perfume depende de vários fatores. Dentre eles a qualidade da fragrância. Uma boa fragrância, isenta de solventes e manipulada somente com matérias primas ativas, já contém o fixador em sua composição sem nenhuma diluição. Quanto mais se procura baratear uma fragrância, mais ela será diluída e menos poder de fixação ela terá por mais que se aumente a dosagem dela na preparação do Perfume. No entanto, a dosagem também influi na fixação do Perfume quando se trabalha com fragrância concentrada e se aumente a dosagem. Além da qualidade do Perfume, a fixação também aumenta. Vale ainda lembrar que a fixação também está relacionada ao tipo de pele, atividade, nível de stress, medicação, alimentação, etc...
http://www.oficinadoperfume.com.br/varejo.htm
Does anyone know the word for "fixação" in English? Thank you
Change log

Jun 7, 2008 22:26: Sonny Tissot changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/131313">Sonny Tissot's</a> old entry - "Fixação"" to ""staying power / fixation power""

Proposed translations

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fixation power

Stabilization and permanence are used as technical terms, and should be the ones to go for, but if you want to use a general term, fixation is more appropriate.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-06-06 03:15:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you! I was pretty sure about this and must also thank the girl who sold me the last perfume I bought at the duty free! that`s how she refered to the perfume!
Peer comment(s):

agree Henrique Magalhaes
2 hrs
Thank you
disagree Fiona Stephenson : just for the record, since this answer has already been selected, "fixation" generally means an obsession. Also, the context shows that a technical term is indeed required, therefore in my view, stability/stabilization would have been a better choice.
2 days 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. I also like staying power. Here are some links that show "staying power" http://specktra.net/f174/perfume-consistancy-staying-power-23791/ http://www.ciao.co.uk/Perfumes_5302187_2-men_s_perfume"
13 mins

permanence ...permanence of smell



Exotic PerfumeIt is a tropical pleasure perfume which comprises of exotic flowers and fruits. ... The price of the perfume depends on its permanence of smell. ...
www.beautyfeast.com/Perfume/Exotic-Perfume.htm -

Perfume, perfumes, perfumed, recent perfumes, perfumed oils ...As the proportion of perfumed multifaceted reduce so does the strength and permanence of the smell formed. Dissimilar perfumeries or perfume dwellings ...
www.perfumesegment.com/ -
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17 mins

fixing


CLAIMS 1. A method of fixing fragrances in a non-therapeutic fragrance composition comprising an odorant, comprising the step of adding to said composition an effective amount of a human pheromone sufficient to prolong the presence of the fragrance on the skin, said pheromone selected from the group consisting of 16-Androstene steroids
Peer comment(s):

agree Paulo Horsky : fixing agents, acc.´g Condensed Chemical Diction.
22 hrs
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11 mins

stabilization


Sug.


- Perfumes in general are stabilized, particularly against the coloration produced by the presence of heavy metals by the addition of liposoluble heavy metals ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4217250.html - 36k

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Note added at 18 mins (2008-06-05 14:23:32 GMT)
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- Process for the stabilization of perfumes. Document Type and Number: ... The perfume, perfume base or perfuming ingredient of claim 2 which contains in ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4217250.html - 36k

- Perfume is encapsulated for several reasons, such as improvement of long-term efficacy, stabilization of perfume against environmental degradation, ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025540899000884
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58 mins

tenacity

I've hidden my first answer to avoid confusion. This word is commonly used in the perfume industry and just might fit your context. See links below.

aromatherapy, natural perfumes, essential oils, olfactory ...
100% natural perfumes by artisan perfumer in Italy. ... used in perfumery to give body and tenacity to natural perfumes. these essential oils are tenacious ...
www.profumo.it/perfume/olfactory_communication/olfactory_ps... - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
Musk, China Musk, Musk Manufacturers, China Musk Suppliers
Application Information Musk T can be used in all types of fragrance, It gives an outstanding tenacity to perfumes and it performs well in all types . ...
www.made-in-china.com/products-search/hot-china-products/Mu... - 50k - Cached - Similar pages
The Fragrance Industry
In former days it was believed that tenacity dependent upon the use of so-called fixatives (evaporation-retarding agents) in composing a perfume, ...
www.fpinva.org/Summary/fragrance_industry.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Thierry Mugler Perfume - Find Thierry Mugler Perfume items for ...
When he started designing fragrances in the mid 1990s, he attacked his competition with tenacity. His Angel perfume outsold industry-leading competitors in ...
popular.ebay.com/ns/Health-Beauty/Thierry-Mugler-Perfume.html - 48k - Cached - Similar pages
Perfume And Fragrances - Lets Look Beautiful
The rate of evaporation, and the odour strength of the perfume determine the tenacity of the compound and thus its perfume note classification. ...
www.letslookbeautiful.com/Perfume_and_Fragrances.php - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-06-05 15:15:48 GMT)
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Yes, I liked staying power as well. I was just trying to find "one" word that would fit instead of two, but now I'm having second thoughts as I see that "poder de fixacao" appears further on in your text, hence staying power would be appropriate.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-06-05 15:16:51 GMT)
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I don't know how to 'unhide' my answer unfortunately
Note from asker:
I really liked your first answer (staying power). It has more hits on google than tenacity. See this website, for instance, http://www.chickadvisor.com/item/chanel-chance-perfume
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