🧪 How is Version Perfume Made?

Wait a minute for those who say, "I smelled the same thing!" 😄

If one day someone comes along and says, "I can recreate La Vie Est Belle just by smelling it!", you can be sure they've sprinkled in a bit of marketing glamour 😉

Because creating a unique perfume isn't just about relying on your nose.
The secret to the real formula lies in a scientific superhero called the GC-MS device !

👃🏻 What is GC-MS?

Its full name is Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry.
In other words, Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry .
To put it simply:
This device is an analysis system that deciphers the DNA of the essential oils in perfume.

How does it work?
You put a drop of perfume or a few grams of essence into the machine…
And GC-MS, much like a DNA analysis lab, reveals the components of the odor molecule by molecule .
It gives you clear results like "contains 4% Linalool, 3% Hedione, 2% Iso E Super".

🔬 Let's explain with an example.

Let's say you want to create the Lancôme La Vie Est Belle fragrance.
If you have 20 ml of the original perfume or a 5 gram oil sample, you put it into the GC-MS instrument.

👉🏻 If the factory has enough raw materials registered in its MS (Mass Spectra) database ,
The device will reproduce the contents of this product almost exactly.

Of course, making the formula "exactly the same" is another matter — because the proportioning, stabilization, and harmony aspects still depend on human experience.
But thanks to GC-MS, you can decipher the scent code .

😎 And then there are those who do it by sniffing (!)

You may have seen it on social media;
Influencers like Yusuf from Dubai claim to recreate a scent "just by smelling it."
The truth is, this is all just a marketing ploy.
The nose plays a huge role in the world of smells, but without science, it's impossible to get exactly the same results.

💎 A Note from Onreal Perfume

At Onreal, when creating versions, we focus more on quality and character than on "similarity".
Because understanding the identity of a scent is about capturing not only its components, but also its emotion .
But yes — we also use GC-MS analysis at the most advanced level 😉