Extrait de Parfum vs. Eau de Parfum: What You're Actually Paying For

By The Anbaréa Team · 2026-08-24 · Updated 2026-08-29

Walk into any fragrance conversation and you'll hear the abbreviations EDT, EDP, and extrait thrown around like everyone was born knowing them. The plain version is that they describe concentration, meaning the percentage of actual perfume oil dissolved in the alcohol that carries it.

Eau de toilette sits around 5 to 15%. It's the brightest and lightest of the three, and the first to fade. Eau de parfum, the standard for most designer bottles, runs 15 to 20% and feels fuller and rounder on the skin. Extrait de parfum is the top tier, at 20 to 30% concentration the densest form a fragrance is commonly sold in.

Concentration changes more than strength

Higher-oil fragrances sit closer to the skin and evolve more slowly, so you get to smell base notes an EDT rarely gets the chance to show. They're also efficient. A couple of sprays is usually plenty, which means a bottle goes further than the sticker price suggests.

Everything Anbaréa makes is extrait. We like what the format does for a scent. It sits closer, unfolds more slowly, and keeps its shape as it dries down. Pear Verdant was built that way from the first sketch.

So if a scent you love keeps disappearing on you, don't blame your skin. Look at the concentration on the label first.