So, I've been thinking about how I do this #SOTD thing, and whether or not to use specialist and scientific terms when describing perfumes. There is a general movement in mainstream perfume writing to eschew the use of terms like "indolic" in order to not scare off perfume newbies with words they don't know. I understand the inclination, but I also abhor it, because it carries over from perfume marketing, not perfumery.

While it's always, I think, necessary to invoke emotional markers and comparisons when describing perfume, particularly in the English language that has no scent descriptive words that aren't borrowed from other senses, perfume writers, in my opinion, do a disservice to those who are seeking to understand it (rather than just buy their next perfume) when leaving out these more specific terms.