meaning of perfume descriptors

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I am working on expanding my descriptor language for scent. (Thanks to

Anya's class). I struggled with agrestic as I couldn't wrap my head

around rustic, rock and pastoral all being in the definition. thanks

to a post from Marcia in 2005, ...gotta love advanced search, I've got

a better handle on it...To quote " Think all earthy and fungal odors " ,

so it's not just one smell but many in an amalgum. Now I'm struggling

with lactonic= pertaining to the acids obtained by the oxidation of

milk sugars, is it more sour, or sweet milky scent, or as agrestic, all

of them. I'm just trying to figure out whether it's the milk I left

for 2 weeks in the frig, came back and it knocked my socks off, or that

sat out all day warm sweet smell of the milk left on the counter, after

the cookies were eaten, and no one cleaned the glass.

Anyone want to chime in...Marcia?

Thanks in advance!

Lynn