Is maceration fact or fiction?

Myths facts and opinions:

Maceration is defined that as a perfume ages it can get stronger, and better. For this reason a lot of people believe when they receive a weak perfume, to put it in storage and over time it will increase it's potency. Most people say this works especially well with middle eastern/clone brands specifically, but no one has an answer why?

The reason that's I believe that's factual is because there's a high majority of middle eastern/clone brands still using trace amounts of natural raw materials in their perfumes. Natural ingredients have organic material within them and can age and increase in potency over time. You could make a comparison to how wine ages over time. 

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