Choosing
The Right Perfume
Fragrance,
that essence of luxury and pleasure, is a very important
aspect for a woman. Choosing the right perfume to
suit your style and needs is challenging, but rewarding
and fun. Your perfume is a way of expressing your
personality. Like quality fashion accessories, good
perfume adds a finishing touch to what you're wearing.
However your choice of fragrance in a perfume is limited
only by your own personal taste. There's Fresh & Floral
- a sweeter smell, feminine and flowery, or Light
& Cool for active or sporty ladies and Warm & Sensual
for a musky, sexy and heavier scent. Thus whether
it is musk, spice, floral, woodsy, or a combination,
every woman wants her own personality to be reflected
in her choice of scent. But you also need to consider
the type of ceremony, gathering or occasion.
Remember that it is easy to be convinced by the jazzy
advertisements of the perfume industry, but don't
commit the mistake of deciding what you want without
first trying a perfume out properly. It is very important
that when you wear your perfume you should feel great,
desirable and confident.
Steps you should take while
choosing a perfume:
1. The first step is to think about what kinds of
smells you find most attractive. Do some research
and the smells which appeal to you is best suited
for you.
2. Don't hesitate to ask the person wearing a lovely
perfume the name of her perfume.
3. While selecting a perfume always take the help
of the salesgirl but only trust your taste.
4. Apply the perfume on the pulse points and wait
for 10 minutes before actually deciding to but it.
5. You can try out two perfumes, one on each wrist
during one trip to the mall, but not more than two
as your nose will start to get confused and you will
end up smelling like a perfume factory.
6. Don't sniff the perfume immediately after you spray
it. If it has alcohol in it this will assault your
senses. Wait a bit. Most perfumes will go through
three stages called the top, middle and base notes.
You cannot judge a perfume simply on its top notes.
The six main categories of perfume are:
1. Floral - with flowers as the dominant theme, sweeter
smell, flowery, very feminine and romantic.
2. Fruity- spicy and fresh with fruits used as part
of the formula
3. Oceanic - modern perfumes that use synthetic elements
to smell strongly of the ocean.
4. Greens- fresh energetic perfumes that remind you
of the outdoors.
5. Orientals- sexy exotic and intense perfumes that
smell of musk, vanilla, spices and opulent heavy flowers.
6. Woody-Perfume that smell like bark, moss and other
things you might find in the forest.
Perfumes though make a persons appearance lovelier
and infact adds a finishing touch to what you're wearing.
But different perfumes are suitable for different
occasions, and age groups. A green perfume is especially
suitable for a young girl with lots of zest and full
of energy while an oriental may be too sophisticated
for a teenager and perfect for dates and dinner parties.
Orientals are intense and tend to be more suited to
eveningwear and special occasions while greens are
more appropriate for casual wear. Lighter perfumes
are refreshing during hot weather while heavy perfumes
are comforting in the cooler months.
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