Choosing a perfume that suits you wisely can be troublesome as perfume is one of the few things that define someone’s taste. People sometimes may judge your personality by the fragrance you choose for yourself.
You might always fear not to buy an over-fragranced perfume that doesn’t compliment your personality properly. It is the plenty of options available for perfumes that you have to choose from makes your search even more difficult as well.
If you are also one of those people who are confused about which scent to buy for yourself, go through this article. Here we have tried to list out some rules to choose the perfect perfume for yourself and here’s the list-
1. Decide properly
Before selecting a perfume one should choose the purpose i.e. for what purpose you will be using the perfume whether it is for regular use or for going to the gym or for any special occasions. The fragrance of the perfume varies for the purpose of using.
2. Do the Research
Research is the key to do anything with the least probability of making a mistake. While choosing a perfume for yourself first think about what kind of smell you like in your daily life.
You may like the weirdest smell, still, you have to consider it as after the consideration you will have to do some research on which perfumes will provide you with that sort of smell that you like in the other products you use.
3. Change your search options
To start your perfume hunting first decide what type of fragrance you generally use and if you are someone buying perfumes for the first time, you should make up your mind which category of scents best fit you or turns on you.
Well if you are having trouble to select which category of fragrance you should buy there are some suggestions from us with some categories you can try and select from. The categories of scents vary for men and women, for women, the most used fragrances are Hesperides, oriental, floral, Cyprus etc. and for men, they are wooded, aromatic, oriental and Hesperides etc.
Once you are done with the selection of the category of scent you can proceed further by trying perfumes of the category from different brands to select the best-fitted one for yourself.
4. Know about the lingo of a perfume
Perfumes generally have three notes, they are top note, middle note and bottom note. Top note is the initial smell of the perfume that you can smell just after application of the perfume that is exactly same as the perfume.
The middle note of a perfume is the smell that you get after the perfume gets settled in your skin. And finally, the bottom note stands for the fragrance you get after the perfume is completely mixed with your body oils.
While buying a perfume for yourself if you don’t like the top note but like the middle and bottom note, you should go for that perfume as the top note fades away within 15 minutes of application of the scent. And you should definitely avoid buying perfume with a bottom note you hate.
Some more tips for buying the right perfume
- Always try to shop your perfumes in the mornings because in the morning one’s sense of smelling remains fresh due to not being encountered by many types of odours.
- While buying a perfume you should not go wearing another perfume that may create some confusion for you in the testing of the smell of new perfumes.
- One of the most important things you should remember while buying perfumes is to not buy perfume instantly after spraying and smelling. Always take a trial i.e. after applying perfume at a store leave the store and give the perfume some time to get mixed with your skin oils, then choose which one suits you best.
If you are clear about which perfume fits you the best buy that. Especially when most of the time of 2020 has been spent in lockdown you didn’t get to use perfumes that much it is even more important for you to get a brand new fragrance that suits your personality and start fresh by impressing the people around you once again in 2021.