How to choose the right perfume for yourself? Basic Rules

Perfume is today a very important attribute that helps to complete the image. It is perfume that is able to create a strong association with you: and if your friends, or your man, meet this fragrance on someone else, they will instantly remember you. Of course, the choice of perfume is an exclusively individual matter: you may not like either the promoted fragrances or those that are your girlfriend’s or mother’s favorite perfumes. The choice of perfume should be approached wisely and understand that the quality of the perfume itself rarely depends on the beauty of the bottle or the pricing policy. And in this article we will tell you in more detail about how you should still choose perfumes.

1. It is worth buying a perfume only after carefully testing it live. Perfumes often have tempting advertisements, you can trust the reviews, you can read a rather nice, for your taste, aroma pyramid. However, it still does not give a clear idea of ​​​​the flavor. Therefore, the test must be done exclusively live.
2. It is better to go for a purchase "with a fresh nose." Translated from perfumery slang, this means: without putting on perfume, and when the sense of smell is not overloaded, for example, in the morning. Before testing perfume in the store, you should not overeat sweet, sour, salty, and in general, it is better not to overdo it with food. Do not use another perfume before going to the store.
3. The best time to choose perfumes is during daylight hours. Again, we advise you to go “hunting" in the morning.
4. There is no need to focus on either the marketing legends of fragrances or their gender. It is important to trust your sense of smell. If you really like how any men’s fragrance smells, then down with prejudices – take it.
5. Don’t try too many flavors at once. At one time, you can listen to several smells, apply the three you like best to the blotter, and only one – which you like the most – apply to your wrist. Some perfumes are much more successfully revealed on clothes: in this case, you can apply perfume, for example, on a scarf.
6. Be sure to wear the fragrance throughout the day. It happens that the fragrance seems fantastically great on a blotter, but on itself it suffocates, irritates, or is not felt at all.
7. Sometimes perfumes, in the truest sense of the word, can make you feel worse, cause suffocation, nausea, and other unpleasant sensations – up to a real migraine. This is what you need to test during the day. Another option is to buy a sampler or a small miniature to “spread” the perfume. By the way, if you have already bought such a fragrance and you like the perfume composition, but it has a suffocating character, then you can neutralize it by applying the fragrance on your back, between your shoulder blades. This option is especially good in summer, at the time of open sundresses.
8. For those who smoke, it makes sense to choose fragrances with notes of leather and tobacco: they organically mix with the tobacco smell coming from the smoker and give it a special charm. As a rule, men’s perfumes have a tobacco note.
9. It is best to wear and test the fragrance on points where blood vessels are close to the skin: near the jugular vein, on the crooks of the wrists, elbows and knees, on the shoulders.
10. If you like some flavor, don’t run straight to the checkout, walk around, think. Study the information not about the brand of perfume, but about the perfumer who created it. Try his other creations: perhaps you will find something new for yourself. This method is good for those who have not been able to decide on their favorite perfume for a long time. Take the one that you like for a long time and “dig” in this direction.
11. It is desirable that you have more than one perfume. At least – for daytime and evening hours, as an option – with the possibility of ranking by season. A good option would be to buy new perfumes while traveling: in this way, you will associate the fragrance with a specific city or a specific country, as well as good emotions that usually accompany travel.