Fragrance tells about a person’s personality. The way a person smells can help in determining his/her attitude, behaviour, and style. When your fragrance is good, you already won half the battle. So it is very important to wear the right perfume.
Here is a simple guide to help you pick the right perfume.
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Go bare: whenever you go shopping without using any scented lotion, soap or perfumes so that you can smell the perfume without any trouble.
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Know the Fragrance dictionary: when you go for buying a fragrance it is very important to know its dictionary
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Eau De Cologne: it is a mixture of 3% to 5% of perfume oil with alcohol and water. It is refreshing and comes fresh in fragrance. It is mainly used for bathing.
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Eau De Toilette: it comes with higher % of perfume oil and is mixed with alcohol. Its lasting is higher.
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Eau De Parfum: it comes with a higher percentage of perfume oil and is mixed with alcohol. Its lasting is higher than Eau De Cologne and Eau De Toilette. It mainly comes to women.
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Perfume: with up to 30% perfume oil mixed with alcohol it is highly concentrated. Its lasting is highest, comes in a small bottle with a big price tag.
Know the season: It is important to wear the right perfume in the right season so that people around us don’t make their nose over the fragrance. Summer demands of lighter perfume note which carry fresh fragrance while winter needs heavy note like cinnamon.
Type of Fragrance:
- Floral: it includes floral fragrance like rose, carnation, lavender, orange, blossom and violets.
- Fresh: it is a fragrance which you make feel fresh like orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, apricot, apple, peach and fresh grass.
- Oriental: it includes fragrance of spices like warm vanilla, incense resins, amber and musk.
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Woody: Perfumes within this category are earthy and mostly mixed with spice or citrus.
So in this way, you can select the right perfume for you or someone else.