How to find “your” perfume: the perfumer’s advice for finding a perfume that will become your business card

“Length, sillage, price – these factors are important, of course. But the main thing is how you feel when you wear the perfume, explains perfumer and founder of perfume and cosmetics boutique Su Min Pak. “Smell is one of the strongest senses associated with memory and emotions, and therefore aromas can affect our well-being.” This is how Su Min says to choose the one that lifts your spirits and boosts your self-confidence.

Michael Edwards’ fragrance wheel is one of the most popular fragrance classifications. It includes four families – floral, oriental, woody and fresh scents. How do you know which “family” is yours? According to the creator of The Wheel, it will include at least two of your favorite scents – keep looking for new favorites in the same group, focusing on fewer options.

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As a rule, the marks indicate the most important notes in each product. This will simplify your task – you just need to remember how the different layers work. Top notes create the first impression but evaporate the fastest, middle notes (or heart notes) are the essence of the perfume and determine which family it belongs to, base notes fix the perfume and give it depth and persistence.

Do you like the perfume your friend or colleague is wearing? Do not hesitate to ask what type of perfume it is. However, you don’t need to run to the store to pick them up – instead, use the family and sheet music information to find similar ones. “Your acquaintance may turn out to be using a ‘mass’ scent – use that as a starting point to find your signature,” advises Su Ming.

According to the perfumer, the Internet is an excellent resource for finding “your” perfumes. There are many compilations based on ratings, brands or ratings, there are communities where people discuss smells and compare them with others – all of this will be very useful for you.

You probably guess that spraying the tester with perfume is not enough. Su Ming thinks buying perfume is a very difficult and responsible business. Each should be tested starting with the minimum application – nothing kills a fragrance’s vibe like an overdose. You should wear the perfume before buying several times in different situations: for example, during the day and in the evening. How can I do this? The expert recommends buying “starter” sets offered by different brands – this, according to her, is the best way to fully explore the aromas.

Have you found your signature scent? Su Ming advises to go ahead: look for its variations for different situations – dates or meetings with girlfriends, hot summer days or balmy winter evenings. “I recommend having several scents with different profiles or trails to suit different occasions and moods. I would say there should be four – that’s enough so you can always pick the right one,” says Pak.

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