How To Wear Perfume Properly

Christmas is around the corner and perfume or cologne is a typical gift to give and receive. But not all perfume or cologne will smell good once applied to your skin. It is always important to try the stuff on your skin before buying. And I mean apply some directly on your skin and let it set and let the chemical change with yours, and you will know if you are compatible with that particular cologne or perfume. It doesn’t matter how expensive or complex the perfume notes are just as long as it complements the wearer and does not reek, leaving you smelling worse than before, even, being offensive.

Perfume consist of the top, middle and base notes. You can think of top notes as how it smells out of the bottle, the middle note comes out after initial application and the base note is what it really smells like when it dries down. The true base note is the scent you will live with and work with, this does not even emerge until 30 minutes after application. So always test before you buy.

Just because the bottle is pretty or it smells good out of the bottle doesn’t mean it will smell the same once applied to your skin. And just because it smells good on you friend, cousin, grandma or aunt means it will smell the same on you. And the same principle applies the other way around, just because it smells bad on someone else doesn’t mean it won’t work for you. Always test and try before you buy!

Try to understand the notes in a perfume or cologne, figure out what notes seem to work for you. Sadly, these commercial manufacturers do not list their ingredients that specifically, but there is a source for us consumers. Go to basenotes.com . Join the community for help and input, it’s free. You might also run into some great and rare finds. Personally, I am part of this community and I heavily rely on it when I am in the process of trying out a new perfume. Especially, when buying online, it’s risky because most of the time you cannot try it on or there are no samples available.

If you want a brief crash course on perfume, its history and more details on its notes go to this site for a very brief but informative description .

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