Choosing a perfume is a very personal process. You need to fall in love with the smell and choose one that expresses your personality, rather than just follow a trend.
Fragrances change and develop over the course of the day, so it’s best to test one out in real life over a few days. The environment you’re in, the food you eat and your body temperature factor into the smell. People also have varying pH levels and this is why fragrances smell different on different people.
There is a difference between cologne, eau de toilette, and perfume. The highest concentration of scent is in pure perfume. It contains less alcohol and water and more expensive oils. This means that it lasts much longer on the skin than an eau de toilette.
There’s a long history of using flowers for fragrance and many perfumes use flowers as one of their most important ingredients. Choose the floral fragrance you relate to most.
Perfumes are costly, mainly due to the ingredients used and the bottle. But the price does not always affect the quality – sometimes it is pushed up by the packaging, marketing, and royalties to celebrities. It is possible to buy a quality product that’s affordably priced.
