How to Choose Your Next Perfume

There are an overwhelming number of scents to choose from these days. It’s no surprise that people find it difficult to find the right perfumes and aftershaves when there is simply so much on offer.

Whether you are looking for a new smell to define your new and improved look and persona, or buying a scent to match the season, getting your hands on the right perfume can be a challenge. Yet, despite this, we all know that choosing the right scent is an important task  Optatum.

As well as matching your character and taste, you also need to find a scent that is affordable, so that you can keep purchasing it time after time. To help you with this task, we’ve outlined some of the essential things you need to know before you go perfume hunting.

1. Understand the terminology

You first need to understand what the language means before you can make an informed decision about your next perfume. While you can choose something completely based on you sense of smell, it helps to know how perfume is describe so that you can discuss with a shop assistant or understand an online description of a particular bottle. This is especially important if you are looking at online perfume deals, because you will be relying on the website’s description of the scent.

When describing perfumes, people often refer to top, middle and bottom notes. This generally refers to the way a scent can change over time. The top will refer to the very first smell, often the strongest, which will fade quickly in under 20 minutes. Next, the middle note describes the ‘body’ of the scent, and lingers for a couple of hours. Finally, the bottom scent is what you are left with when the strong perfume smell fades out.

Ultimately, it’s not about the individual notes but how they all work together and complement your own natural scent. Getting this right, and understanding the language, is one trick to getting the purchasing process right.

2. Take your time

When deciding on your scent, even after you have tried it on in the shop and liked it, make sure you give yourself some time to think about it, Firstly you need to let the smell develop and review whether you are still happy with it. Secondly, you can never really distinguish a smell in a store when there are so many other fragrances in the air. The best thing to do is take your time and perhaps try it on a few times to make sure you are happy with the fragrance before you buy it.