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Choosing the right perfume

With the many different choices found on the shelves at perfumeries, it is difficult to find your ideal perfume. Les Senteurs Gourmandes helps you find the ideal perfume by offering you tips so you can judge a fragrance for yourself.

  1. Measuring pleasure

The first factor that we instinctively look at is evaluating whether we like the product’s smell. Aversion or immediate attraction is easy to discern, but for everything else after that, we always have trouble developing a clear opinion. To help you, you can count in your head the level of your preference on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being “I love it”. You can also try to isolate the smell that you don’t like to ensure that you don’t choose similar perfumes in the future. Be careful however: the smell changes between the skin, the scent card (the cardboard strip used to smell the fragrance in the perfumery) and the fabric. Therefore, it is important to test it in these three conditions to have a real idea of which fragrance you prefer.

  1. Measuring power

The perfume’s power will play a big role in the choice of your future perfume. First set a desired level for the fragrance’s power: somewhat discreet, balanced or powerful. Once you’ve determined this, test, as always, the perfume on the three surfaces (skin, scent card, fabric) and evaluate at what distance you can smell the fragrance and the more or less striking separation between the product and the environment. The eau de toilette version, which is less concentrated version of a perfume, is also a good solution to counter the product’s power.

  1. The hold

A perfume without any hold is a perfume without a structure. This refers to the change to the fragrance over time. A perfume, as featured in article on its structure functions due to the top, middle and core notes. When the perfume is sprayed, the top notes are the first to rise up. However, they do not reflect the soul of the perfume as the middle and core notes do, which last throughout the day. That’s why it is important to judge the perfume’s hold on the three previously mentioned surfaces throughout the day.

By taking into consideration these three points, you can develop an opinion more easily about the perfumes that you prefer and choose the one that best suits you. Everything else depends on your evaluation and your sense of smell!