Take Advantage of Perfume Samples to Find Your Signature Scent
Have you ever smelled a few wonderful perfume samples and bought the full bottle, only to discover that they don't smell the same on you? The scent of a perfume depends on its individual components and the unique reaction that occurs when the perfume interacts with your biochemistry. Because every woman's biochemistry is different, and because her biochemistry changes as she matures, choosing the right perfume from perfume samples can be more complicated than you might think.
Scent Bases 101
Perfumes are made up of a combination of seven scent bases: floral, chypre, woody, citrus, fougere, leather and oriental. The mixes of scents create top notes and base notes. Top notes are the smells that you notice first, especially on perfume samples, but they also evaporate soon after application. Base notes are the smells that stay on your skin the longest. As you consider base notes and top notes, you’ll need to think about how a perfume smells from start to finish.
If you are looking for tangy or sharp perfume for day, then you will want to look for ones with a citrus scent base. Citrus scent bases are used for top notes and work well for day. Floral scents are another great option for day use. However, keep the application light.
Evening perfume samples are going to be stronger, muskier and more exotic. You can always use heavier applications of floral-based perfume samples, but perfume samples that use chypre base scents, woody base scents or oriental base scents are other great night options. Chypre is created by mixing citrus tones with woody or musky ones and is typically used to anchor a perfume as a base note. Woody base scents, which are reminiscent of dry wood smells, are also used as a base note. Finally, oriental base scents are another popular choice for night.
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