The other criteria for choosing a perfume
In addition to choosing a perfume by gender, season or for a particular occasion, you may be led to choose a fragrance based on other criteria such as age, look or personality. Here are our tips to make sure you don't make a mistake when choosing your perfume.
Choosing a fragrance according to age
Among the many parameters to be taken into account when choosing a fragrance (personality, tastes, style...), age can already give some indications on which fragrances to choose. As perfume echoes your personality, it is necessary to make it evolve at the same rhythm as you, and to adapt it according to your stage of life. Adapting your fragrance according to your age allows you to make it evolve according to your lifestyle, diet and the scent of your skin.
Factors in the choice of perfume according to age
Furthermore, the choice of fragrance according to age is determined mainly by :
- Education: if your parents or grandparents awakened you to the world of perfumery (and they themselves were highly educated in the art of scenting), then you will be more aware of perfume.
- The olfactory heritage: each has a different level of sensoriality. Some are more "visual", others "more auditory" and still others are more "olfactory", and naturally sensitive to scents and tastes;
- Experience: some people develop a richer olfactory heritage, especially if they have travelled a lot, or made many olfactory discoveries (such as tasting world cuisine, living in an environment with tasty food, or living in the country or in the city, etc.).
Ages can guide different fragrance styles
- Baby perfumes (see Perfumes for babies)
- Fragrances for children and teenagers
- Fragrances for women and men in their twenties
- Fragrances for women and men of 30 years old
- Fragrances for women and men of 40 years old
- Fragrances for women and men 50 years old
- Fragrances for women and men over 60 years old
Choose a perfume by notes
It is also possible to choose your perfume according to its olfactory notes. An informed, connoisseur and curious customer will normally be able to buy the fragrance in relation to its notes. In general, these people know their tastes, and will be eager to develop their knowledge of perfumery.
How to choose your perfume by notes?
A curious customer will also be able to be more precise in his search for a perfume, and to orient himself towards defined dominant notes, such as :
Choosing a perfume according to personality
This classification, the result of a long observation of a diversified clientele, makes it possible to define the existing correspondences between the perfume and all the elements that make up the personality (the voice, tastes in terms of smells, flavours, colours, drinks, artists, fabrics, environment, etc.).
- Women / Men Freshness
- Women / Men Air
- Woman / Man Earth
- Woman / Man Fire
Choosing a fragrance according to your fashion style
Sometimes fashion and perfume echo each other!
After the glorious period of the perfumers Guerlain, Pivert, Houbigant, Coty. The first time a fashion house launched a perfume was by Paul Poiret! For the Parfums de Rosine brand. He used to say at the time for China night "my perfumes will do for your soul what my dresses have done for your body". Then Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Lanvin, Jean Paul Gaultier, Mugler etc. launched themselves into perfume.
A counter-example: The fragrance La Petite Robe Noire I developed with Delphine Jelk Guerlain. A concept that was quite revolutionary: a perfume brand that talks about fashion and looks.
Other general tips to help you choose the right fragrance for your look
- We can change our look during the day and the evening
- Logic would dictate that the day fragrances are generally associated with a work look and would be lighter and would not disturb the entourage.
- A more sophisticated evening look would call for a more pronounced and diffusive fragrance.
- You can also go from eau de toilette or eau fraiche for the day to eau de parfum for the evening. Often brands offer variations around the same fragrance.
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Choose a perfume according to the season
If a person is faithful to one fragrance all year round, regardless of the season, we are talking about a "signature fragrance" or their "olfactory slogan". On the other hand, some people are sensitive to weather changes and adapt their fragrance to the seasons. This is very common in European countries, or in Canada, where the seasons are particularly marked.
Where to buy a perfume?
With the Internet, you can now purchase your perfume online. Wherever you buy your perfume, you can follow these tips to make sure you make the right choice.
Choose a perfume for an occasion
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To perfume yourself
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Choose a perfume by gender
You do not choose a perfume for a woman the same way you choose a perfume for a man or a teenager. It is especially important to know well the person before choosing a fragrance for them.