Choose a perfume for an occasion
Choosing a perfume is like choosing an olfactory identity for yourself or for someone else (see Testing a perfume).
Choose a perfume for a gift
Deciding to offer a perfume as a gift is delicate because you need to know the person’s tastes. Either you know the fragrance they are faithful to or you decided to give them something new. In any case, offering a perfume as a gift is a great idea, but you must conduct a small investigation beforehand in order to really please the person concerned.
You want to offer a gift for a birthday, for Mother’s or Father’s Day, or just to please someone you like?
Regardless of the situation, it is important to know the person’s taste well. You can always add a sample set to your gift in case the person does not like it and wants to change it.
If you know the name of the perfume they wear, it will be easier. But, this does not prevent you to offer them a perfume other than their usual one. It will be a parenthesis scent (of the style: eau de Cologne or fresh water or summer water, easy to wear for the weekend or for the holidays).
You can buy a perfume in store or online (see Shop in store or online), sample sets on sylvaine-delacourte.com, in order to calmy try the perfumes at home with its three Collections around an iconic perfume raw material: Musk, Vanilla and Orange Blossom.
If you do not know the name of their perfume: you will want to avoid choosing the wrong one.
What concentration: Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Cologne? (You do not know the differences between these? (see Eau de Cologne, Eau de toilette, Eau de parfum).
You can opt for a gift that will also be very pleasant, namely the derivatives of a perfume: nice gift boxes are now available, with a choice and an assembly of different products. Body milk, body cream, soaps, shower gels, after-shave, candles, room fragrance, etc (Sylvaine Delacourte candles: the 4 seasons).
Choose a perfume for a date
To choose a perfume for a date, you must know yourself first. Some people hide behind a perfume or want to acquire a personality that is not their own, a well chosen perfume must correspond to who you are, it must tell your olfactory story.
- To know oneself well is to be yourself, the goal is to find «the favorite fragrance» which will be «your olfactory slogan», your signature.
- It is very important, because the person you are going to meet will never forget it. It will be one of the first messages you send them.
- A poorly chosen fragrance could ruin the date!
It is no coincidence that you fall in love with a perfume. A well chosen perfume is one that will correspond to your olfactory heritage. But how is the olfactory heritage developed? How do you find a perfume that suits you perfectly well and that has a great alchemy with your skin? What are the tips for trying out perfumes, before choosing the one that will be "you”, the one that will tell your story.
Choose a perfume for a wedding
It is your wedding day, what perfume will be worn for THE big day?
The choice of the fragrance for your wedding is very important. Its purpose, as always, is to reflect your personality, your olfactory identity, your signature, and all your life you will remember the perfume you wore on your wedding day. Victor Hugo knew it well, "Nothing awakens a memory like a scent".
Do you want to find a new fragrance for this occasion?
You want to find a perfume that will mark the beginning of your new life for two. Perhaps you want a perfume that will witness your union, which will remind you of a whole chain of positive memories linked to this special and unique day?
An orange blossom symbolizing purity and wedding flower par excellence will be able to seduce you: Sylvaine Delacourte's Orange Blossom Collection with 5 fragrances that you can test thanks to the Discovery Boxes.
How to choose your fragrance well?
It is important that the perfume is aligned with your personality, as it will be the final touch which will be your "manifest" of your olfactory signature. It should correspond to your olfactory heritage, in order to be in harmony with yourself.
What notes are especially suitable for this event?
Maybe choose the fresher version of your usual scent for that special day. Because it is important to maintain a relatively discrete perfume, so as not to disturb your surroundings and keep an aura of "purity and discretion" on this very unique day.
Depending on what season you decide to get married in, can determine the style of perfume you will wear.
In summer, you will be inclined to choose fresher and airy fragrances (see Spring perfumes, Summer perfumes).
In fall or winter, when you will be attracted to more enveloping and cocooning fragrances (see Autumn perfumes, Winter perfumes).
Sylvaine Delacourte fragrances
Discover Sylvaine Delacourte's brand with her Orange Blossom, Musks and Vanilla Collections. You can try them thanks to the Discovery Boxes (5 Eaux de Parfum x 2 ml) and rediscover these raw materials as you have never smelled them before.
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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.
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.
To perfume yourself
Do you wonder how you should spray your perfume? Do you wonder how often you should spray it, how to make your fragrance last, where to apply it, etc? Sylvaine Delacourte gives you her precious advice!
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.