Choosing a perfume is both fun and challenging. Even the most avid female perfume lover can be overwhelmed by the variety of choices that come in different scents, packaging, and price. They can be artificial or organic, fruity or musky, mild or strong, and expensive or cheap. The bottom line is that you need to rely on your style and taste when buying women’s fragrances to bring out your personality.

Personalizing the Steps in Perfume Selection

Any woman who’s been through the process of searching for the right perfume or cologne knows it is not an easy task. You may even hate the experience after smelling all the musk, floral scents, and patchouli one at a time, not to mention the balancing act of unifying all the aspects to come up with a decision on what type of perfume to buy. Here are the steps to make it easier for you when buying women’s fragrances.

• Decide on a budget. The best perfumes don’t come cheap because the best perfume makers in the world manufacture them. Purchasing genuine fragrance gives your money’s worth, but it can drain your pocket. However, there are branded perfumes offered on sale either in shops or in online stores. You only need to be a savvy perfume shopper to be sure you are buying the real ones.
• Know what fragrance you want. Perfume selection depends on the reason why you are buying it. You have to know the different categories because each type of perfume is worn in specific occasion. For example, the floral and fruity fragrances of raspberry or bouquet of roses create a romantic and stylish image that is ideally worn anywhere and anytime of the day. Perfumes that belong to the oriental family have the exotic scent of cinnamon or vanilla and are worn on special occasions by matured women. Other categories include chypre, wood, oceanic, green, and fougere.
• Try the perfumes. Once you’ve set your mind on the time and occasion when to wear the perfume, the next step is try the perfume on your skin. Don’t rely on how you’ve smelled it on other people or how the sales person describes it because every perfume will have a different chemistry with your particular skin type. Sniffing the tester does not provide you with an exact idea on how the fragrance smells. Once you’ve dabbed an amount on the skin, wait for 30 minutes before deciding whether to buy or not because the quality of smell changes after some time.

If you’re selecting a scent you can wear daily then you can opt for a large bottle. Otherwise, you can buy small bottles of different perfumes that you can wear on different special occasions.