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The perfect signature scent is quite an ask. Once you start wearing it, it will surround you everywhere you go, precede you into a room, and linger after you leave. People will think of you when they smell that scent. An ex of mine had a hissy fit once when I changed my perfume-I thought I’d chosen one that smelt similar, but he insisted it was entirely different.
I don’t pretend to understand the lines that sales assistants in fragrance halls give about “musky notes” and such like. Indeed some of them sound as if they are simply repeating what they have been trained to say when referring to specific perfumes, rather than understanding it. Whilst it would be unwise to follow the advice of the sales assistants to a tee-they are often out to push their own brands rather than give an impartial opinion-they can be useful if you know what you want. Try taking a list of a few of your favourite perfumes along, and ask if they can recommend anything similar. If you are completely clueless as to what you want, head to a specialist such as The Perfume Shop, where the staff will be more impartial to different brands than those on branded kiosks in department stores.
Don’t just plump for something that you admired on someone else; the same perfume can smell vastly different on different people, due to the way it reacts with varying chemicals on the skin. And this is meant to be YOUR signature scent. Testers and samples are a great idea; have a squirt and take it for a test drive before you commit to buying it.
Designer names are all very well on the bottle, but once you’re wearing it, nobody will know if you’re wearing the latest Chanel or a cheap spritz from Next, so ignore the names and labels, and judge on smell alone. Go with what you like, and be unique.
Once you have found your signature scent wear it, embrace it, love it.
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