Choosing Your Signature Scent

Choosing your signature scent is just as important as the makeup you apply. Both stay on all day and leave a lasting impression. While I have collected quite a menagerie of fragrances over the years, each one can often be connected to a time in my life. When I was pregnant with my Daughter for example, I wore the Original Tory Burch Fragrance every day. Now, when I smell it, it reminds me all too well of first trimester.

So while many choose to stock up on their scents, there's always that one that they go back to, their signature scent.

For me, that scent is Dolce & Gabbana's Light Blue. It's light, crisp and refreshing. This is an Eau de Toilette which means it has less oil and when it comes to purchasing a fragrance, an Eau de Toilette often tends to be less expensive.

This brings me to the next important part of choosing your scent. Do you want something strong or light. No one wants to walk into a room and overpower it with scent but some do you prefer something stronger. When that's that case, you want an Eau de Parfum.  These tend to be 10-20 percent oil.

Now that you've decided whether you want something lighter or heavier, it's time to choose your scent. When you get to that fragrance counter and have a zillion women swarming you with cards, I suggest you excuse yourself, grab three unscented cards and some coffee beans and make your way over to somewhere quiet where there aren't people spritzing everywhere.

First, start with a spray of something light and musky. This will be something that smells clean. Then, smell the coffee beans. This clears you up and gives you a blank slate to try again.
Second, try something either fruity or cirtrus. Then back to the coffee beans.
Last, you're going to go for your heavier fragrance. This can be your woodsy or smoky scent.

By this point, you're in fragrance overload and if you haven't found something you like,  I suggest giving your nose a break a bit.  But eventually, you'll find that scent. The one you can't get enough of. Just don't go crazy with spraying too much once you've found that scent. We'll go over where to spray your fragrance at a later date.

Have a SCENTsational day!

xoxo