How do I Select Women's Fragrances?

Women's fragrances come in a wide variety.

Women's fragrances are perfumes. They consist of various spices, herbs, and oils. These components of the fragrance are typically mixed with alcohol. Women's fragrances are different from men's fragrances in the way that women's fragrances have a sweeter, and a more mild smell. In order to select women's fragrances, determine the type of perfume that you desire, smell the various fragrances of this category, and then decide which one is best for your personal needs.

Instructions

1. Determine the type of women's fragrance you want. The main categories of women's fragrances consist of the floral, fruit, food, fresh, wood, and oriental scents. The floral scents are made from the oils of flowers. The fruit-scented fragrances are made to smell like regular fruit, such as cherry. The food-scented fragrances smell like foods, such as chocolate. The fresh-scented fragrances have refreshing scents of nature, such as the ocean. Wood-scented fragrances are made with woods. They generally have a mild scent that resembles nature. The oriental fragrances use powerful spices, such as cinnamon.

2. Visit the fragrance store and locate the women's fragrances that correspond to your chosen category. You can ask the sales associated for help if you need it. For example, if you want to select a fruity scented perfume, then you should look in the section that has the perfumes with the name of a fruit in the title or in the ingredients.

3. Decide whether or not you want a strong scented fragrance. Some women's fragrances have a stronger scent than others. Keep this in mind when you sample the fragrances. Knowing the type of scent you want will make the elimination process easier.

4. Smell each of the women's fragrances that are part of your chosen category. At the perfume store, there is usually a display that represents each flavor. There are also small pieces of paper located next to the perfume. For each fragrance, take a piece of paper, and spray a small amount of the perfume on it. Then, smell the paper. Doing this for each fragrance will help you to make your decision.

5. Separate the strong scented fragrances from the more mild fragrances. For example, you may want to select a mild scented fragrance. If you sampled five different fragrances, and three of them had a strong scent, then you can eliminate these and focus on the other two.

6. Smell the fragrances that you preferred, and then choose the one that you like best. For example, after smelling the mild scents, you may decide that you want the banana fragrance instead of the mango fragrance.

Tips & Warnings

• You can search online for fragrances that relate to your chosen category. You can then sample these fragrances at the store.

References

• Free Makeup Tips: Fragrance Families
• Free Beauty Tips: Find Your Fragrance Personality Before Choosing a New Perfume