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Matching Perfume to the Occasion
By uytbrian | January 4, 2010
We have all been exposed to the joys and downfalls of the scents, fragrances that both we and others wear. This happens continuously as one switches from coming in to the office, out to a dinner, a cozy party at home, or perhaps at a larger meeting with everyone in a melting pot of sweat, perfume, aromas from food and the location itself, all mixing with your own mood and its own changes. This is constantly going on as you switch from place to place, from one environment to another. Is there a good guide somewhere, like a good set of rules of thumb?
Obviously one can practically only control and modify one’s own scent for the most part, at most any occasion. It would seem a bit too pushy or bossy, if not downright rude, to tell a colleague at the office to wash off some cloying perfume, or to tell ones second cousin at the reunion that she is absolutely rank with some new fragrance that’s making the kids feel faint and the dog hide under the cat’s litter box. It is nice, though, to luckily find people like that at a lot of those offices, churches & chapels, town halls, reunions, galas, and what not, taking the brunt of being frank, and one only has to quietly agree, while staying in the background. It can be quite iffy trying to make new friends and acquaintances with people whom one has just told that they positively stink. So mum’s the word.
A quick way for one’s personal perfume wardrobe should be to to match the occasion to the time of day, as in using fresh, light citrusy scents like lemon or grapefruit for a good pick-me-up to meet the morning rush head on. Natural citrus should keep mornings going with energy. Green and woodsy aromas would match afternoons, with a mix of soft floral scents, like understated nutty or natural woods with florals like light jasmine or lavender. Relaxing but still light enough not to make one sleepy. Then for the evening, the heavier musks and heavier woodsy scents would be more appropriate for those intimate or romantic occasions. These can overpower, of course, which might exactly be the mission, anyway. Otherwise single florals and nutty bean aromas should take the edge off a stressful day.
So, a children’s or family party and light socials would fall in between wearing a morning or afternoon scent, while an office meeting, a tea or music social or even a convention would be closer to an afternoon scent. Just as your friends or colleagues at a club or at work remember you and register you mentally when they first see you in the morning or after you come back from lunch, you have to make your mark without being overbearing or stunning them with too much fragrance, so you can work and interact comfortably. As for going to a romantic dinner or date, that would definitely be in the evening category, where you do want to be unique and make that impression, hopefully placing yourself with a pleasant or pleasurable occasion, in people’s minds, forever in their memories. 
As usual, anything extreme can lead to being noticed and singled out uncomfortably by those frank persons who immediately speak their mind, perhaps to your perpetual embarassment. And only you can decide what is too light or too heavy in a fragrance by yourself. How? Through a fun trial-and-test process. And it isn’t expensive, if you take advantage of an online fragrance supply. Try several in the smaller sizes for a week or so, changing and remembering which ones match your mood and personality. You can quickly and inexpensively do this with a women’s or a men’s sample package. There are “official” fragrance guides and categories, of course, like those at fragrance.org, but you should trust your own instincts and your own experience. What goes with the outfits you wear, for everyday and for those special occasions, and what your own friends tell you. So go out and start putting on your own airs and come out with your own style, not too strong, but definitely you!
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