A warm summer day, ocean breeze and coconut floating in the air. A fresh flower garden with roses and jasmine filling the wind. Vanilla ice cream with a caramel swirl dazzles our noses. Perfume allows us to be sent into a different place, a different time, all with the correct notes and pairings. When we find the one that sends us to our perfect dream, our confidence can flourish.
We often forget the importance of the scent that covers us. While beauty has all the different aspects, each with its own form of confidence boosting and personal therapy, perfumes and our own scent is one that can be completely customizable. There are so many different brands, products, and ways to enhance our natural beauty through aromatherapy. Whether you lean towards clean scents or you want your scent to replicate creamy baked goods, there are options on top of options available to us anywhere we go.
Using perfumes and smelling good is not just for the people around us. Yes, our colleagues and friends appreciate our scent and us smelling fresh, but it does not always need to be a technique to appease those surrounding us. Having our own signature scent, a daily perfume used for any setting, any style, actually creates a deeper sense of self-identity. Everyone has their own unique smell, notes that keep us separate from everyone else. Taking the notes we find to be most prominent within us, and the notes we like from the perfume testers on the shelves, and combining these scents leads us to the perfect product defining our presence.
We have all experienced it–someone walks into a room and your nose is the first part that notices them. Their scent, their aura, it sticks with you. You just need to know where their perfume is from, how they make it last, how on earth we are able to smell them even after they walk away. Longevity of a perfume can be tricky, as some may last through the laundry cycle and some may disappear minutes after application. When shopping for our newest scent, it is always beneficial to take an extra peak at the reviews and how the product works for others, especially when it comes to how long that scent will stick to our skin. Even if a product may not last for hours, many perfume brands ensure to keep a travel size or rollerball for each of their scents, making it easy to throw the smaller one in our bags and smell good no matter what the day may bring.
It smells good on other people, it lasts for hours and clings to my laundry basket, but is it my scent? People often say, “when you know, you know” about many situations–lovers, friends, opportunities. However, the same can be applied when starting your signature scent journey. You will shuffle through perfume after perfume, spray after spray, tester after tester, but when you find the one, you find the one. Our noses have their own funny way of letting us know exactly what we want to smell, and exactly what we want ourselves to smell like. Certain notes appeal to certain people, some like sweet, some like woody, some like floral. Whatever notes you love, and whatever notes make you feel your best, are the notes your nose will lead you to.
Perfumes are overwhelming–arguably one of the most overwhelming aspects of beauty. With so many choices, so many possibilities, we often stray away from that area of the beauty store. When you take the step in, the start to finding what smell enhances your aura, the possibilities shift from scent after scent, to confidence and a sense of personal, sacred identity. The way you speak, the way you smile, the way you present yourself–and the way you smell. Your scent is just as important as all of your other beautiful elements, and it is the element you can completely customize yourself.
