I've been trying and failing for years now to track down a perfume to suit me, and have wasted lots of money on scents which I end up giving away to other people.
I know roughly what I'm looking for, but I don't have the vocabulary or the understanding of the science of perfume to know how to find it.
My usual problem is that I deeply dislike musky smells. It seems like most perfumes I pick up from drug store shelves eventually fade to an irritating heavy/dark scent. Like incense... (See, I don't have the right words!
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Ideally I'd like to find something warm like coconut, vanilla, or honeysuckle, but I've no idea what I should be looking for in a perfume to get those sort of scents.
At the moment, the perfume I've found that I like most is Flower by Kenzo. It's a little sweet, but light without being boring. Unfortunately, it seems like every other day I pass somebody in the street also wearing it, which is getting a bit old.
Can anyone help me out, or even just point me in the direction of helpful resources for tracking down a particular kind of scent, and I'll do the homework?
I know roughly what I'm looking for, but I don't have the vocabulary or the understanding of the science of perfume to know how to find it.
My usual problem is that I deeply dislike musky smells. It seems like most perfumes I pick up from drug store shelves eventually fade to an irritating heavy/dark scent. Like incense... (See, I don't have the right words!
)Ideally I'd like to find something warm like coconut, vanilla, or honeysuckle, but I've no idea what I should be looking for in a perfume to get those sort of scents.
At the moment, the perfume I've found that I like most is Flower by Kenzo. It's a little sweet, but light without being boring. Unfortunately, it seems like every other day I pass somebody in the street also wearing it, which is getting a bit old.
Can anyone help me out, or even just point me in the direction of helpful resources for tracking down a particular kind of scent, and I'll do the homework?
