Fragrance for Prom

Hey guys, so I recently posted a thread asking you guys for suggestions on what samples a beginner should try. Now I am looking for a fragrance for Prom as it is coming up soon. I am torn between wearing something classier as it is a formal event, and something sexy date. For a sexier scent I had something like D&G The One in mind, but I wasnt sure if that would even last all of the way through Prom. For a classier scent I was thinking about maybe Dior Homme. Im totally open to buying a new scent for Prom because my collection is not amazing by any means, but I figured Id get a head start this year. What are your opinions?

I referenced this this thread on what to wear for Prom that was already on Basenotes, but there were so many frags being thrown around, and not many people even agreed with each other that I wasnt sure what to think as a beginner. Many of the other threads on Basenotes were not as useful or did not have that many suggestions.

Also, I just found out fairly soon I am going to be driving through Tacoma, WA, which is why I was already thinking about a fragrance for Prom. There is a Sephoras in the Tacoma Mall, which I have never been too, but I was wondering about olfactory fatigue. If I were to sample probably between 20-30 (from the list I already asked about, and some testing for this) fragrances at Sephoras depending on what they had in stock, how many fragrances can the average person test before they start to suffer from olfactory fatigue usually? Also, how would I recognize this happening to me, is it just you cant smell a fragrance that is you sprayed on a tester card? If this happened and I went to get food or something in another part of the mall could I come back and sample more or would that be all I could do for the day?

I referenced this thread for olfactory fatigue, and it made it sound like I should just go walk around for 15 minutes and I would be fine to test again. Is this true?

Thanks in advance!!

I'm not really sure what kind of perfumes she is into. I know that they smell good, but I have no idea what they are haha sorry. And yeah that's why I said I'm getting a head start on it, it's in early May for us which is only a little over a month and a half so nope not trolling .

It seems you guys are in consensus that Dior Homme is a good choice so I will be sure test that out when I'm at Sephora. Thanks cacio for the info on olfactory fatigue as well, I will spray them and walk around the mall for a while smelling every once in a while then. Also thanks for the great tip about the pencil. I thought I had good foresight because I was going to bring a pen, but I didn't think about the smudgy mess it would make on the tester strip!

It's already on my list to try, from what I have heard it is great!


I already have La Nuit in my collection. If I had to pick from my collection for prom that would definitely be what I would choose, but I don’t feel like it is a great fit for prom. I think I’d rather try to find something else for prom.

I am going to try to go a second time on my way back through Tacoma so it won’t be 20 all at once.

Awesome! I will definitely stop by all 3 while I am there, especially Parfumerie, the description of that one makes it sound like they have a pretty good fragrance selection. Thanks for the tip!

Just got back from my trip to Tacoma, and it was really fun going to the mall and testing out a bunch of different fragrances. I stopped by Sephoras and got a few samples, but I was in a rush the first time I went so after that was all I had time for. But a couple of days later I was able to get back to the mall and got a few more samples from sephoras and nordstroms. Actually I purchased L'Homme and seriously considered Prada Luna Rossa (but decided against it until I checked out parfumerie) cause I liked them so much.

Then I was excited to go to Parfumerie and check out their selection which I hoped was going to be good. I walked in, and the first thing that caught my eye was a gift set of LIDG. I inquired about it, but the guy working there was extremely rude. I don't know if it is cause he didn't think a high school aged person would have money to actually spend on fragrances or what, but I didn't care. It was inexcusable and I was not going to spend my money in a place that was rude to its customers. So instead I went back and picked up the Luna Rossa . As for prom, from the samples I got my favorites have been Chanel PE, Dior Homme, Bvlgari Black, and Bleu de Chanel. As for Prom I think it will be between Bvlgari Black an Dior Homme, but IMO all are full bottle worthy.

Thanks for the great suggestions guys!!