Enter a perfume store and leave without a purchase, but with a headache and a spoiled mood - who knows this? For a person, especially who, in principle, is not so familiar with the world of perfumery, it can be very difficult to find something of his own. It begins to seem that choosing something for yourself is generally unrealistic. Everything is real!
Let's take a look at a few mistakes that prevent us from finding our scent. And we will learn how to avoid them.
Fear of the sales assistant
Maybe for some, this item will not be relevant, but how many people are lost at the sight of a sales assistant! People who, in theory, should help us, do not evoke the most positive emotions in many. There are many reasons.
For me, for example, my personal horror is to go to a meat or fish market, where they are shouting and beckoning from all sides. Stress 10 out of 10. And for someone the question of the consultant "Can I help you?" automatic stress lever. For some, consultants are arrogant, for others they are intrusive, for others it is simply very uncomfortable with their close presence. We are all different.
The easiest and surest way is to smile at the consultant and confidently say "Thank you, if I need something, I will definitely contact you." Everything! No one will run after you, impose... Well, except that the guard in Letual ...
Using coffee
It hardly makes sense to test more than 5-7 flavors at a time. Someone is already lost after three. Our olfactory receptors cannot adequately assess a large number of odors.
It used to be popular to use coffee between drinks. In many stores, there is a jar of already smelled coffee up to now. However, there is no benefit from coffee, it itself has a rather bright aroma and is able to "clog" our receptors by itself. I've written about this many times since I learned perfumery - and you know, every time it is news to someone. Therefore, I am not lazy to repeat.
The best solution is to get out into the fresh air. Less drastic is to simply step out of the lavishly depreciated premises and stroll through the mall. Even less drastic is drinking water instead of sniffing coffee. A sip of clean water will do better.
Haste
How many people test fragrances? They put it on the blotter, listened / sniffed, were horrified and thrown away. Many fragrances are discarded BEFORE they open up!
I myself made this mistake at one time and just did not understand why many fragrances are considered legendary when they sound so disgusting. From Narcisso Rodriguez wanted to escape to another planet! Dear ones, give the scent some time! It is better to slowly but qualitatively protest 3-5 aromas than to listen to something incomprehensible 20 times and draw false conclusions.
We do this. Apply the scent to a blotter and leave it alone for 3-5 minutes. Then we listen. Then after 10-15 minutes we listen again. And now you yourself will notice what is the difference between the aroma in the first minute and after 20. With many flavors, it is colossal!
And the aroma that has sunk into the soul must be applied to the hand or neck area and leave the store. We evaluate within an hour - how it opened up on the skin (each skin may have its own opening), not does it have a headache (there are cool, but annoying aromas), what is the persistence (if it is for you important).
I wish everyone to find their own fragrance. If you have already found - be sure to share with us, it will be very interesting to read. Thanks for your likes, subscribe if you love perfume themes. In my tag #perfume business cosmetic bag you can find my other articles, you can also subscribe to it for your convenience.
