What to look for when choosing a perfume? It seems like an easy question, but finding a fragrance is a very personal choice, and many factors can impact its success.
We use olfactory families (or scent profiles) to classify how perfumes smell. For instance, floral and citrus fragrances are usually light and fresh, while amber-woody fragrances are often deeper and more complex and might be more suited to a night out than an office environment. Oriental fragrances are usually exotic and spicy, while aquatic fragrances are often clean and fresh, and so on. If you do manage to find a particular profile you like, lock on to that and use it as a baseline guide for choosing the best perfume under $30 for you.
Notes refer to the various layers of ingredients that appear in a scent. There are three types of notes: top, middle, and bottom, all with different ingredients that combine to form a sensuous symphony. When looking for notes in a perfume, ask yourself: what scents do you already love in other products? What if you liked the way your cherry candle smelled and wanted something similar? Or perhaps you would rather have the warm smoothness of vanilla? Or perhaps you’ve always been fascinated by how well rose and orange complement one another? You don’t always have to look far for the answer.