I started to use perfume about six years ago. A buddy gave me a bottle of Burberry London Men. For a person who doesn’t like to dress up and has a conservative dressing taste, Burberry London Men opened up my knowledge of men’s perfume.

Many Chinese believe that perfume is exclusive to women, and men's perfume is only used by Westerners to cover their body odor.

When I was young, I used face cream. I believe it is the most fragrant taste that many male compatriots have used.

But who would have thought that it is this generation of people who finally began to fragrant under the leadership of many young people born in the 90s and 00s...

The history of perfume can be traced back to the period of ancient Egypt, But it wasn't until the 18th century in Europe that perfume actually developed into a common use.

I have to mention the film "Perfume". The male protagonist was born in the most filthy and rancid place in Paris, but he pursued the purest fragrance. Finally, through killing girls, extracting the body fragrance of their bodies, creating the most deceptive Perfume made the bourgeois aristocrats intoxicated and obsessed with him. Speaking of it as a fantasy crime drama, it expresses the importance of perfume in social culture at that time from another level.

75% of human emotions are produced by the sense of smell, and in the comparison of visual and olfactory memory, only 50% of human memory of pictures remains after three months, while the accuracy of recalling smells is as high as 65%. So, if you want to be remembered by the person you like, perhaps no matter how good you look, it’s not as important as smelling more amazing.

Today, let’s talk about the topic of "how to choose a perfume" for your friends. I believe that even if you are a perfumer, you can get new inspiration from it.

For mass users, we will consider many aspects when choosing perfumes, such as brand awareness, price level, fragrance type, usage scenarios, and even the exquisite degree of perfume bottles, etc. Among these considerations, people are most concerned about "fragrance."

Usually when we buy perfume, we will first look at whether it is floral, fruity, or woody, leather, citrus... These are the fragrance notes. It can help us make quick selections based on our preferences and needs without personally smelling the perfume.

For example, citrus notes will be formulated based on lemon, bergamot, grapefruit or citrus. Women’s perfume will be added with floral fragrances, and men's perfume will be made with cedar and musk. The name of the leather dimming is specially designed for calm people. It is dominated by leather flavor, accompanied by tobacco, honey and various woody aromas.

If the choice of fragrance is an entry point, then a person who can accurately distinguish the scent of the first, middle and back three must be a master in the perfume industry! Because for most people, it is completely impossible to know what the smell of Carum carvi L， basil, myrrh, tolu balsam is... and these are just the ingredients or odors that may be contained in perfume, even if it is labeled with musk In the three tones, there is no musk at all. So, if you are allergic to peaches, there is no need to worry about using peach-flavored perfumes to cause discomfort, because it is likely to be a simulated aldehyde smell, which has nothing to do with peaches.

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Basil

For consumers, the three tones of perfume serve three purposes. The first is to give us a general understanding of the smell of perfume and simulate in our thinking whether it meets our needs. The second is that the perfume manufacturer wrote it based on feelings or marketing purposes. The third one can be used to exercise your sense of smell and can advance to high-end players.

In addition, the parameters related to perfume are the persistence. At the elementary level, many small partners will pay special attention to this indicator. It's not easy to dress up carefully, put on the perfume you just bought, and go out. Isn't it very depressing that you have astigmatism before getting there? Therefore, it is most common to choose EDP with a higher concentration of fragrance at this time.

In fact, there is no need to worry about this, because the length of durability mainly depends on the fragrance selected by the perfumer, not simply calculated by the concentration of the fragrance. The most important thing is that many perfumers will use different formulas in EDT and EDP, resulting in two different perfumes. Therefore, it is most practical to choose a better smell.

The basic conditions are finished, let's see how to use them. First of all, we can choose suitable styles according to the use scene of perfume.

In daily use, choose some peaceful scents that can relieve the mental stress of work and allow us to surround ourselves in a comfortable environment all day, like wearing clothes, the most important thing is comfort. For example, oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and cedar are the pleasant smells that make me feel refreshed. The freshness reveals strength and makes me feel vitality. So I will choose among perfumes with these scents in the first, middle and back three tones.

Secondly, when attending a party, you can choose some more personalized scents so that people can remember you at once. In crowded occasions, the scents are diverse. At this time, Parfum fragrance type perfume is a good choice because it has a weak diffusion and can lock the scent around itself. Not only can it increase the durability, but it will only make the surrounding friends feel.

As for the brand, it is recommended to start with commercial brands, such as Chanel, Dior, Hermes and so on. Commercial operations make their perfumes more in line with the needs of the public, and the mature fragrances are not too different from fragrance reviews and product descriptions. The only thing to note is that if you are not using a lot, it is highly recommended not to buy large bottles, especially for men! (I once bought a Hermès suit 100ml+30ml, and it took more than two years to use it up.)

If you take a step further, you can consider playing with salon brand perfumes. Salon perfumes are relatively niche. They only focus on the perfume itself, and they don’t make fashion, bags, etc. like commercial brands. They are also much more expensive than commercial perfumes. Salon perfumes are more like abstract paintings by artists, and will not cater to the tastes of the general public at all. The perfumer's unconstrained nature will often produce extreme fragrances.

Therefore, when choosing a salon perfume, you must read the fragrance reviews in advance, and first buy a sub-package and try it out, because you may get a taste that you cannot accept at all.

In China, it is not unusual for women to use perfumes, but not many men use perfumes.

Smell determines the first feeling you give to people. Compared with your appearance, figure and clothes, smell can touch the other party's central nervous system one step earlier. As men, we need to break the stereotypes of stereotypes. It's not a sin to smell a man! Using a good perfume is actually a respect for the people around you, and it brings you more than just the smell, but the best quality clothes on your body.

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