How to Choose the Perfect Fragrance for your Personality

Choosing a fragrance that’s right for your personality is the essence of perfume selection. In fact, its an undisputed goal. There are of course other considerations, such as the environment you’re wearing the fragrance within. If you’re at a business event, you may not want the loudest fragrance in the room. But that aside, almost all cases of fragrance selection comes down to wearing what reflects your personality type.

But how do we choose a perfume based on our personality?

Let’s explore.

One of the first things we’d like to point out is that no matter what we convey below, there are no hard and fast rules. The best way to learn if a fragrance works with your personality is to try a perfume sample. Getting too caught up in boundaries may cause you to limit your fragrance exploration and that’s not a great thing. You want to creatively explore scents that are, in fact, you (even in cases where it wasn’t obvious).

All that said, there are ways to consider how fragrances connect with your personality.

Your Fragrance – An Extension of You and Your Skin

There’s a concept at play that relates to scents and your personality. A fragrance is an extension of your skin. And the fragrance you choose to wear should reflect that concept. The fragrance you wear should reflect your personality due to this. If you are a vibrant, bold personality, a perfume that’s bold may be a fitting fragrance exploration for you. But if you are more introverted, something more seductive could serve your mysterious personality. In the end, you do you – because that’s what it is all about.

To understand this concept better, let’s break down the basic fragrance families.

Floral

Floral fragrance are some of the most popular types. They are lively and often more feminine.

Floral fragrances are rooted in a variety of flower types. They offer a spectrum of types, including rich all the way down to more gentle and soft experiences. Within the floral fragrance group, we find several types.

• Rose – This is one of the most popular types and often lends a spice vibe to the experience.
• Jasmine: This is more your richer, intense variety but also sweet and fun.
• Lily: Think fresh, but not antiseptic. There’s also a sweetness associated.
• Lavender: A lighter, more earthy floral that’s also mellow and feels a bit meditative.
• Peony: Gentle and delicate, sweet, and powdery.
• Gardenia: Lastly, a rich and creamy, sometimes sweet, aroma.

No, floral fragrances aren’t just for women. In fact, many men’s fragrances possess floral attributes, but mainstream thinking often passes over that.

Floral fragrances exude a classic style. So people who love classics in fashion and accessories would likely love florals. Their punchy flowers often spruce up moods, or even wind them down depending on which floral is chosen. People looking to exude a more serene vibe might choose a lavender while rose injects a bit of a personality punch.

Woody

Woody scents aren’t just for Paul Bunyan types. Although, if you carry the ax through the field on a fall day, your personality probably irrefutably calls out for a woody fragrance.

With woody perfumes and fragrances, it’s all about the wood. Not that wood, folks. Think sandalwood, vetiver, and cedarwood. There’s an earthy vibe to them that’s sometimes even smoky.

What are some examples of woody fragrance types on a more granular level?

• Sandalwood: A warm and rich aroma that’s bold.
• Cedarwood: Sometimes smoky to varying degrees, there’s also a freshness to it.
• Vetiver: You’ll get a heavier earthy and woody feel on this one. But also, smoky, which seems to be a theme with woody scents.
• Patchouli: A slightly sweet play on a musky base.
• Oakmoss: Earthy again, but also an herbal experience.
• Amber: The warmest of the musky scents.

Woody perfume scents are often associated with fall and winter, but can be worn year-round. They are commonly used in men’s fragrances, but can also be found in women’s fragrances as well. Woody scents are often combined with other notes such as citrus, floral or spice notes to create complex and sophisticated fragrances.

We often link woody scents to fall. I mean, I did so in my opening example. But they can be worn anytime of the year and many people do, depending on their personalities. Some woody scents do utilize citrus and spice notes which liven them up for those a bit less the bearded wood chopper types. Some are constructed to be more genderless fragrance types so yes, women, you can wear them also.

Spicy

Warm. Often intense. Sometimes sharp. Always passionate.

Spicy fragrances often utilize pepper, coriander, bay leaf, and cumin, to begin.

Spicy fragrances are often crafted to cross gender lines. Typically, these are wintery wears, but you can wear them anytime (isn’t that how it always goes?).

There’s a coziness to spicy fragrances that goes well with the cuddler personality. But there can also be a bit of fiery pop for the passionate types. The depth often associated with the notes in spicy fragrances also plays well for the mystery personality types.

Final Notes

Choosing a perfume for your personality comes down to what you like. If you like it, it works. But it is always helpful to have a solid grasp on your unique experiences offered by the handful of fragrance types. When you try perfume samples, you can order in variety and see how a specific type of fragrance wears for you in your daily life. You can read all the articles you like, but in the end, it comes down to what feels right on your skin.