| You never have a second chance to make a first | | | | consider two main criteria: type of scent and |
| impression, and often that first impression comes | | | | strength of scent. |
| from your perfume. Whether it is a job interview, | | | | There are many different types of scents and |
| a blind date or anything in between, your | | | | you may not know exactly what you are looking |
| signature scent enters the room with you. Before | | | | for until you go into a store and start sniffing. The |
| you even say a word, the people around you | | | | sample that you smell in a magazine or even in |
| may form an impression of you. Whether the | | | | the perfume bottle itself may give off an entirely |
| scent is subtle or overpowering, it makes a | | | | different scent once it is on your skin so you |
| statement. | | | | should never purchase a perfume without trying it |
| The goal, then, in choosing a perfume is to find | | | | on. If you have at least a basic sense of the |
| one that correctly defines your personality or the | | | | types of scents that appeal to you, it will help you |
| particular persona that you would like to exude in | | | | narrow down your choices of which perfumes to |
| a given situation. Achieving this goal is more | | | | try. Typical perfume scents may be flowery, |
| difficult than it sounds. Before going on a shopping | | | | citrusy, musky or woodsy. |
| trip to purchase your ideal perfume, you should | | | | |