When you buy perfume for another person, you have given them a perfume experience. They will always remember you whenever they wear the scent.
Perfume gifts are intimate and that is why the particular perfume you give has to be carefully picked. Apart from knowing whether the person is open to receiving perfumes, you have to figure out what kind of perfume the person is open to receiving. In addition, you should know when to give the gift. For example, your partner could appreciate perfume as a valentine’s day gift but your partner may not be very excited about it as a Christmas gift.
We’re here to help you figure out how to get the perfect perfume that the receiver whom you gift will appreciate.
- Find out what perfume they wear.
If you have access to their collection, you can check. Don’t just check brand names, check the actual scents.
If you’re direct and not aiming to surprise them, you could also ask them what scent they wear. Then, find out the notes of that scent. You can use sites like wikiparfum to find out common ingredients or structures in their best two or three perfumes. Find out if their top three perfumes are in a particular family of scents or if a they have a common ingredient. This will help you know the kind of perfume they favor, so that you can buy something in a similar family for them.
- Match their personality
You don’t want to give a loud overpowering scent to someone who hates being the focus of attention. While someone with a discreet personality may prefer light florals, musky scents, and fresh scents; someone with a more imposing personality will easily pull off heavy oriental, woody, or spicy fragrances better.
If the perfumes you see are not hitting the right spot in matching their personality, you can have one custom-made for them. This is easy once you know their perfume profile. Just look up the common ingredients or perfume structures on sites like wikiparfum and order something similar.
The person’s lifestyle can also give you clues about the kind of perfume the person likes. For example, a person who hikes often is quite likely to like a scent that reminds them of the outdoors such as green and woodsy scents.
- Choose the scent, not the name
Getting an expensive designer perfume may not get you appreciate like choosing a scent that the receiver connects with. If possible, add a note to the gift stating how you chose the perfume and why you think it would be perfect for the person.
That way, the person knows you are not just dumping the gift on them, but you took the time and effort to get them something that they would love.
- Look outside body perfumes
Perfumes are quite intimate and getting the wrong one can upset both the receiver and the giver. So, you can play it safe by getting them other scented gifts like scented candles, scented lotions, scented soaps, and room sprays.
- Stick with safe scents
Older people usually already have consistent tastes in perfumes. A younger person is usually more likely to experiment with new perfumes they have never seen before.
Generally, you can always go for what’s popular. At least, they’ll know you got them the rave of the moment.
Scents likely to be loved across broad are vanilla, soft florals, and musky scents.
