The Guide

Everything worth knowing before you buy, wear or judge a fragrance.

5 chapters·50 entries

The Guide

Everything worth knowing before you buy, wear or judge a fragrance.

5 chapters·50 entries

01

Fundamentals

The essentials of fragrance.

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02

Terminology

The language of fragrance, decoded and explained.

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03

Wearing Fragrance

How to wear with intention and make it your own.

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04

Discovery

Explore, test and uncover what truly suits you.

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05

Reflections

Some of the bigger questions in the fragrance community, from my perspective.

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Things I've Learned

Notes from wearing, testing and living with fragrance.

  1. 01Sweet scents feel great at first, but their hype fades the fastest.
  2. 02If a store sells a fragrance by calling it “aphrodisiac,” be skeptical.
  3. 03Never judge a fragrance only from its opening. Give it time to become itself.
  4. 04If you smell something and think, “Who would willingly wear this?”, it is probably niche.
  5. 05The perfume that gets you the most compliments may not be the one you enjoy wearing most.
01A personal fragrance journal
  1. 06Sharp Ambroxan-heavy scents cause nose blindness quickly.
  2. 07Your taste in fragrance will change over time, and that’s a good thing.
  3. 08If nobody has ever told you your perfume smells terrible, you are not there yet.
  4. 09There is nothing worth praising about a perfume smelling synthetic.
  5. 10Wear your perfume at the right time, in the right place, and on the right person.
  6. 11Never wear your buddy’s signature scent.
  7. 12Sweet does not automatically mean gourmand.
Written from experience, not consensus02