Which perfume suits you

The perfume you wear is your signature. Whether its floral, chypre, amber or fruity, it will stay with you through seasons and moods. There's a fine art to choosing the right perfume for you and to make that really easy, here's a guide to help you choose the fragrance that reflects your personality: PERFUMES are classified into 7 main olfactive families which are listed below - CITRUS, the family where we find the first eaux de cologne, based on lemon, orange, grapefruit, mandarin and bergamot essences. - FLORAL, the most important family that groups together perfumes based on flowers: rose, violet, jasmine, lilac, lily of the valley, narcissus and tuberose. - FOUGERE, evokes plant odours and consists of lavender, wood, oak moss and coumarin notes. - CHYPRE, mainly based on ciste labdanum, patchouli, bergamot and oak moss. This family is named after the perfume Chypre by Francois Coty, created in 1917. - WOODY, composed of frangrances with warm notes, cedar and vetiver. Amber or Orienta, has powdery, vanilla very distinct animal compositions. - LEATHER, the smallest of the families is based on birch tar and tobacco. Each family is further divided into sub- families: - Citrus: chypre floral/ spicy/ woody/ aromatic - Floral: soliflore/ floral bouquet/ green floral/ woody/ woody fruity/ aldehyde - Fougere: floral amber/ soft amber/ spicy/ aromatic/ fruity - Chypre: floral/ fruity/ green/ aromatic/ leather - Woody: aromatic/ spicy/ amber/ fuity/ marine - Amber: woody floral/ spicy/ soft/ citrus/ floral/ woody Leather: Floral/ tobacco Below is a list of perfumes that belong to each family: - Citrus: Eau de Rochas by Rochas, Eau de cologne Imperiale by Guerlain, Eau Sauvage by Christian Dior, Eau d'Hermes by Hermes. - Floral: L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci, No 5 by Chanel, Jardins de Bagatelle by Guerlain. - Fougere: Paco Rabanne pour Homme, Azzaro pour Homme - Chypre: Femme by Rochas , Mitsouko by Guerlain, Yvresse by Yves Saint Laurent(YSL), Miss Dior. - Woody: Vetiver by Guerlain, Kenzo pour Homme, Egoiste by Chanel. - Amber: Opium by YSL, Poison by Dior. - Leather: Cuir de Russie by Chanel and Tabac Blond by Caron. WHAT'S THE CURRENT TREND ? Personally I feel there shouldn't be any particular group of perfumes that should be on trend unless maybe you are referring to the most currently produced fragrances, each perfume has its own unique sent and leaves off a different signature. Thus, the real trend is for changing your perfume or mixing it to create your very own. MAKING A DECISION Even if the bottle looks good, buying a perfume isn't like buying cakes from a shop window, where you go for whatever takes your fancy. You need to take your time and smell most of them before you settle on the one that matches you mood and deepest desires. If you' re seduced by scents from big brands, your perfume makes you feel like you belong to an elite. If you buy the most recent perfume, you give into the latest trend rather than your emotion, and you may end up disappointed. So make sure when you enter the perfume shop/section, you enter with the aim of buying what suits your personality and not the cute bottle you saw on an advert or Justin Beiber's latest perfume just to impress your friends, its not the name of the perfume that attracts, its the scent.