How to Shop for Fragrance..A Useful Guide..!!

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. 

You're not sure how to explain the scents you like than Shopping for new perfumes and fragrances can be tricky. Describing a fragrance can be as sensual as unfolding a glass of wine, with so many layers of scents becoming evitable as you get pleasure from it. 

This fragrance guide is an endeavor to show you how to identify the fragrances you are looking for and to make buying perfume and cologne easier, even when you can't physically smell the scents like when you're shopping online.

• Floral: 
• This is one of the most popular types. Although many people associate all perfumes with the scent of flowers, floral fragrances are just one type of fragrance. 
• Floral fragrances, range from soft florals to vivid florals, with many different variations in between. 
• Florals can be warmed up with spices and often feature rose, lily, gardenia, jasmine or tuberose scents. They tend to be tender and feminine and often make up women's perfumes.

• Amber: 
• Amber fragrances, also known as Oriental fragrances, are based on the warm, incense-like scent that comes from ingredient, ambergris. 
• These perfumes are often combined with vanilla and wood scents. Amber fragrances have spicy warmth that makes them fitting for men and women who like exotic, mystifying notes in perfume.

• Woody: 
• Earthy, woody scents are popular in both men's fragrances and women's fragrances. They bring to mind the sensory familiarity of a forest. 
• These scents feature woods like cedar, agarwood and sandalwood, often accompanied with lavender, lime, bergamot or ginger. Woody fragrances coalesce well with amber fragrances and vanilla. 
• These delicate scents are perfect for people who love the rocky comfort of the outside and are not easily influenced by trends.

• Leather: 
• Leather fragrances can come in either men's fragrances or women's perfumes, although they are more often men’s. 
• Leather scents may not smell exactly like the leather interior of a luxury car, they do have a deep, warm scent that alludes to leather. 
• The leathery scents come from honey, cloves, tobacco and cedar and are often layered with citrus notes. Leather fragrances are for people who like the traditional feeling of a masculine type.

• Aquatic: 
• often marketed as unisex perfumes, also known as Oceanic or Ozonic fragrances. The aquatic fragrance of the ocean is often created with layers of light floral and citrus scents, also sometimes, an ingredient called "Calone" that is used to duplicate the pinch of floral scent of an ocean breeze. Fans of aquatic fragrances tend to be sporty, youthful and bouncy.

• Gourmand: 
• Gourmand fragrances mimic the scents of desserts and other edibles. Citrus and fruity designer fragrances are fresh and light, just like their food counterparts. The scents may come from blossoms or leaves, but many are synthetic. 
• Vanilla fragrances are often accompanied by other spicy "flavours," and some vanilla fragrances smell like cookies, cupcakes or even pumpkin pie. Chocolate fragrances have a nutty, bittersweet scent like dark chocolate. Gourmand fragrances come both as men's and women's perfume.

• Blends: 

• Fragrances from the family of Chypre fragrances composed of citrus top-notes, a middle labdanum, and a mossy base-note derived from oak moss. The overall effect is an elegant, dry scent that is not at all sweet.

• Fragrances in the Fougere family contain a top note of lavender and base notes of oak moss and coumarin.  

So,a fragrance made up of 100% natural perfume or scented oils without added chemicals would be great start for a day. :))