Despite what many people may think, perfume is not meant to hide your natural scent.
Although at some points in history it was used as a substitute for bathing, today this is a thing of the past. Now that perfume is an ally in your beauty routine, we can go further and discover some of the hidden powers it has.
Probably the most important power is that far from hiding your personality, it is able to enhance it. In fact, a perfume says a lot about the person who wears it, and it goes much further than being "romantic" or "sexy" or "daring". Today, the choice of a fragrance goes far beyond simple taste: it has to do with what you want to express with it. For example, a floral fragrance, but with spicy or woody notes, says that a woman is feminine, but also confident and with an outgoing personality. A man who chooses a fragrance with floral notes is someone who is not interested in conventions and does not want society to dictate his personal tastes.
Few people today are loyal to a single fragrance. Given the great offer in the market, most people have different perfumes to wear at different times. But there are those who go a step further and have fragrances for different moods. If on a rainy day we wear darker clothes, why shouldn't our fragrance reflect this? Imagine a gray day, to wear a warmer scent that gives you the feeling of being tucked in a woody fragrance, with intense floral notes or vanilla. On a winter day, we even evoke aromas such as nutmeg and spices that give us the reference of "home". In the heat, however, we go lightly dressed and do the same with fragrances, inspired by the ephemeral scent of freshly cut grass, citrus fruits or notes that evoke water, to feel cooler and summery.
Probably the most important power is that far from hiding your personality, it is able to enhance it. In fact, a perfume says a lot about the person who wears it, and it goes much further than being "romantic" or "sexy" or "daring".
On the other hand, there are fragrances that make us feel powerful, those with which others and ourselves like the most, weapons to give us security and confidence. If we are fearful or insecure, we use light fragrances to go unnoticed, that we can only smell ourselves to feel a little comfort in noticing them. But there are those for whom fragrances work as a medicine, as a therapy: if we are bad and want to feel better, we use that fragrance that puts us in a good mood and lifts our spirits. If we are lazy, we look for that other that reminds us of bath time and gives us a boost of energy.
But undoubtedly one of the most beautiful powers that a perfume can have is its ability to bring back memories of good times or loved ones: smelling our mother's perfume or the one we wore on that unforgettable trip will always bring us comfort and be a balm for the soul.
Have you already discovered what other powers perfume has?