New to Perfume
Here are some ideas how to educate yourself in perfume:
Sample! Sample! Sample! The more, the better. Where to get samples? Some suggestions:
- Department store perfume counters
- Online perfume sites
- Swapping on Makeupalley
- Perfume Decant Sellers
Join an online fragrance community. The most popular ones are:
Read about perfume houses, perfumers, ingredients, raw materials:
Learn to distinguish fragrance families: florals, orientals, woody, spicy, aquatic, fruity, etc.
Pay attention to how a fragrance develops on your skin. Train your nose!
Be sure to check out Perfume 101 on the Perfume Posse blog.