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What is an Oriental/Amber Scent?
Oriental scents feature spices, resins, and soft florals, anchored by deep base notes like vanilla, musk, and oud and are derived from spices found in the Middle East, South and East Asia. The term Amber is also highly used today as opposed to Oriental because the term can sometimes be seen as culturally insensitive but we will continue to use Oriental as it will resonate as we continue to dive deeper into this warm, rich, scent family. Oriental Scents are thought to be rich, warm, long lasting and quite inviting. The slow evolution through dry down means the scent changes as you wear it so what starts as bold and…
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How To Create Your Signature Scent Combo’s
How you smell and how you feel often go hand in hand with your level of confidence and self image. We all want to feel good when we go out and a signature scent can really make you stand out or help you to feel more confident about yourself. Your signature scent can really leave a lasting impression on the people you meet especially if it lingers like a sweet aroma that makes them blush or attracts them like a moth to a flame. Your signature scent combo can say a lot about you so be sure to select complimenting scents that blend well together and create a mood or…
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Shay’s Guide to Fragrance Buying for Women
Fragrance buying for women is a bit less complex for women than it is for men and that is because the preferred scent of most women is floral, sweet, fresh or oriental. Woody scents are typically reserved for men. But in each fragrance family does exist hybrids that may seem a bit harder to pinpoint but learning the base, middle and top notes will help you pinpoint the fragrance family. Fresh For women this scent category can be either blue (aquatic or clean), yellow (citrusy) or green (grass, cucumber or herbs like mint). These scent choices are often worn in the summer to cut through heat and humidity. Floral Floral…
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Fougere Fragrances for Men
Fougere Fragrances for Men are all about the masculine side of nature and bringing it into your olfactory senses. This is a classic scent family that is typically herbal with woody notes and that are enhanced with lavender, oakmoss and coumarin and bring to mind being deep within a forest but feeling safe and very natural in it (if this was a romance novel of course). Fougere are clean, woody and fresh, but sometimes smoldering. Teakwood which is now called Mahogany Teakwood is one of the Fougere scents that I offer with notes of mahogany, black teakwood and lavender. They describe it as “borrowing their flannel for a hike in…
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Shay’s Guide to Fragrance Buying for Men
Fragrance families are used to describe the "type" of scent classification a fragrance would be categorized in so take note. They define what you like and in some cases what you won't. So, let's take a breeze through the fragrance families that favor men's fragrance choices.
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Shay’s Guide to What to Men’s Cologne Types
Men’s fragrances are growing rapidly in popularity because the way a man smells can be the key to being irresistible to every woman that is within smelling distance. If you know you know, and a good smelling cologne will make you gravitate towards him even if it’s just to ask the name of his cologne so you can buy it for your man and reminisce about it. The challenge is knowing if that scent is really good or just really good on him. The only way to know is to either buy it for your man or… learn the types of scent and cologne types and use that as a…
