Here are 5 top perfume shopping tips for finding the best perfumes for women. Handy and practical advice.

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Tips On How To Shop For The Finest Perfumes - For Ladies
By Rachel Mae Lee
I've discovered that there
are 5 basic steps you need
to think about when
fragrance shopping, so here
they are for your perfume
delight...
1) "This will need some time... "
Sure, perfume shopping is one thing that needs to
be savoured, enjoyed and definitely not rushed. Put
aside a good portion of your time in the day for you
to pay a visit to your local fragrance department
stores as well as smaller fragrance outlets. Try to
keep a balanced view if you see a perfume that
perhaps a friend has dismissed and never judge a fragrance by its
product packaging. You are going to need to depend upon your
nose for this shopping expedition, not your eyes.
2) Before you start fragrance browsing, determine your
spending budget
Buying a fragrance will set you back as
small as $50 or as much as $5000
(yes, you will find fragrances with
these kinds of price tags!), so it is
important to choose your budget
before you actually enter a fragrance
store. To begin with, decide if your
perfume is likely to be for everyday
use, or maybe just for special events?
Do you need a celeb label perfume, or merely a well-known
brand? What months is your fragrance needed for? Sometimes it
is good to have a fresher and finer fragrance for the hotter summer
season and perhaps a more subtle perfume for the autumn months
and wintertime.

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3. Recognize the different concentrations of perfume to
choose from
Fragrances come in three distinctive
categories that indicate the content
level of the fragrance oils within the
liquid. The most concentrated, and
therefore most high-priced fragrance
is recognized as 'Parfum' and as you
won't need to apply a great deal, it
ought to last longer. Parfum features
a strength of around 15% to 22% of
the perfume oils. Next is 'Eau de Parfum' with a content level,
which can be between 8% and 15% - a reasonably popular
selection for many ladies. And finally, and most affordable of the 3
concentrations, there is 'Eau de Toilette' or 'Eau de Cologne'. With
strengths of in between 3% and 8%, a spray of this fragrance gives
you and people near you simply a hint of the aroma to tantalize the
nose's senses. Eau de Toilette is needless to say the lowest priced
option, however you might need to use much more of it versus the
other types of more concentrated formulations.
4. Time to get your nose working
So you're in the fragrance shop. It is time to start smelling some
perfumes by spraying some sampler bottles
of each scent onto those funny bits of white
cardboard. They're called 'swatches' - rather
like color samples, however for smelling.
Aim to dry the perfume on the swatch just
before smelling (try not to touch), as the
fragrance will change subtly as the minutes
go by. After a number of minutes you'll be
able to smell the 'base notes' rather than the
opening 'top notes'. The fragrance bottom
notes are the aromas that will become more noticeable as you
smell your perfume throughout the day. If you seriously want to get
prepared, take a small box of coffee beans with you. Take a smell
of the coffee beans in order to 'reset' your sense of smell before
smelling your next perfume - it's a technique that works well. Carry
on and you'll manage to narrow your quest to perhaps just three or
four fragrances.

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5. Now for some real skin
With any luck you've at this point been able to pick out a small
number of fragrance contenders. Now is the time
to spray a small amount of on your own wrist. Let
it dry naturally without rubbing and take a whiff. A
top tip... Don't wear any perfume when you go
fragrance shopping for obvious reasons. It’s also
wise to refrain from having hot and spicy food
before you start because your nose won't be as
sensitive as it normally is.
Best Perfumes for Women… Shopping Tips
We do hope you have valued a couple of these fragrance-
shopping tips and have found them helpful. The best fragrance for
you IS on the market somewhere, and it will only require a little
planning and persistence to find it!
Happy fragrance shopping!
Before you decide to hit the fragrance suppliers, find out more
about the perfect perfumes for women as well as the ideal
methods to apply and protect your perfume. Become a confident
perfume lover and find out more perfume hints, suggestions and
useful perfume guidance at BestPerfumes4Women.com. You'll
discover lots of practical articles all about the most popular
perfumes currently available.
Rachel Mae Lee