The Ultimate Shopping Guide to Gifting Fragrance
Whether you’re shopping online or instore, it can be a lot easier to tell which clothes you like best just by looking at them from afar. Shopping for fragrances is not that easy; choosing the right scent requires much more attention to detail.
With so many scents to choose from, both new and old, you will know that finding the “new right” fragrance for yourself can often be a challenge. And this can make the thought of gifting a fragrance for someone else daunting.
At Fragrance House we want to make gifting a scent as stress-free as possible by sharing with you the 5 Top Fragrance Gifting Tips to consider:
1. What are their Favourite Scents
Most people wear one type of scent: floral, fruity, classic (cool), watery (ocean), wood, aromatic, or musk. Try to find out what type of scent they prefer and we can advise on fragrance possibilities. Even better if you know the fragrances they currently wear we can tell you which others fragrances have the same notes.
2. Process of Elimination
Ask them what type of scents they do not like. Some people avoid heavy scents while others avoid soft watery notes that can be harder to smell. Others love fruity notes while for some florals are a definite No No.
Once you have a better understanding of what they like or don’t like you can begin to narrow down your gift option.
3. Asking for Professional Advice
If you can, shop with a specialist company such as Fragrance House where staff are trained and have the personal knowledge to guide you to the correct fragrance choices based on the information you have.
Independent specialist retailers, unlike generic chain outlets and Department stores, do not tend to have staff employed by specific brands just to promote their collections. Specialist retailers tend to have a much wider knowledge on the fragrance market.
So, with your list of likes and don’t likes speak to your specialist fragrance retailer and ask for professional recommendations. They will be able to advise you on a variety of options to suit different budgets and tastes.
4. Don’t Just Consider the Same Brand
Although many fragrance brands have a signature style that they try to aim for with each of their scents most try to present a range of fragrance notes within their collections. So unless the person you are gifting for uses many different fragrances but only from the same brand focus more on the notes that you know they like.
5. Shop with a Mutual Friend
Find a mutual friend and ask them to help you out, for a second opinion. Maybe they have shopped with the recipient before and knows what they’re looking for. Or maybe they have known them for longer and have a clearer understanding of their tastes.
Asking their family may also be useful, in case there’s a particular fragrance they have persistently asked for over the years which you were unaware of.
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