Finding your signature scent
Let’s talk about perfume! Perfume can be something easy to forget (especially since most of us are spending our days trapped inside all by our lonesome), but having signature fragrances is so important and powerful particularly for the fashionable person. I have always been told that a person must have 3 signature fragrances: an everyday that’s almost like a second skin, a work/school fragrance that suits your tastes but isn’t too overwhelming, and a date night fragrance that’s hypnotic and boozy. To help you search for your customs scents here are some unique online shops to take a look at!
Immortal Perfumes
If you’re a literary or history nerd like me, you’ll absolutely love Immortal Perfumes! They are a micro-perfumery specializing in historically accurate hand-made perfumes. They have a whole literary collection called “Dead Writers” that have scents based on novels such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. However, my favorite is their scent “Pemberley” based off of Mr. Darcy’s estate from Pride and Prejudice. With notes of rosewood, peony, and cedarwood, it smells like a fantasy come to life. It’s a perfect scent for a picnic on a nice spring day!
Image Courtesy: Immortal Perfumes
Imaginary Authors
Image Courtesy: D.L. Dreamer
Imaginary Authors is quite avant-garde. They create perfumes based around art and well, imaginary stories. This brand offers eccentric unisex fragrances that come to you in a box that looks just like a book! My personal favorite from the website would be “A City on Fire.” With key notes of dark berries, burnt matches, and cade oil, it would be a great sultry smoky fragrance for a night out.
Dedcool
Dedcool is a vegan, cruelty-free, and unisex fragrance company that wanted to make clean beauty chic and cool. This brand is fragrance based but offers other clean products as well such as hand soap and detergent. These minimally named fragrances are actually quite complex with their notes! The one that intrigues me the most is “Rocco (mint)” with multiple layers of scents such as Moroccan mint, jasmine, lotus, lily, oakmoss, and clove. I think this alluring scent would be perfect for everyday wear. All Dedcool fragrances are rated 5 stars and have outstanding customer reviews.
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I’ll leave you with a tip that I just found out about myself, you can buy a sample size of almost any perfume (even if it’s a $200+ fragrance) for about $5! My favorite site to use for this is https://twistedlily.com. They have so many luxury fragrances in lots of different sizes, and almost any fragrance you click on has a “Get a Sample” button. They range from $4-$6 normally. Happy hunting for your signature smell!
Strike Out,
Writer: Reese Cavitt
Editor: Susanna Skelton
Chattanooga
