Layering Fragrance 101 *.𖥔݁
How to build your own unique scent combo
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✮⋆˙The Basics: Smelling good starts in the shower & ends in a spritz!
1. Pick a body wash to serve as your foundational fragrance
2. Choose a scrub to compliment your body wash
3. Use scented lotion/body cream from head to toe
4. Apply a fragrance oil to your pulse points: neck, chest, crook of your elbows, wrists, behind your knees, and ankles
5. Spray a fragrance mist all over
6. Choose a perfume to lock everything in
✮⋆˙Base Notes, Middle Notes, and Top Notes: The building blocks of fragrance
Base notes: The foundational scent that adds warmth and depth to your fragrance, the last thing you smell in your mix and what lasts the longest of all notes
Middle notes: The bridge between base and top notes; seamlessly ties scents together. The main course of the fragrance!
Top notes: The initial scent you smell, the loudest scent in a fragrance for the first few minutes
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Search the fragrance notes of your favorite perfume on Fragrantica!
Go to Bath and Body Works and smell different body sprays, then flip the bottle around to see the notes on the back
Find the common notes you like when comparing your favorite scents. Do you notice a pattern of fruity notes? Musky? Sweet?
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!! : Once you have an idea of what notes you like and what they smell like paired with other notes, you’ll have a better understanding of how to maximize your scent building and layering.
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Pick a theme for your scent combo. Here’s an example of my combo when I’m in the mood to smell fruity and tropical:
✮⋆˙So let’s build a hypothetical scent combo together, shall we? Let's say I want to smell like a chocolate banana crepe. Random scent that doesn’t exist, right?
⭒˚I’d probably start off with a body wash that has some sort of nutmeg, cinnamon, or amber scent. Or maybe something with a gourmand accord note.
Here are some body wash options I’d consider for this combo:
Olay - Sugar & Cocoa Butter
Philosophy - Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere
Bath and Body Works - Christmas Cookies
Caress - Shea Butter & Brown Sugar
⭒˚Next up is a scrub. I’d look for something with similar notes, but not exactly the same. Maybe this time something to represent the banana or sweetness of a crepe. If you can find a matching scrub, that works too– but I personally like to mix and match to really make my own scent.
Here are some body scrub options I’d consider for this combo:
Soap & Glory - Smoothie Star Breakfast Scrub
Dove - Crushed Macadamia & Rice Milk
Dove - Hot Cocoa Swirl
!! : Body wash and scrubs are pretty forgiving. Remember, you don't have to stick to strict fragrance notes to pull off a scent combo– venture out! Pair whatever you think might smell good together. Smell is subjective :)
⭒˚Next is a body moisturizer of some kind. This can be a body cream, lotion, body butter, or even body oil (though I’m not too well versed in body oils). Since we have the basics covered, now I can either double up on some notes or introduce new notes like whipped cream, vanilla, chocolate fudge, etc.
Here are some moisturizer options I’d consider for this combo:
Kwailnara - Banana Milk
Being Frenshe - Moon Milk
Bodycology - Whipped Vanilla
⭒˚Moving on to fragrance oil. Again, doubling up or introducing new notes.
Here are some fragrance oil options I’d consider for this combo:
Al-rehab - Choco Musk Roll On Oil
H&M - Choc
Sugar Milk - Banana Pudding
⭒˚Almost done! Let’s pick a body spray.
Here are some body spray options I’d consider for this combo:
Dirty Soul Soap Co. - Banana Milk Pie
Body Fantasies Signature - Vanilla
Bath and Body Works - Hot Cocoa & Cream
⭒˚Last but certainly not least, perfume!! Finally….
Here are some perfume options I’d consider for this combo:
Sabrina Carpenter - Sweet Tooth
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Banane
Ariana Grande - Vanilla Suede
Phew!!!! I don't know about you people but my mental nose is completely blind at the moment. So many scents to choose from! Again, don’t feel confined to making sure every product has a certain fragrance note– it's pretty impossible. Play around with different scents: spray perfumes over each other and test them out. Mix body washes if you want! Who cares? Your next favorite body scent might just be two separate scents that were never meant to go together, and you’ll be the only one wearing it <3
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