Perfume for Cold or Rainy Day
The question that's on top of every woman's mind in the morning - `What do I wear today?' - extends beyond clothes, especially when it's raining outside. Buying the right fragrance for rainy days makes all the difference between smelling like a goddess or a wet rag. Says Kanchan Mistry, trainer, Inter Parfum, "Experiment with lighter spicy notes in the monsoon. Scents with cinnamon and spice undertones are warming but not overly heavy, making them perfect for wetter days."
The soft floral (or aldehydic floral) and classical floral of the summer also give way to the chypre and oriental compositions during the colder months. Both chypres and orientals are comprised of notes that can give a warm sensation, such as the dry heat of patchouli in the former or the sensual richness of spices and resins in the latter. In contrast to the delicate, dewy notes of soft floral like Robert Piguet Baghari and fresh florals like Marc Jacobs Blush, the flowers blooming in the hearts of oriental fragrances are opulent and sweet—rose, jasmine, carnation, narcissus. The iris that forms the link between the middle and base notes of many chypre perfumes is more of a wood than a flower—hefty, silky and rich. What might appear as too heavy and smothering in the heat instead works like a cashmere wrap in the cold.
TOP - Bergamot, mandarin orange, white flower
MIDDLE - Iris, cardamom, cinnamon, ylang-ylang
BASE - Musk, sandalwood, patchouli, amber
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Source : idiva.com, boisdejasmin.com
