Choosing for your life
Best beginner perfume for women
Choose a beginner perfume for women by the smells and occasions you enjoy, rather than assuming your first fragrance must be sweet or floral. Compare two contrasting directions and keep the one you want to wear again.
A HUME Fragrance buying guide
Leave the stereotype behind
You can prefer citrus, dry woods, green notes or soft flowers. Start with familiar smells you like and avoid using the women's label as a substitute for a scent description. Unisex choices can be part of the shortlist too.
Explore sweetness deliberately
Decide whether you enjoy dessert-like sweetness, some warmth or a drier impression. If you are unsure, compare a floral direction with a fresh or woody alternative instead of selecting several very similar sweet fragrances.
Use the later impression
A bright floral opening may develop into a warmer scent. Record whether you still enjoy it later and whether it suits the settings you visit most. You do not need to choose the option that receives the most enthusiastic review.
Try this before you buy
Choose two contrasting scent descriptions and note which words attract you in each.