Occasions and etiquette
How to avoid overpowering perfume at work
To avoid overpowering perfume at work, follow policy, use a familiar restrained application and avoid automatic top-ups. Your own fading awareness is not a reliable measure of what colleagues notice.
A HUME Fragrance buying guide
Change the routine first
Apply away from the workplace and keep unfamiliar products for suitable off-duty trials. Switching scent families alone may not reduce presence.
Assess without creating a burden
A willing person's feedback outside work can help describe presence. Do not repeatedly ask coworkers to smell you during the day.
Act on concerns
If someone is uncomfortable, reduce or skip fragrance. Do not add a second product to cover the first or argue that fresh notes must be unobtrusive.
Try this before you buy
Remove desk-side reapplication from your routine and review whether fragrance is permitted at all.