Every year 45% of Americans make at least one New Year’s Resolution. Studies show that most are broken within six weeks. That’s because many are made without passion based on unrealistic expectations and are too expensive to keep
Perfume IS passion, part of your daily beauty regimen, and available at many price points. Here are five perfume resolutions for 2023 our editors think you won’t break and will take you into 2024.
Use fragrance to travel without leaving home: Take a tour of the “City of Lights and Romance “with just one spritz. Yves Saint Laurent’s vision was to pay tribute to Paris. This city embraced him and its women, whom he admired so much, by creating a nostalgic – yet joyful – fragrance based on roses all warmed up by sandalwood, amber, and musk. Just like Paris and the Parisiennes, the scent is at the same time modern and romantic, bold and tender, sensual and sophisticated, dynamic and sentimental. A romantic tour of the City of Lights in a bottle.
If your favorite perfume is a tried-and-true favorite, branch out and explore something new: Not a fan of sweet scents? Try Juliette Has A Gun Vanilla Vibes, which balances what could be sugary with sea salt. Not plain old vanilla here; a mineral quality adds something very different.
Use Scent as a Mood Booster: Ingredients matter! Lavender helps lower blood pressure, calm the nervous system, and even improve you state of mind. A favorite of Dua Lipo. Libre by Yves St. Laurent is one of the best moods boosting perfumes you can buy because it also has a good amount of citrus which is known to help anxiety. The bright burst of oranges and lemon at the opening blend with aromatic lavender for a fresh, uplifting effect, accompanied by a hint of toasted sugar and white petals of Libre’s floral heart.
Throwaway gender classifications: Are spices for guys and vanilla for women? Not in 2023! Although the brand advertises OOJAN Royal Essence as a “masculine fragrance,” with its sweet vanilla, tonka bean note and cinnamon it’s a gender-fluid fragrance sprinkling honey with cinnamon on powdery florals and touched by a light musk.
Spray it Forward: If you love fragrance, tell your friends about the thousands of perfumes on FragranceX. If they don’t know where to start send them our article on how to find their signature scent.
Fragrance advice and recommendations from Perfumista. Perfumista offers fragrance guides published often for every season and occasion, and well as extensive knowledge in the fragrance industry.
