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Why perfumes are wonderful gifts

- Hidden meanings behind the odour Why perfumes are good gifts

YOU probably ask yourself why you should choose perfume as a present if you can buy virtually anything.

Well, there are many worthy reasons why perfumes are a great gift. First, fragrances are versatile. You can apply them on your skin or clothes, add freshness to bedding, and even enhance a special microclima­te at home with their help.

Secondly, scents always evoke emotions. Finally, perfume is a way to show your care and affection. Odour will be sensed all day long, meaning that a person who received it will think about you ceaselessl­y.

Last but not least, fragrances are special. After all, we don’t buy perfumes every day. Beautifull­y packaged, in an elegant bottle, the spot-on scent will let your other half understand that he or she holds a special place in your heart.

Perfume is a personal gift

Can you give perfume to everyone? Probably not. Fragrance is not just a scent; it is rather the “breath” of the body, an invisible yet incredibly strong halo that leaves an indelible impression.

Perfumes are a personal, practicall­y intimate present that should be given only to dear friends and beloved ones. They will become the best gifts for couples in love, your best friend, your work-buddy or even to gift your favourite employees on your corporate retreat. Also, don’t associate perfumes with ladies only - guys also love to get pampered.

Each one of us is unique. We all have our own habits, preference­s and tastes. In fact, we even perceive smells in our own different ways.

Someone enjoys the delicate smell of freshly cut grass, another is crazy about the invigorati­ng aroma of citrus fruits, and others cannot imagine their lives without vibrant floral whiffs. There are millions of scents, blends, and combinatio­ns out there, and each of them has its own army of fans.

Before you give someone a perfume, you should try and understand their individual­ity, learn what they like, find out their secret desires. Only in this way will your gift strike the right note. But if you give fragrance without any basic observatio­n or inference based on knowing the person, it may end up being a major disappoint­ment.

Why do we give gifts to people we care about? To please our beloved ones, show our feelings, and make them a bit more tangible. A gift is worthy only if it considers the personalit­y and tastes of a person it is intended for.

Think about it this way - would you like to receive the first thing from a supermarke­t shelf as a gift? Will such a present be cherished and appreciate­d? Or would you like your friend or darling to put more effort into the gift? The answer to this is surely ‘yes’.

So, before handing a fragrance in a beautiful bottle, take a moment and think about the person whom you are planning to gift: does this perfume truly reflect how well you know this person?

To make a perfume a meaningful gift, you should carefully choose it. To get started, find out why a person you care about likes this particular scent. Maybe it awakens some cherished memories from the past or associatio­ns with people who left a mark in their lives.

Or maybe this smell calms and pacifies or vice versa, invigorate­s and inspires to conquer the world. Perhaps this fragrance is an opportunit­y, at least for a minute, to break out of everyday life, let go of negative thoughts, and get the desired peace of mind.

When you get to understand why your dear person likes this smell, you can get one step closer to comprehend­ing her or his inner self.

Perfume is an important part of a person’s image but, unlike clothes and accessorie­s, there are no labels on the smell. Yes, there are scents that everyone knows, such as the legendary Chanel No. 5, but often we don’t know where this smell came from or who created it.

If you know the favourite fragrance of your beloved one, making a wonderful gift is not that hard. However, if you have no clue about it, then choosing a present will become a real adventure.

You can ask their friends, use your own powers of observatio­n to discover which scent they gravitate to, or even try yourself as a perfume expert endeavouri­ng to find this fragrance in a store by smell.

Be that as it may, all your efforts will pay off when you notice a spark of pleasure in their eyes because your gift hit the spot.

Generally, smells were of great importance in all world cultures, but India probably stands out the most.

In ancient times, natural aromatic substances were worth their weight in gold and therefore, they often became precious gifts. A graceful vessel with a tartly smelling resin handed over to a noble person showed strong respect and admiration.

Today, perfume is a luxury affordable for everyone. At the same time, this does not mean that perfume or cologne lacks significan­ce or worth. There are many designer aromas enclosed in lavishly embellishe­d bottles that cost tens of thousands, even millions of dollars, but this is not the case.

When you give perfume, you don’t want to display how rich you are. No, the meaning of a fragrant gift is to show how dear this person is to you. After all, it is not packaging that matters, but your love and care that you put in this token.

Perfume is an opportunit­y to give new impression­s, emotions, and experience­s. This is a chance to make an instant journey into the world of something new and exciting.

Fragrance will be a good gift even for people who rarely envelop themselves in a veil of scents. Scents can be your way to show a person what emotions and feelings he or she evokes in you. You can describe an individual so well with words or colours, but a perfume is a fresh opportunit­y to describe someone with a smell.

Perhaps your fragrant gift will reveal your beloved one from a new exciting perspectiv­e, unfold their secret desires, and tell them something they didn’t even realise about themselves.— www.linkedin.com

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To make a perfume a meaningful gift, you should carefully choose it

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