**Scents**

I'm much to serious in alot of my *posts* on the net so my goal for this blog is to be atleast 90% "Fun"...... IE Shopping and "Girlie" Stuff :)

There have been a ton of books and studies written on how different smells can elicit memories. And I think it's safe to say that most of us have experienced that.......

This alone is one of the MOST important reasons to choose the RIGHT perfume for you.....

Now PLEASE do society a favor and wear perfume (or any scent) for that matter SPARINGLY..... There is NOTHING worse than walking by someone who smells like they just left a french brothel..... :)

How do you *know* what perfume is right for you? Well it's a science...... (literally)

Base your perfume scent on your SKIN TYPE.....

Let me explain....... Each component of our skin binds the chemical makeup of the perfume differently..... and WILL release the scent differently.. Look at it this way........ If you owned a Lincoln Navigator you wouldn't follow the maintenance procedures for a Volkswagen would you?

The first step in selecting the right scent for you is to KNOW your skin type........

The second step is selecting a different scent for each season.... Now before you go and tell me just how ridiculous this is, think it through...... Your skin type CHANGES during seasons.... (atleast mine does)

Winter, my skin becomes somewhat dryer than spring/summer months.... Fall I pretty much can get away with anything because my skin is normal...... Spring Summer (Oily months) for obvious reasons.....

So I always select a scent to wear each season, actually I have a few for each season :) But that's just because I LOVE perfume ;)

Here's what works for me.......

During the Summer Months I always choose "Clean Scents" My Summer Collection looks like this....

Summer

1. Jessica McClintock

2. Liz Claiborne (The OLD Liz *Triangle Bottle)

3. Estee Lauder ~Beyond Paradise <---Evening Scent

4. Bath and Body Works ~ Japanese Cherry Blossom

5. Freesia

Fall

1. Ralph Lauren (Ralph) ~ Evening Scent

2. Ralph Lauren (Romance)

3. ALL Summer Scents (above) except Freesia

4. Moonlight Paths (Bath and Body Works) ~ Evening Scent

5. Clinique (Happy)

6. Bath and Body Works (Pumpkin Spice)

Winter

1. Kenneth Cole (Black) YUMMMMM Luv this one in the winter!

2. Calvin Klein (Obsession)

3. Vera Wang

4. JLo (Glow)

The BEST approach to picking out scents that are right for you is to start collecting scent samples...... (Macy's, Dillards, (Dept. Store's) Try to stick with CLEAN (light) scents during the summer months and move to spicy scents during the fall and winter months.