Choosing a Wedding Perfume Scent
July 9, 2010
Find a special wedding fragrance
You’ve got the dress, the shoes and the accessories, now it’s time to think about your wedding perfume!
A wedding perfume should be a scent that you love, but that’s also special. It could be that you’ve already got a particular perfume that you’re very fond of, but don’t often wear, or perhaps your fiancé has previously bought you a special perfume to mark an anniversary or occasion.
Choose a Special Wedding Perfume
Even if you have an existing signature scent, that you wear every day, it’s nice to have something different to mark your wedding day. It will be a scent that you always come to associate with your wedding and something you can wear again on special occasions to evoke memories of your marriage ceremony.
Traditional Perfume
Some women like to choose the perfume that their mum or grandmother wore on their wedding day and you could even use it as your ‘something borrowed’ or ‘something old’, if you’re following the folklore wedding traditions. Classic favourites like Chanel No. 5 are still as popular today as they were years ago and it’s nice to carry on traditions by choosing the same perfume that another close family member enjoyed.
Complementary Perfume
If you’re having a bouquet of flowers to carry down the aisle, then look for perfumes that complement the floral scents, such as those containing rose, lily, iris or jasmine. Also think about how you could layer your perfume, for the best, long-lasting effect. Look for products that have matching body lotions or shower gels, so that you can maximise the scent.
Shopping for Bridal Perfume
Have a look for a bridal perfume well in advance of your wedding and take time to browse the different scents available. It’s a good idea to either get some small sample sprays from the perfume counters of shops, or have the sprayed onto different cards, so you can keep sniffing them as the perfume changes. It may smell unpleasant when it’s first out of the bottle, but then turn into a lovely delicate long-lasting fragrance, or have the opposite effect.
It’s also good to have the option of trying both a sample and sniffing the cardboard testers, as perfumes can smell very different when worn, as opposed to being in the bottle or on a piece of cardboard.
Take time to savour the different scents and find the perfume that’s right for you. It will be a fragrance that you’ll forever associate with your big day.