![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-a-perfume-expert-how-your-favourite-scent-could-be-making-you-smell-cheap/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/KH-OFF-PLATFORM-PERFUME-1.jpg&description=WHETHER it's the food we fancy or the perfume we pick, our sense of smell plays a vital role in deciding whether we find something attractive - or repulsive. Certain smells can trigger particular memories and emotions too, and many of us have a go-to signature scent. We find some smells incredibly alluringCredit: Getty Not every scent will be to your tasteCredit: Shutterstock But pick the wrong perfume, and you could potentially end up smelling cheap - and here's why. Know your nose There are two main issues with perfume that can cheapen the smell. Huib Maat, from Pairfum London, says: 'Typically, the reasons why a perfume smells cheap are the following... "Cheap ingredients - if the ingredient itself does not smell nice. "This could be because the ingredient is of low quality, it might be a bad natural batch or it might have expired, i.e. gone off. "Good ingredients but badly combined [could also cause an issue]. "A perfumer must combine excellent ingredients into a wonderful accord for the perfume to be pleasing to the nose. "It is similar to food or music. "If you can't play an instrument well the music that comes out of the instrument are bad, or if the ingredients are bad or cheap that go into a meal, it will never taste good." Common scent-se When choosing the right scent however, there is no 'right or wrong' and a lot of it does simply come down to personal taste. Huib says: "I personally love perfumes with high amounts of 'musks' on ladies. Musks for me are very sensuous, enveloping and intoxicating. "For men, I really enjoy 'ginger' at the moment. "It is both spicy, hot and strong on the one hand and on the other fresh and zingy. "In spring or summer when the weather is warmer, most people tend to switch to fresher perfumes, for example citrus, aquatic, floral, aromatic notes. "For autumn and winter when it gets colder, we naturally drift towards fragrances that we find warming. "For example vanilla, spices and woods." A special scent It is quite similar wh){kind=link}
WHETHER it’s the food we fancy or the perfume we pick, our sense of smell plays a vital role in deciding whether we find something attractive – or repulsive.
Certain smells can trigger particular memories and emotions too, and many of us have a go-to signature scent.
But pick the wrong perfume, and you could potentially end up smelling cheap – and here’s why.
There are two main issues with perfume that can cheapen the smell.
Huib Maat, from Pairfum London, says: “Typically, the reasons why a perfume smells cheap are the following…