When testing perfume, it is best to spray the perfume on your wrist or perfume test paper first, and then smell it after the perfume dries. Generally speaking, it takes about three minutes from opening the bottle to testing the perfume. Most perfumes are designed into a pyramid-shaped perfume structure, with three fragrance stages: top note (top flavor), middle note (middle flavor) and base note (base flavor) to show a rhythmic sense of rise, development, transition and conclusion.
Top note (top flavor): After about ten minutes of spraying the perfume on the skin, a covered fragrance will be produced. At first, there will be a feeling that the fragrance and the highly volatile alcohol are slightly mixed together.
Middle note (middle flavor): The fragrance that comes after about ten minutes after the top flavor. The smell of alcohol disappears. The fragrance at this time is the original smell of the perfume.
Base note (base flavor): The fragrance that will appear about thirty minutes after the perfume is sprayed is the best fragrance to express personality. This fragrance will mix the comprehensive smell produced by personal skin and body odor. In addition, when testing perfume, you can also spray the perfume in the air, and then use your hands to pick up the smell to smell it near your nose. At this time, the middle and base flavors are directly presented, which is the main tone of the perfume.
Of course, not all perfumes follow the structure of top, middle and base notes. There is a type of perfume that has the same scent from beginning to end, and the overall smell does not change much. This type of perfume is called "linear perfume". Linear perfume is not a mainstream product, suitable for people who do not like the change of scent and are simply in love with a certain scent.
In addition, it is best not to try perfume when hungry, as this will make you feel sick of the scent; in addition, you should try the second scent only after you are sure you know the first one, and do not smell it back and forth between the two.