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smellsgood2014-03-30 08:55 pm
lunabee34) wrote in smellsgood2014-03-30 08:55 pm
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Coordinating Perfume with Body Care Products
I have made my first BPAL purchase! Thank you to everyone who gave me excellent suggestions.
As I wait for my imps to arrive, it suddenly occurs to me that I have been satisfying most of my smell pretty needs with soap, bath gel, and lotion. When I start testing out imps, best case scenario is that my body care products complement the new perfumes. Worst case scenario, I start smelling like the Yankee candle end of the mall.
So what do y'all do?
1. Do you "match" your body care products to your perfume? Or coordinate them to complement in some way? If so, what have you found that works for you?
2. Do you go the unscented, most neutral route so that only your perfume shines through? If so, what have you found that works for you?
3. To what extreme to you take it if you don't like other scents interfering with your perfume? Unscented laundry detergent? Etc?
As I wait for my imps to arrive, it suddenly occurs to me that I have been satisfying most of my smell pretty needs with soap, bath gel, and lotion. When I start testing out imps, best case scenario is that my body care products complement the new perfumes. Worst case scenario, I start smelling like the Yankee candle end of the mall.
So what do y'all do?
1. Do you "match" your body care products to your perfume? Or coordinate them to complement in some way? If so, what have you found that works for you?
2. Do you go the unscented, most neutral route so that only your perfume shines through? If so, what have you found that works for you?
3. To what extreme to you take it if you don't like other scents interfering with your perfume? Unscented laundry detergent? Etc?
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The short answer is: I personally definitely go for unscented everything-not-perfume, and this includes not using dryer sheets at all because finding unscented ones is more work than I like.
Longer answer is that I actually don't like most scents-tacked-onto-others things (like dryer sheets or soap or lotion); not only is there that problem of "smelling like the Yankee candle end of the mall" (perfect description, btw!) even without a perfume added into the mix, but if my sinuses are acting up, the last thing I want is scent, especially the way that "add-on" scents smell to me. (Not to mention that I've gotten rather more worried about setting off other people's allergies in recent years, so now almost the only time I wear perfume is when I'm at home, because I do like to wear enough of it that I can smell it on me or there's no point!) There is this common note under a lot of the add-on scents in lotions or soaps and other washing products whether for bodies or clothing, that really bothers my nose and even when I'm not sick smells very unpleasant to me.
So, even when it's not about the perfume, I love unscented products!
The one product that I would recommend most broadly in the unscented-stuff line is First Aid Beauty's Ultra Repair Cream. They seem to have gone out of their way to be safe for sensitive skin and otherwise gentle and healing; I have yet to dislike any of their products that I've tried, actually, including their body wash.
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I don't have the same issues with scented lotions as you do, but I definitely don't want to wear too many scents. And my husband has lots of issues with scented products, so we're always looking for good unscented products for him.
I probably will start out completely neutral so that only the perfume shine through and then experiment with layering some of the bath gels and lotions I already have.
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It's funny you should mention your husband looking for scentless stuff--- because I was going to talk about The Art of Shaving's unscented line and how much I love it, except that it drifted into a rant about how much I hate their "for women" line. (The last time I looked, the stuff they have that they market as being "specifically for women" was basically "we are putting rose-smelling-something in stuff that is otherwise the same as what we market to men and then putting it in a pink jar and then charging you more for it". As you may have guessed, I am... not amused by this, what with the whole "not wanting my other products to have scent in the first place" thing. Especially since I don't like the color pink either!) But their unscented stuff is really wonderful! (Except that you can make the same pre-shave oil by mixing equal parts castor oil and olive oil, for much cheaper, lol.)
Have fun experimenting! Neutral sounds like definitely a good way to go for finding out what scents you like for themselves, though of course with the layering different things may turn out awesome.
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My husband uses Cetaphil and Aquaphor and those kinds of lotions.
I have always been interested in the art of shaving stuff but have only seen it online and never in person to smell, etc. So that's good to know.
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And also, you've returned the favor, because Dreft sounds awesome for me as well in the sensitive-skin-and-nose line! Thanks!
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