How do you find your signature scent?

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I really want to find a perfume I adore. I have no idea of starting point for this though. I’m assuming there are companies that provide a service where you can sniff a load of samples or something and figure out the notes that you like and go from there. If there are does anyone have any recommendations?

I smelled mine in Rome then sniffed and tested my way round the perfume department in a local store. Found it, loved it, side it constantly for fifteen years. Then it was discontinued about five years ago but I have a few bottles put aside. I have another scent as a backup when the original runs dry.

...wore it constantly...

I like having a variety of perfumes and wouldn't want a signature one as I prefer to wear one that suits my mood

I would sniff as many as possible and get little testers of the ones you like most. The testers are really important because you can wear them all day - perfumes can smell very different on different people. There are so many which smell great in the bottle but smell sugary and cloying on my skin! Or else they start off smelling great and then kind of morph into something much less appealing.

I wouldn't aim for a "signature" scent, but for 2 or 3 or 4 that you reliably like. My absolute favourite is Chanel No. 5, but it's nice to vary things sometimes. So I often wear Gucci Guilty in winter, or Chanel Chance in summer, or Coach New York in spring. It depends what you're in the mood for.

Eau de Gucci from the 80s in the blue tin? Or the later one?
I've got a blue tin that I keep locked in my perfume memory wardrobe.

I collect perfumes, particularly vintage and while I have no idea how many in total I've got, it's probably around 400. 😳

But Chanel 19 is the One.

And bizarrely it became the one when my flatmate was wearing it, not me.

I have two bottles of the blue one and two bottles of the pink one (later one). I prefer the original but it’s easier to find the pink one.

I think it's nice that it changes too
I recently repurchased DKNY woman and Versace woman, one sniff and I am straight back at Uni! Still love them both

Love clean reserve skin for day as its such a skin scent it's inoffensive but for a night out I wouldn't pick it. What I wear after a shower and for bed is different too

Life's too short to wear one perfume!

I would love to have one perfume for every season. 4 perfumes that I really love. Instead I'm trying to work my way through all the perfumes I have that I don't really like & I refuse to buy anymore until they're all gone. It's very stressful 😅