Cheap Perfume Versus Perfume Cheap

You can walk into the dollar store, pick up a bottle of perfume, and buy it for a dollar. That’s cheap perfume – and it’s going to smell like cheap perfume. (Yes, guys, there is a difference!) You can go to the drugstore and pick up a bottle of the newer fruit scents or flower scents and pay a little more for them. Again, that’s cheap perfume. But no one wants to pay over a hundred dollars for a tiny bottle of Chanel No. 5, even though it smells wonderful. But here are where you can use some tricks to find perfume cheap. First, find the perfume you REALLY like. Not the one you like in the store, but the one you put on and three hours later it still smells good. Perfumes are a chronological work of art: what you smell when you first apply it is different from what you smell ten minutes later, an hour later, or three hours later. Just because it smells good in the store doesn’t mean it’s going to smell good on you later. After you find the perfume you really like, you can search for a cheap generic equivalent. Look up the perfume online, and search for its description. Woodsy and light? Reminiscent of the ocean? Write down these notes and look for these characteristics when you’re finding a similar generic – don’t trust the “if you like Halston, you’ll like Deadwood” descriptions on the box.

They’re often close, but can be misleading. If you don’t want to go generic, you can look for a lighter version of the perfume you like. Light versions are often cheap because they don’t have as much of the perfume oil in them. Cheap versions of your perfume are generally going to be eau de cologne or eau de toilette. Alternately, you can use layering: buy a body lotion in your scent and a powder, and layer them under a light spritz of eau de toilette. This way, you can smell very expensive – for a very cheap amount of money. Cheap perfume that doesn’t smell cheap may take time to discover. Be patient, and always get a second opinion from a friend who won’t lie to spare your feelings.