HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR PERFUM, which fragrant emotions to choose? 8 tips to help you find your way in the world of perfume...

Perfumes to give as gifts, for women or men, Paris Parfums can help you in your olfactory search:

The various and varied classifications of available fragrances that can be found just about everywhere have more of a historical and professional approach, but they are a little old-fashioned and outdated, having been used for 80 years. Remember that a perfume is a moment of emotion and that the classification MEN-WOMEN only concerns beginners who are starting out with perfume.

A few years ago, Christian DIOR created a very masculine fragrance, very male, very virile in terms of communication. Yet it is one of the perfumes in the selective perfumery that contains the most flower absolutes! In India, there are some very beautiful scented roses and divine absolutes. Hindus, both men and women, naturally perfume themselves with rose-based scents, which they wear very well. Lavender is a flower that is distilled for its essence, which has been used to make perfumes for men for centuries. CQFD

It's important to remember that fragrance nuances are highly subjective. Some people find a particular fragrance sweet, while others don't find it sweet at all. Our approach is therefore more pragmatic, more profound and more sensorial, but above all more modern and anchored in 21st century life.

Perfume is like a garment; you wear it according to your mood, your need for comfort or confidence, your desire for seduction or cocooning. It's a gentle weapon that needs to be worn with discretion, and it really is the finishing touch to elegance, which can be natural or more sophisticated. Ideally, you'll need a small perfume cupboard to store them in good conditions and choose the right one when it comes to perfuming.

We've grouped fragrances into 8 major everyday families that reflect today's lifestyles.

Perfume aficionados who live in Alsace, in Mulhouse, are very surprised to discover our perfumery in Alsace without men's and women's fragrance departments. With us, everything is classified by brand, men's and women's fragrances mixed together, so there are no preconceptions. What counts for us is the emotion released by the harmony of the fragrance.

Here is our classification to help you travel through the fragrant world of the brands, click on the left on one of them to discover the associated fragrances:

1 and 2/ Basic, for everyday use or to wear a balanced fragrance, you'll choose a fresh and/or feminine PARFUM for men or women.

3/ If you like fragrances with depth, staying power and a lingering effect, go for skin fragrances, evening fragrances or secret night fragrances.

4/ If you'd like to escape quietly at home, soar into the clouds with your eyes closed or elevate yourself spiritually, select the SPIRITUAL PERFUMS category.

5/ Everyday life bores you, you dream of holidays, the sea, faraway islands, escape with our selection of WEEKEND - HOLIDAY PERFUMS, it's a bit magical!

6/ If you're looking for a basic fragrance for men or women, to be worn alone or as a duo, choose the MIXED PERFUMS for men and women. It's the temperature and acidity of your skin that will make it unique.

7/ You've tried everything and your perfumes don't stick to your skin - that's quite normal - so choose one that suits the temperature of the day, such as the PERFUM OF THE SEASON: spring and summer arrive each year with their seasonal flowers. It's an annual rebirth of nature, so make the most of it! Perfumers have recreated a real bouquet of flowers, enhanced with fragrant raw materials that underline and enhance them. You'd certainly have liked to have been offered this huge bouquet in a bottle of flowery perfume. Enjoy it, the fragrance lasts much longer...

8/ FLOWERING PERFUMS, taste and smell nature

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Finally, you should know that we only list perfume brands that have the know-how, the perfumed savoir-vivre and the absolute quest for the Holy Grail. Stay away from perfume brands that create fragrances solely for the sake of advertising and that are looking above all for the quickest possible financial return on their investment. Of course, a pretty film of perfumes is always pleasant, but the emotion is purely visual and you're missing the point: THE NOSE and the sense of smell.

A sensory fragrance is an olfactory emotion that has a direct link with the brain and its human sophistication. Only quality fragrance raw materials can bring this to you, and they must come from their favourite terroirs. The yield and olfactory quality depend on the degree of suffering of the plant and the level of humidity, not to mention the altitude! The plant draws its divine aromas from the sun in the right conditions. The plant then surpasses itself and draws on its extreme fragrant energy for lack of water. It's a plant battle against the climate, to our great delight!

The emotion of the perfume you might experience depends above all on the olfactory quality of its raw materials. Paris- Parfums selects for you perfumes made from the finest raw materials in the world. We don't sell perfumes that are too commercial, so trust our panache to find your own. Enjoy your olfactory journey on our Parisparfums.fr perfumery website, in our Mulhouse boutique or in our THANN shop.

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