Womens_Health_Australia_December_2016

Clueless about how to buy

the perfect scent for someone

special? Take our quiz to

hittherightnote

Ashleigh Austen & Jessica Chia

EAU

YEAH!

SHE’S MOST

LIKELY TO SIP ON...

A

ADOUBLESHOTLATTE

TRYByredo Bal D’Afrique EDP, $167

@mecca, a clash of woods and spices

merged with refined floral essences

as strong as her caffeine hit.

B

AMIMOSA

TRYMoschino Fresh EDT, $125, with

bergamot and ylang ylang at the top

and raspberry and white peony at the

tail. It’s a party in a bottle.

C

GREEN JUICE

TRYMiuMiuEDP,$90,floralnotesof

jasmine and rose teamed with patchouli

make this fresh with a capital F.

BUYING FOR:

YOUR BEST MATE

THE CLUE: HER

BRUNCH ORDER

Taste is intimately related to

smell, explains Dr John McGann,

an olfactory researcher and

neuroscientist at Rutgers

University. So noting your mate’s

tastepalatecantipyouoffto

what she’d like in a fragrance.

Just don’t be too literal: loving

Sriracha doesn’t mean you want

tosmelllikeit,amirite?Thetrick

is to pick up on the subtle

similarities, like the perfume’s

complexity or the attitude it

projects, says Malle.

We’ve all been on the

receivingendofagift

that missed the mark

(we’relookingatyou,

talcum powder pack).

“Selectingafragrance

for someone else can

be challenging,” says

perfumer Frédéric Malle.

“It’s quite personal.”

Still, we keep trying.

Globally,wespend

around US$30 billion

ayearonfragrances.

Andasizeablechunk

of that is splurged on

last-minute gifts in the

run-up to Christmas.

Tostackyouroddsof

pickingtherightpressie,

we’ve rallied perfumers,

psychologists and

neuroscientiststodecode

anyone’s eau alter ego.

C

A

SPRITZ

& RUN

B

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