The Scent of a Bride: Choosing your Wedding Day Fragrance

There are literally hundreds of perfumes to choose from to wear on your wedding day. With so many choices, how does a bride make her selection?

Does a bride base her wedding day perfume on her personality, a certain memory, or the mood she wants to create on the big day? 

I searched and searched for such fragrances from around the world that would speak to every woman. Whether she is shy and fun-loving, flirtatious, bold and out spoken, or classy and confident. These fragrances are unlike anything you have ever experienced because each scent has captured the depth and essence of being a woman.

The Flower Lover

• A la rose by Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris - À la rose is an ode to femininity, a declaration of love captured in a fragrance.
• Rose Privee by L’Artisan Parfumeur Paris - A floral fragrance of striking beauty, Rose Privée interprets the rare and iconic May Rose in a contemporary way.
• Ma Plus Belle Histoire d'Amour by DHS Perfumes - An elegant ozone, floral-floral modern, yet timeless and truly lovely.

The Seductress

• Sublime Balkiss by The Different Company - The essence of seduction in a chypre with a lively, modern composition, Sublime Balkiss is Fascinating, elusive and moving.
• Vespers by Rouge Bunny Rouge - Imagine an enduring embrace that ensures a lasting beauty to this supremely feminine and carelessly elegant elixir.
• Skin on Skin by L’Artisan Parfumeur Paris - Skin on Skin awakens our animalistic instincts - to touch, to get closer, to smell.

When I was a little girl I remember my mother having bottles of perfumes in clear glass containers on the top of her dresser. The perfumes were always fascinating to me because she placed them on a glass mirror, which was very delicate and special.

This was the beginning of my love affair with perfumes. Fields of flowers, exotic spices, a summer breeze or distant memories of sights and smells of a far away land. These are the components that comprise the low, top and middle notes that make a fragrance memorable and lasting.

Innocence

• Pure eVe by The Different Company - A perfume as soft and elegant as a Seersucker shirt or a little black dress.
• Centerpiece by 4160 Tuesdays London - 
• Iris Prima by Penhaligon's London - Effortlessly elegant and faintly melancholy, Iris Prima offers a fascinating glimpse into the secluded yet magical world of the ballet.

The Lover

• Oud For Love by The Different Company - Sensual and bewitching, Oud For Love transcends the desire to sublimate the pleasure.
• Amour Nocturne by L’Artisan Parfumeur Paris - An explosion of love, beyond time and place.
• Premier Figuier by L’Artisan Parfumeur Paris - Imagine lying beneath a fig tree in the South of France; the air is hot, the scent of green leaves, sap, stalks, woods, sticky fruit. This is Premier Figuier. 

Bold & Daring

• Winterlewd by Rebel Intuitive - A call to the unknown and beauty found in the strange, the heart of this pure perfume 
• Black Rosette by Strange Invisible - essences of rose and Moroccan spearmint cling to the menacing aroma of leather
• Rome 1963 by 4160 Tuesdays London - smooth, white flowers with dry crisp woods and a touch of tobacco

Elegant and Charming

• Une Nuit Magnetique by The Different Company - A skin-deep sensuality to celebrate the mysteries of the night, this pleasant weightlessness where senses are awakened. 
• Lilt by Rouge Bunny Rouge -  This hypnotic vapour, with charms so irresistibly unpretentious you’re compelled to follow, cleverly deceives with a sweet-smelling trail that’s not exactly what it seems.
• Empressa by Penhaligon's London - Discover the beauty and nacrescence of pearls, precious silks and fine fabrics transported through London to adorn women of power and influence.

The same wonder and fascination that captured my love of scents is how I approach deciding which perfumes should be worn by brides across the country. A memory that a bride has of her fiancé brings her five dozen roses, or a hand-written love letter she receives while she is on a business trip, can all be captured in a scent and evoke a flood of emotions by simply wearing a special fragrance.

Instead of selecting a perfume that every woman can purchase with a quick trip to the mall, be more intentional and take as much time and care as you would selecting your wedding dress. The second your soon-to-be husband places warm kisses on your neck, he will forever be under your spell, and he will want every part of you from that moment into eternity.

With Love,
Samala