Layering a scent with another is a quick route to give you a personalised perfume. Layering has gained popularity over the last decade with perfume lovers and it is one of the most popular ways to use perfumes in the Middle East.
The key thing to be aware of when you are trying out scents to layer, is the complexity of the perfume. There are some immensely intricate fragrances out there, and although these may be beautiful alone, they may be trickier to layer. A Chanel No 5 might be heavenly alone, but when layered with Guerlain’s Mitsouko creates a complicated fragrance cocktail.
You want to look for minimalistic fragrances with uncomplicated scent and ingredient formulae that aren’t too long. You can also look for scents with overlapping ingredients, two fragrances that use jasmine as a main note, for example. Try not to go for anything too complex, you could start by finding a nice soliflore, or a single-note fragrance, and layer it with another scent that has that ingredient in common.
Our favourite way to layer is to find fragrances on opposite ends of the fragrance wheel – just as with colours – these will often pair beautifully. Mixing a light citrus scent with the right woody fragrance might result in something utterly irresistible. Our Essentials collection – minimalist fragrances that celebrate the simple complexity of ingredients – were designed to be blended together and make for perfect layering pairs when combining an Essential from the TOP category (fresh scent) with another Essential with a BASE category (deep scent).
Layering can be done at any point of application, whether you begin with a scented body lotion that’ll compliment your perfume, spray one on top of the other (always begin with the heavier scent when doing this), or spray one on your neck, one on your hair and notice them mingle through the day. Whichever way you prefer, will lead you to your personalised fragrance.