Why and how to layer and mix your fragrances.
I have got so many fragrances.
You might be able to see some of them behind me.
These are my, like my heavy rotation, ones that I'm wearing day to day.
But I have so many more in my office and this is just one way to wear
them, just really by themselves.
But there are other ways that I'm gonna talk about in this video.
And it's all about layering and mixing, and there are certain things
you can do in order to really sort of fortify a fragrance, to mix it
up, to make it a bit more bespoke and some key tips and tricks in order to
get the most from your fragrances.
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Okay, so why should you be mixing or layering your fragrances?
Well, why not?
You don't have to, you can do as you like.
But if you are layering and mixing, you're creating something new, you're bringing
maybe new life to an old fragrance that's maybe just been sat on a shelf.
You're adding something else in which can really fortify and highlight key notes.
Things like, maybe some florals or some citruses.
You can really sort of bring something to life again.
Also in a world where so many people have the same fragrance,
mixing it is just gonna give you a little something different.
Now, there are several ways that you can be mixing.
You could be mixing and layering, I should say.
You can layer with body oils, shower oils, shower gels.
Some of my favorites are like Jo Malone has got a fantastic shower oil.
It's really heavy.
You just need the tiniest bit, get it onto your skin, wash, wash, wash,
and then you've already created that base layer of a fragrance
to then build on your fragrance.
You can also do it with like body butters, body moisturizers, anything with a scent,
but the best I think, and the easiest way to layer is with your fragrance.
The best and easiest way to do this, there's lots of best and easy in this, is
to always spray the heaviest scent first.
So the heaviest one that really sort of dominates.
So you're gonna be thinking things like ouds, leathers, woody scents,
anything which has got that really quite heavy basey base.
Now, if you are looking for fragrances, if you head to ManForHimself.com, which
is my website, then on fragrance, you can sort by different types of fragrance.
You've got things like fresh.
When you're thinking fresh, you're thinking more of those maybe citruses,
so bergamot, mandarin, orange.
It's like a fruit bowl here.
Or you might even be thinking of florals.
So florals like, you have, sort of some of those more sort of herbacious
ones, like maybe like lavenders, which kind of straddles a little bit.
You've also got things like rose.
A lot of people maybe think that rose is too whimsical.
I have a little pairing here, which I absolutely love and I think you will too.
So I'm gonna tell you kinda how you can do those and then sort
of like spicy sort of scents.
So there's, there's so many ways of doing this.
Now, some of my favorite combinations, I would say, have a look at your
fragrances and see what you can mix.
There's there's no right or wrong with this.
It's like sort of cocktail making.
You can just try something.
One that I did do when I was in New York, which was just the other week and I put it
on my Instagram as a reel and I also put it on TikTok was this: Dolce and Gabbana
Velvet Incenso with Ostens, I get the name, always wrong, Impression rose Oil.
Now, Impression Rose Oil is a Turkish rose.
It's got a slight spice to it, but it's really quite dewy.
So it's dewy and fresh.
A lot of people might think rose, it's just, it's too mumsy.
You know, it doesn't have enough heart, but this is a gorgeous scent.
But in layering this on top of, I should say, put this one on last,
layering this over this Velvet Incenso, which is really quite a
heavy, quite a strong smokey incense.
Sometimes I think almost too much by itself, but taking the smokey incense
on first, just a couple of sprays onto my wrist, behind my ears and
then putting on top the Ostens Rose, you're basically taking this really
beautiful, quite delicate rose and sticking on this, smokey, incense cloak.
And it's just the most gorgeous.
And I'll tell you, no one else will have that.
Another pairing that I love to do and these are both by Guerlain.
Guerlain – gorgeous, gorgeous brand.
Pretty pricey, but very much worth it if you've got the cash to splash.
Um, Spiritueuse Double Vanille or Double Vanille, plus their Rose Cherie.
This rose is just beautiful.
Again by itself, quite a skin scent, quite a nuzzler, gorgeous.
But taking the, the sweetness of this one, you're getting, it's almost like a really
refined dessert and not a sickly sweet dessert, but something that they might
even just serve in a tiny little spoon and you take it right back and then you think,
oh, I could really eat far more of that.
It's just beautiful.
Let me give you one more pairing.
Carolina Herrera Gold Myrrh Absolute.
Again, quite heavy.
Actually quite sweet, but I think gorgeous.
This is the kind of, fragrance that I would wear more evening.
Evening, or if I'm really wanting to impress and then
putting something a lot lighter.
So Neroli, um, Neroli, a sort of orange scent, really quite light and bright.
This one's by Sunspel.
Beautiful in summer, you might sort of have this sort of by the pool.
You want something just very easy going, but taking the weight of this
and this on top, you're elevating it and you're really bringing some new life.
So what could be a sort of quite heavy wintery scent, you're pulling
all the way up and maybe making it more like a sort of summer evening.
So, there you go.
Lots of different pairings are mixing.
If you like to mix your fragrance, let me know some of your favorite combinations,
it's certainly things that I would try.
But don't be shy.
Don't be scared to try things out.
The key thing is start with that heavier one as a base onto your
skin, and then put on your new one.
You don't need to be mixing and rubbing, just let them dry together.
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