Pick the Best Scent For You At This Instagram-Worthy Store

Finding good perfumes can be challenging, especially if the price tag is one of your important considerations. Fortunately, these bottles of good-smelling stuff from local company Scentsmith Perfumery cost P1,198 each. That's about a fifth of the cost of the least expensive designer perfume.

To be exact, that's the price for a 100 ml bottle of perfume-grade potion, so you're getting a lot of quality stuff. Remember that there is a scale of potency when it comes to scents, from eau de cologne (two to four percent of perfume oil) to eau de toilette (five to 15 percent) to eau de parfum (15 to 20 percent) to perfume (20 to 30 percent). 

The more concentrated the dosage, the more the magic lasts. Your citrus-y cologne, for example, lingers for around two hours and thus will require repeated application, while a perfume lives on the skin, they say, for an entire day.

 

Scentsmith only makes eau de perfumes, and a wear test of one of its intriguing compounds, the pink pepper leather, proves just how potent these can be. Despite a punishing workout that transformed the body into a puddle of sweat, the dusky scent persisted. The following day, a hint of the perfume was still picked up in the car, the scene where a pump's worth of pink pepper was deployed onto the chest. 

There are 21 perfumes to choose from, with eight mixes for men, eight for women, and five that can be shared by both. For men who prefer something beyond the usual, try the pink pepper leather or the saffron oud. There's also the bergamo patchouli, a gift for the daring woman, and the pepper guaiacwood for an adventurous couple. 

As its name imples, Scentsmith hand-blends its own perfumes in store. Your scent is only prepared after you've chosen from the menu (tip: men's start with the number two) sort of like how restaurants prepare dishes a la minute. And you can watch the entire process through the clear glass that divides the mini-lab from the Pinterest-approved shop space. 

Good to know: These are made without the bad juju of parabens, SLES, phthalates, mineral oils, petroleum, paraffins, and DEA, and are are housed in amber-hued bottles that protect the scents from light. They'll include your name on the label, too, which will be handy for gifting.

Speaking of gifts, if you're looking for more perfumed choices, Scentsmith offers products for the body, hair, and home such as body oils, shampoos, humidifier oils, candles, and loo drops, all of which are under a P1,000.

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Scentsmith Perfumery is located at 2/F Greenbelt 5, Ayala Center, Makati City. 

This story originally appeared on Esquiremag.ph.

*Minor edits have been made by the SmartParenting.com.ph editors.