How to Choose a Perfume as a Gift? The Investigation Guide and Best Tips

1. You Know the Name of Their Perfume

If you know the name of their perfume, it will be easy to please them. You can surprise them by offering a larger size, a different concentration, or body products they might not buy for themselves (cream, shower gel).

Surprise with Another Concentration or a “Parenthesis Perfume”

• Change of Concentration: The scents between an eau de toilette and an eau de parfum can be really different, even if the name remains the same (the perfumer re-orchestrates the perfume accord). Find out about their preferred concentration.
• The Getaway Gift: Offer a different fragrance for summer, or for the weekend, called a “parenthesis perfume”.

To find out the name of the perfume the person loves, you can ask a close relative, or discreetly check the bathroom to find the name. If the person has a collection, look at which one has been used the most!

Body Products and Gift Sets

As another beautiful gift idea, you can offer the body cream, lotion, or luxury soaps in the same fragrance. For a man, choose the aftershave, after-shave balm, or shower gel. Gift sets composed of several products make a lovely present.

2. You Don’t Know the Name of Their Perfume

In case you ignore the name of the person’s perfume, you might want them to change their fragrance, or you may wish to surprise them with a bold choice.

Knowing How to Put Your Personal Tastes Aside

The rule is not to project our personal tastes into the choice of a gift. Indeed, everyone has their own olfactory register. What seduces you (fresh, woody, floral notes) may not necessarily please the person you want to delight.

Often, we observe that some want to offer a perfume they particularly appreciate because it reminds them of a loved one. This approach must absolutely be avoided.

3. Four Ideas and Tips to Be Sure to Please

Four approaches are possible to please with certainty with perfume:

1. The Safety Sample: Offer the perfume gift accompanied by a sample, so it can be tested before opening the box (see Testing a perfume). If the sample doesn’t please, the bottle can be returned.
2. The Exchange Voucher: Offer the perfume accompanied by an exchange voucher from the store, without the price displayed, so the person can make another choice if necessary.
3. The “Parenthesis” Perfume: Opt for a fresh and neutral perfume (fresh fragrance like an Eau de Cologne), easy to wear in summer or on weekends. It is an additional perfume that does not compete with the “identity” perfume the person usually wears. (Examples: Dovana from Delacourte Paris is in this spirit).
4. Ambiance: To take fewer risks, turn to a linen spray, a home fragrance, or even a candle, which are always appreciated gifts.

4. Which Occasion for Which Perfume?

A Perfume for Mother’s Day

The first celebrations in honor of mothers took place as early as ancient Greece (ceremonies of Rhea). Today, mothers are celebrated in spring, the season of renewal. For this occasion, offering a perfume is a delicate attention.

Mother’s Day taking place in May, perfumes with floral notes (around orange blossom for example) are perfect, like Osiris, a delicious and enchanting orange blossom nectar.

A Perfume for Father’s Day

For a Father’s Day gift, two strategies are available to you:

1. Loyalty: If you know his favorite perfume, offer him a larger size, an eau de parfum version, or body products (aftershave, soap).
2. Discovery: If he likes to change, ask for advice to find a fragrance in his olfactory register. At Delacourte Paris, here is a more masculine or mixed option like Valkyrie.

A Perfume for a Birthday

For a birthday, play it safe or go for a surprise:

1. The signature perfume (safe bet).
2. The parenthesis perfume (fresh, for the weekend) with a sample on the side.
3. The scented candle: a perfect symbolic gift with its flame referencing the birthday cake.