If you don’t like any commercial perfumes, make your own. That’s probably the best thing to do rather than get frustrated from spending hours and hours smelling perfumes in department stores and speciality shops. Also, you might end up creating a scent that is cheaper yet richer and more perfect for your body.
When making your own scents, you should always remember that perfumes have three basic structures or layers, namely: the base notes, heart or middle notes and top notes. Top notes are the first smell that you’ll notice and it is also the first one to evaporate.
Top notes handle the first impressions. It creates the mood and the one that immediately captivates. Meanwhile, the heart notes or otherwise known as the middle or coeur notes. These scents appear later and last longer. They give character to the perfume. The final layer is the base notes which lasts the longest. They slowly come out blending with both the heart note and the top note.
Make certain that you dont put natural essential oils and absolutes as top notes. They are basically complex compounds that sometimes already contain middle notes and even top notes...