The Psychology of Perfume Attraction

How emotions shape scent preferences and why we like what we like

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The reason why we like and gravitate towards certain scents more than others is not accidental. When choosing a new perfume, we may feel that we are fully in charge of the elimination process; however, there are many subconscious internal and subtle external influences that significantly…