Your Aromatic Landscape

Which was your favourite room to play in as a child? Apparently this question is part of Guerlain's individual perfume consultation and the answer has a huge impact on the fragrances that you are drawn to throughout your life.
Did you play with your toys on varnished floorboards with resinous and woody smells? Or did you play in the heart of the house, the kitchen where warm and spicy foods were cooked? Are your best childhood memories of days at the seaside with hot, salty skin? Or did you love playing in the garden surrounded by herbaceous, earthy smells? Was there a specific plant outside your bedroom whose aroma infused your dreams?
Whatever the answer may be, it will most likely have framed the palate of fragrance notes that you identify with and like. As a child I almost certainly didn't come into contact with much strong and spicy food. The English countryside is, in general, fairly mild smelling. Consequently, although I'd love to love amber, incense and strong, heady smells, that's just not the way that my nose is inclined. My preference is for herby and floral smells. For instance, tuberose is one of my favourite flowers and I'm drawn to floral mixtures in perfume, such as the classic Quelques Fleurs L'Original by Houbigant.
The link between smell and memory is well documented. I hadn't made the leap beyond linking specific smells with certain events. In fact, it seems likely that the smells you regularly come into contact with in your early life, will fairly much be the ones that you are drawn to forever.
Before you make your next perfume purchase, take a moment to consider whether you are just following the latest fragrance trend, or if the perfume really resonates with you. It's hugely pleasurable finding perfumes that you love, and that's what I'm hoping my helps you with.
As as sidenote, some friends of mine live above Pizza Hut. They converted their loft into a bedroom and moved up there. This meant that the Pizza Hut air vent would be right outside their bedroom window. On the first evening in their new room, they threw open the window and... could smell Tuscany! Fabulous.