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Show Perfume and Personality Co Hand In Hand, Noted Authority Says Perfume and personality go hand-in-hand like bacon and eggs and it's surprising but true that a good many American women don't know how to select se-lect the perfume that best suits them. This is the opinion expressed by an authority on perfume. Philip C. Smith, president of Yardley's, in a signed article in the August issue of The Aemrican Magazine. ender, violet, lily of the valley. The attractive young matron, in his opinion, is best suited with the heavier floral type perfume which includes carnation, carna-tion, gardenia, or jasmine. The personality of the sophisticate calls for a heavy perfume of Oriental origin, with sandalwood sandal-wood or amber as the base. The first choice of the semi-sophisticate, semi-sophisticate, or the typical career ca-reer girl, should be a blend with A woman's perfume is as much a part of her as her hat, her voice her gestures, or her re-I. re-I. actions, says Smith. "Many women," he writes, "use the right perfume for theii personality, but. apply it so heavily they seem saturated bj it. This is even more objectionable objection-able than the wrong perfume "Much wiser is the woman who uses perfume in modest quantities, quan-tities, but carries a small bottlt in her purse and refreshes her perfume during the couse of the evening." Helpful Hints In giving some helpful hintf on the proper selection of perfume, per-fume, Smith singles out a few are preparing for a real, large distinctive feminine types who evening affair. Under such circumstances, cir-cumstances, he says, the perfume per-fume for the sweet young teenager teen-ager is definitely one of the light florals, such as rose, lav- a top note of one of the heavier heav-ier florals. Athletic Type As for the outdoor, athletic type, Smith thinks the scent which best complements hei personality is something refreshing refresh-ing in the straight light florals or light blends or bouquets. Or, the other hand, the dynamic strong personality can handle the heavier florals or even the real Oriental scents. While anything more daring than one of the light florals will seem out of character for older old-er women, Smith's American Magazine article stresses that the proper selection here depends de-pends upon the individual per-1 per-1 son. 1 "Grandma may be a Marlene Dietrich and will seem almost undressed unless she exudes a musk or smoky perfume," he cautions. "Some women just never grow old." |