Congratulations, Beautiful Queen!
Welcome to The Power of Fragrance — a beautiful way to elevate your mood, boost your confidence, and embrace well-being through scent.
I created this course to help you discover how fragrance can become one of your most delightful self-care rituals. So, grab a cozy cup of tea and let’s explore how to use scent to age well with grace, confidence, and purpose.
Module 1: Why Fragrance Matters
Fragrance is more than a pleasant aroma. It’s a gentle, powerful way to support your emotional health, confidence, and even your memory. Here are just a few benefits:
🌸 Elevate Mood & Emotions
Fragrances have a profound impact on how you feel, instantly lifting your spirits or soothing your soul. Citrus notes can energize, while florals and soft musks calm and comfort.
💃 Boost Confidence & Feel Beautiful
Wearing a fragrance that feels like “you” is a silent expression of your unique beauty. It gives you an invisible crown — a subtle boost that helps you walk taller.
🧘♀️ Reduce Stress & Promote Relaxation
Scents like lavender, sandalwood, and vanilla are known for their grounding, calming effects.
💖 Enhance Memory & Create Lasting Impressions
Scent is directly linked to memory. A signature fragrance helps people remember you with fondness, and can transport you to treasured moments — like a personal time machine in a bottle.
✨ Support Self-Care Rituals
Applying perfume can be a daily ritual that slows you down and makes each moment feel more luxurious.
🌿 Inspire Creativity & Focus
Certain scents, like rosemary or peppermint, have been shown to sharpen concentration and spark creativity.
🥰 Connect to Your Feminine Essence
Exploring fragrance is a playful, joyful way to celebrate your femininity at every age.
👑 Age Well with Grace
A beautiful fragrance becomes part of your personal brand. As you grow wiser and more radiant, so does your unique scent story.
🎥 Watch this short video where I first shared the joy of fragrance.
Module 2: Understanding Fragrance Notes and Families
Let’s explore what makes up your favorite scents.
Top, Heart & Base Notes
Fragrances unfold in layers. The top notes are your first impression, light and bright. Heart notes (or middle notes) reveal the true personality of the scent. Base notes are the lasting foundation, lingering on your skin.
In Other Words…
Think of notes as chapters in your fragrance story. I like to put it this way.
- Top note is like a first date. It’s enjoyable but over quickly
- Heart note is like an engagement. It’s longer than a date, but not permanent.
- Base note is like a marriage. It’s the foundation that lasts for a long time.
Fragrance Families
Most fragrances fall into families — floral, citrus, woody, oriental, fresh, or gourmand (sweet treats like vanilla or chocolate).
Don’t overthink it: simply start with notes you love. Your fragrance journey is yours alone, meant to bring joy and delight.
Fragrance Groupings:
Fragrances are grouped into four categories, based upon the essential oil concentration (fragrance oil). The higher percentage of the essence, the longer the fragrance lasts.
- Body Mists and After Shave have 3% essential oil concentration so the fragrance does not last very long, perhaps 30 – 60 minutes.
- Eau de Cologne contains 5% – 9% essences of oil and will last a couple hours.
- Eau de Toilette (EDT) has 10% – 14% of the oil concentration and lasts several hours, 4 – 6.
- Eau de Parfum (EDP) carry 15% – 18% concentration of oil and lasts several hours, about 8.
Module 3: Mood Vibe Fragrance Guide
Choosing a fragrance isn’t just about scent — it’s about how you want to feel. Download the Mood Vibe Fragrance Guide. Use it to explore which scents match the energy or mood you want to invite in. Play with different notes and see how you respond!
Module 4: Creating Your Signature Scent Story
How are you feeling today? Playful? Flirty? Seductive? Glamorous? How about Peaceful? Wild? Cool? Or feeling like a Rock Star? How do you want to feel?
Fragrances affect our mood. They are a form of aromatherapy. What a fun way to uplift your spirit or transport you back to a favorite childhood memory. Fragrances can also help us feel more confident. Although some people have their “signature scent”, it’s a good idea to have a variety. Just as I don’t wear the same shoes to every event (workout shoes, casual shoes, evening attire shoes, etc), I also switch up my fragrance.
After a shower, a body mist is my go-to for a great pick-me-up. Later in the day I may choose a gentle scent for a casual work day. Then, for a night on the town, I use a heavier, more alluring fragrance. Believe it or not, sometimes I choose my scent according to the color I am wearing.
Just in case you think I am mixing my fragrance, let me share this Have you seen those alphabets categorizing the scent you are wearing? EDT, EDP, Cologne, or Body Mists? These are indicators of how long a fragrance will last. A perfume lasts much longer than a body mist and there’s varying degrees between them. And then there’s a difference among the top, heart, and base notes. Alter your mood by changing your fragrances.
And speaking of mixing fragrances, it’s totally acceptable to spritz on two or three of them. Become your own chemist to create a signature scent that’s uniquely you. Florals and fruity mix well together. Or mix a few florals. Why not smell as wonderful as a garden? Have fun creating.
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Fun Exercise
Try this simple exercise:
- Write down three words that capture how you want to be remembered.
- Think about fragrances or notes that reflect that.
- Begin to build your signature scent story — one that’s uniquely, beautifully yours.
Return to this often. As your seasons change, so might your scent story.
Module 5: Rituals & Self-Care with Fragrance
Help Your Fragrance Linger
Some people think that fragrances do not last on them. The reality is the scent lingers on them but they have become desensitized to it.
Consider this: if you are baking a cake, at some point you no longer notice the scent. However, when someone new enters the home or room, they smell it right away. It’s the same with your fragrances. You no longer can smell it but if you hug someone, they will. However, here are tips to keep your fragrance going:
- Apply fragrance to pulse points.
- Store the fragrance in a dry, dark place where it isn’t exposed to UV rays.
- Spritz your scarf or hair so the scent gently trails with you.
- Apply lotion or oil mindfully, breathing in the notes as a mini meditation.
- Keep a travel spray at your desk for a midday mood lift.
Little rituals like these help you age well with grace and intention.
Create Ways to Use Your Fragrance
Stationery. There’s a lost art of lettering writing. If you are pre internet and text messaging, you may recall the days of sending letters in cursive handwriting. Do your remember the joy of receiving a message in your actual home mailbox instead of bills? If the recipient was a good friend or significant person in your life, you may have sprayed the letter before sealing it in an envelope. I certainly did. There’s something magical about receiving such correspondence.
Scenting Clothes. A fun way of keeping your undergarments smelling fresh is to spray wrapping tissue paper with your favorite scent and lining your dresser drawers with it. For quick change outs once the fragrance dissipates, add the fragrance to cotton balls and respray them as needed. And don’t stop there. Line linen closets and bedroom closets, too.
Bedding. How relaxing to spray pillowcases and sheets with a scent you love. Lavender and Chamomile is one of my favorite for a good night’s sleep. When my husband was working late into the night, I would spray his side of the bed with one of his colognes.
Dryer Sheet Replacement. Folding laundry will be so much nicer when a desired fragrance is on it. Simply spray a handkerchief with perfume and include it in the dryer with your load. But honestly, I sprinkle my dryer balls with an essential oil of choice.
Air Freshener. Although I diffuse essential oils throughout the home, I still like to use a favorite perfume or cologne to combat any undesirable odors that may enter the home. Sometimes, I use one of our HOME room sprays. But a lot of the times, I reach for a cologne. I always keep a bottle of fragrance beside my desk to spray into the air for a quick pick-me-up or just to have a wonderful uplifting scent surrounding me.
Car Freshener. Have you considered replacing those scented pine trees with fragrance in your car? I enjoy using a masculine scent in my vehicle.
Customize a Body Lotion. Scoop a one-time use amount of your favorite unscented body lotion onto a dish. Spray a few squirts of the fragrance you will wear for the day. Fragrance layering, wearing one or more products of the scent, keeps the lingering so much longer.
Module 6: Next Steps
Have some fun! Download and enjoy the Fragrance Journal & Mood Map. Use it to track what you wear, how it makes you feel, and to capture scent memories that bring you joy.
Fragrance is just as meaningful for the men in your life. Encourage them to explore fresh, woody, or spicy notes that match their energy and style.
If you’d like personalized help building a fragrance wardrobe that’s truly yours, book a free consultation with me. I’d love to help you tell your scent story.