5 Fragrances By Black Women [Video]

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Are you a leather, citrisy, or vanilla kinda girl? Your favorite fragrance speaks volumes about your personality. With hundreds of perfumes on the market, layering and mixing scents is a fun practice many women enjoy. Nothing feels better than walking into a space and leaving a trail that lingers or the delight from a simple compliment, “You smell good.”

Choosing a lasting scent begins with understanding the composition and family of fragrances. While top notes immediately pop out to the olfactory scent, beauty journalist and Smell Ya Later co-host Sable Yong, is it the bottom layer that engages with your skin for optimal performance.

“The bottom notes are going to stick around the longest on your skin, while the top notes often are the quickest to fade, and the middle notes—sometimes called heart—tend to influence both,” Yong told …