Scents of Self.(perfumes)

Scents of Self

Everyone knows fragrance can alter your frame of mind. But it can

also adjust the way others perceive you. By Patricia Tortolani

Perfumers like to say that fragrance is an invisible portrait of the wearer. It follows that a single spritz is all you need to change your image -- and as with clothes, what you're spraying can vary to suit your mood. "A woman can use scent to give off different impressions of who she is," says designer Michael Kors. "It's like the way she might own several black dresses: one that's sexy and slinky, a more romantic one, a hard-edged one, and a beachy one." Scientists agree; studies have shown that scent ...