Color analysis is the phrase everyone’s talking about right now: the study of choosing your clothes and makeup based on the facial features and the most complementary shades for your skin tone.
You’ve heard a few things about color analysis before. For example, if you’ve ever been told to choose a pink top over a nude one or to wear gold jewelry to match your skin tone, you’ve got an idea of what we’re talking about. Today in this blog post, we’ll give you a complete guide about what color analysis is and how you can find the perfect scent for yourself by understanding the color analysis and your skin tone.
What is Color Analysis?
Color analysis is also known as personal color analysis or color profiling, a method used to determine which colors of clothing, accessories, and makeup are the most flattering for an individual based on their natural coloring. Color analysis aims to identify a person’s undertone, which can be neutral, warm, or cool, as well as their overall color palette. The process typically involves analyzing the undertones of the skin, such as whether it has cool or warm undertones, and identifying which colors create overall balance and harmony, enhance the person’s complexion, and make their eyes pop.
While color analysis usually refers to clothes and makeup rather than perfume, there’s no reason why you can’t use this method to figure out which notes bring out your features the most and which scents suit you the best. Due to light and fresh scent notes or rich and spicy, amber scent notes, certain fragrances tend to be best suited for certain seasons of the year.
How To Find Your Color
While we are here to let you express your personality through whichever makeup or fashion trend you enjoy the most, we thought we’d give you a little guidance on choosing the best fragrance to fit your color analysis if you’re looking for some tips.
First of all, check some quick pointers. You probably have a cool skin tone if your veins look blue or purple under your skin. You probably have a warm skin tone if the veins look a little greener. And, we’ll call you neutral for now if they’re somewhere in the middle.
To find out what season you are in, you can use the following guide.
Spring – Light features with warm skin tone
You probably have a warm skin tone if you find that gold jewelry looks better on you. And if you’ve got blonde or light auburn hair and light eyes, then you also definitely have light features. To brighten up those light features and complement your warm skin tone choose floral or citrus scents, like Salty Sweetness inspired by Orto Parisi’s Megamare.
Best scent types for Spring: green, citrus, floral
Autumn – Dark features with warm skin tone
Got a warm skin tone with darker features? Or maybe your warm skin tone is accentuated by green or bright hazel eyes? You can enhance the richness of those features with a bold scent. An earthy scent blends beautifully with intense hazel or green eyes, and we’d consider Red Carnation inspired by Xerjoff’s Casamorati 1888, our favorite for this fragrance color analysis.
Best scent types for Autumn: amber, spicy, woody
Summer – Light features with cool skin tone
If you’re cool from head to toe, like light blue eyes and blonde hair with a cool skin tone to match, you’ll best enjoy fresh, subtle scents and sometimes a dash of citrus notes. An aquatic note can draw more attention to the blue eyes whereas a light citrus perfume accentuates your natural features without overshadowing them. Yuzu Splash inspired by Versace’s Bright Crystal, and Wood Salt inspired by Jo Malone London’s Wood Sage & Sea Salt, are two of our top choices.
Best scent types for Summer: floral, fruity, aquatic
Winter – Dark features with cool skin tone
With a rich, woody, spicy scent, emphasize your cool skin and darker features to add extra warmth to your look. For people with this color analysis, perfumes with notes like cinnamon, pepper, and oud are the perfect option. We’d pick Woody Rum inspired by Kilian’s Straight to Heaven, that will suit anyone with this color arrangement.
Best scent types for Winter: spicy, warm, gourmand
Neutral Skin Tone: The Best One!
Are you not sure about where on the color analysis spectrum you fall? Or, feel like you’re perfectly in the middle of all of these? Great news, now you’re welcome to pick and choose a fragrance anyone you want!
We shared a complete guide with you about how to choose a fragrance based on your color analysis, which means you can now you are in search for these fragrances. Head over to Fragrances Oil to choose your new signature scent!