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How to choose a perfume you cannot smell online

Start with the family you already wear, read the real notes, then look at how the scent wears.

Choosing a perfume without smelling it sounds hard. It is easier than it looks, because every Treva scent tells you what is really in it.

Start with the family you already wear

Think of a perfume you have loved. Was it bright and clean, soft and flowery, warm and woody, or rich and spiced? Those are our four families: fresh, floral, woody and spicy. Start there.

Read the notes, not the name

Every scent page lists its notes. If you love vanilla, look for vanilla. If rose is too sweet for you, skip the scents that lead with it. The notes are the most honest guide you have.

See how it wears

Many scent pages show its main accords, the strongest at the top, and a row of little bottles for the seasons and for day and night. The fuller the bottle, the better the scent suits that moment.

Still between two?

Try Find your scent, or write to us with the two names and we will help you pick.

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