The Nose Knows

The scent you wear serves two purposes: to help you reach a certain emotion and to send a message to others. While wearing more than one fragrance during the pageant competition is certainly not necessary, there's nothing wrong with taking advantage of your sense of smell. There may not be a strong benefit when it comes to using perfumes for various occasions. However, your choices are a wonderful and subtle way to express yourself appropriately throughout your pageant experience. There is also the added benefit of aromatherapy. You can use a perfume, body spray, lotion, shampoo, or any product with a scent. I have come up with five different scents that you can wear. However, you do not need to wear all five of them. The decision is completely yours to make.

1. Your magnetic scent will lure others to you, preferably the other contestants. This scent would be too seductive for the judges and pageant officials. However, this scent gives you a lot of confidence and makes you feel empowered, so you're in a great mood for being friendly towards the other contestants without feeling intimidated by them. This scent is best used in social situations when you would interact with other contestants and potentially befriend some of them!

2. Your ladylike scent is very elegant but also reflects the attitude of your evening wear gown. For example, if you had a hot pink gown with a dramatic slit, then your scent would be elegant but also very bold. If you had a classic design in a demure white, then you may want to gravitate towards a more sophisticated scent. You want this fragrance to be completely elegant but to also represent the personality of your gown choice.

3. Your flirtatious scent would exude confidence and happiness for the swimwear competition. This fragrance may be fruity. This scent will trigger an empowering spring in your step and a sparkle to your eyes. Overall, you just feel amazing about who you are, inside and out.

4. Your professional scent would be very light and subtle, almost as if it's not there. The top note of the fragrance should be something gentle, like rose or vanilla. Your professional scent should not be something noticeable or detracting, since you want the judges to focus on you and not the scent of you. Your professional scent should be a part of you as a whole.

5. Your signature scent would be your favorite scent that you usually wear all the time. This scent will evoke a feeling of comfort whenever you wear it and is appropriate for any occasion that makes you feel nervous. This would be a wonderful scent to wear during the finale, where your nerves are shot and your energy may be a little drained. However, your signature scent will have subconsciously restorative and comforting properties that bring you to be your best self.

Wearing a fragrance to enhance the occasion of a competition or pageant event is all in good fun. There is nothing to lose and fragrance can only enhance you as an individual. Maybe there will be a subtle sparkle to you that the judges pick up on from the effect of your fragrance choices. I hope you experience your pageant competition to the fullest, regardless of the scents you wear.

-Miss Pageant Prep