The smoke and lights of Bonfire Night are a great time to celebrate and experiment with scent. Here's how to make scent an integral part of your Bonfire Night festivities:
Choosing the Right Fragrance for Bonfire Night
The acrid smoke of the bonfire can blend beautifully with certain scents, and clash for dramatic effect with others. The chill of the night air, the excitement of the crowds, and the presence of your loved ones can all impact your scenting decision. Here are the key factors in detail, with suggested fragrance families:
Smoke levels
Woody, and amber family fragrances mix seamlessly with smoke, each invoking and adding texture to the scent of the other. Classic choices include cinnamon, vanilla, sandalwood, agarwood. You should also consider perfumes with ‘smoky’ or bitter aromatics such as sage.
Weather
Scents with earthy, mossy, or green notes can evoke the crisp night air or damp earth of a bonfire-lit forest. Gently spiced fragrances can help warm you up between fireworks, or if you can’t get near the bonfire due to crowding.
Amber scents are also again your friend here, but you can add more volatile highlights such as citrus or floral highlights for more contrast. These highlights perform best away from the smoke, but can add complexity in the thick of the smog.
Children & pets
Note that the smoke and noise may distress children and pets and be toxic in large quantities. Wearing your scent sparingly, or wearing something familiar to them can avoid further distress and have a soothing effect. Avoid the worst of the smoke, particularly if you or your party have breathing problems.
Bonfire Night Perfume Safety Tips
Most perfumes are alcohol based, so should be kept well away from flame. Apply your scent well after fireworks handling, or at least 2 hours beforehand to allow the alcohol to evaporate first. Stay well back from bonfires and other open flames. If you have the budget, consider drones to reduce your risk from fire.
If you’re handling fireworks, keep them at arm’s length and well away from other fireworks or areas you’ve applied perfume. Wear protective gloves and eyewear, light one firework at a time, and buy your fireworks and sparklers from reputable suppliers.
Conclusion
Celebrate Bonfire Night in strategic, scented style. Whether you're in your garden, roof, balcony out and about or wherever else, let scent be an enhancing element of your Bonfire Night experience.
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