The Pros and Cons of Giving Out Perfumes as Gifts [By: Ursula McLean]

Maybe there is someone special in your life and you want to give perfumes as gifts. But you do not want to give just any perfumes as gifts – you only want the best, because for your loved one, the best is always worth it. So how does one go about choosing the best types of perfumes as gifts?
The first and most obvious way could be selecting perfumes based on what you know the recipient likes. This may mean literally bringing over your friend to a perfume retail counter or two and having him or her pick out perfumes as gifts for himself or herself (all on you, of course.) But the problem with this is that your friend may have expensive tastes, so you are placed on the spot and have to pay anyway.
If you are on a smaller budget, you might opt to choose the perfumes as gifts you will be handing over. You should take into consideration how old the recipient is, if the recipient is a he or a she, and the usual type of perfume he or she would choose.
If the exact type of perfume is not available, choose perfumes that would fall into the same category as the original selection. This means if the perfumes as gifts tend to be spring season type of perfumes, then try not to give autumn type of perfumes. This places the odds in your favor that the recipient will appreciate your gift.
It is generally not a common practice to give perfumes as gifts to children – not that they cannot smell what is nice-smelling just like any other human, but because they may not have opportunity to wear perfumes anyway. But some upper class people do like to give their children perfume (maybe to start them out young in the habit, so that they know from an early age how to choose the right perfumes.) Thus, you have young children like young girls who already are quite well-versed in what perfume varieties they like. Maybe for people like that, such knowledge is important to their social standing.
Is it practical to give perfumes as gifts? It would depend how frequently you give perfumes as gifts. If you tend to give fairly frequently and it is tending to wreak havoc with your savings, then maybe you ought to select less expensive things to give. But a small bottle of medium-priced perfume once or twice a year will not break the bank so it is probably safe to give perfumes as gifts in such situations.
You should also make it a point to check for product safety when giving out perfumes as gifts. Many responsible manufacturers make it a point to list the ingredients of their products so that you know what you are placing on your skin. Since many products are easily absorbed into your skin, you really have to check the list of ingredients to see if what you are placing onto your skin is made of safe components. Just because it is perfume does not automatically mean it is safe to use.
Should pets wear perfume as gifts? Some pet owners do treat their pets just like human companions but you need to be careful about what you use on your pets. Pets have their own sensitivities when it comes to some skin care products too. Also, you might be unpleasantly surprised that your pets may not like what you are applying on them. Test a small amount on palm and let your pet smell it first. If you find the doggie shaking its head vigorously and snorting, then obviously using scent of that kind is offensive to the pet. You also do not want your pet licking any product and getting poisoned by it, so be sure your perfume gift is not toxic to your pet companion.
Perfumes as gifts are like a double-bladed sword sometimes – they can please you and please your recipient, or they can offend you and also offend your recipient. So practice caution always.