​In 1994, the first genderless perfume was introduced by Calvin Klein. Yet, do you know that perfumes used in the ancient past are not separated by genders?
Historically, perfumes have been formulated by age-old pharmacists who mixes up different ratios of botanical aromatic plant parts. If the formulation is pleasant smelling, they can be immediately made into fragrance pouches and used.
It is only later when technology advances, that media launched the idea of gender separation in perfumes and thus, perfume lines continued this branding approach.

​Being exposed to such a fixed idea for decades, it has likely influenced many people on what is socially correct to wear for perfumes base on our genders.
I am sure that we can often associate how feminine perfumes are more floral scented, and possesses sweeter facets to it.
While, on the other hand, masculine colognes usually take on notes that are heavier on the spicy and woody scent.

​After unisex perfumes are launched and broke the concept of gender separated perfumes, perfume lines have also followed suit and steered from the usual stereotypes, including perfumes with a balanced moderation ratio of both worlds – which we now known as unisex perfumes.
Fresh, citrusy or musky scents are the common fragrance notes you may find in unisex perfumes, as these scents does not fall heavily to feminine nor masculine.

​It is now not uncommon for some females who prefer colognes and men who do favours sweeter and floral scented perfumes. These gender barriers towards perfume preference have long since been broken.
Men can definitely also don ladies’ perfumes and still be charismatic gentlemen, while a lady can use a men’s cologne and look and smell beautiful and strong as well!
Just recognize that our image is shaped by our own perception, and sticking to our preferences is usually the best choice; be it for us, or for others as well!

Want a unique perfume of your very own? Come down to our perfume workshop and create your very own perfume that defines your personality now!
We offer a wide range of both Men’s and Women’s fragrance lines and if you wish you can swap and make one of your desired gender!
To book a class or for more information, head down to the links below now!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​Need some help to boost positive impression you can make at your workplace? Try Perfumes! This method has helped many individuals to bolster not only their self-esteem but also work more effectively as well!
I will now reveal to you the benefits of perfumes below and what perfumes can help you with to effectively give you an edge over the others!

Research has proven that fragrances can improve our cognitive memory. Take for example, can you recall a certain part of your memory with the help of fragrances. It could be the memory of your youth with the detergent your mum always uses to do your laundry or scent of your father who often uses a certain kind of cologne.
In addition, our focus can also be bolstered as well. Have you seen people applying medicated oils to their temples or smearing a little just below their noses with scents that smells refreshingly sharp? These are the one of the types of fragrances that can effectively perk up your senses and helping you to pull through the day better, and feeling more energized.
Scents that helps to energize and improve focus: Bergamot, Mints, Rose Mary and Eucalyptus.

​If you are working in an environment that has an unpleasant odour, productivity can be negatively affected, as it may cause discomfort to you senses, distracting you from doing work efficiently.
On the other hand, working in a room with a clean, sweet, refreshing and invigorating scent can help your mind clear of other distractions and improve your focus, thus increasing your productivity.
Scents that helps to improve productivity: Cinnamon, Orange, Geraniol, Musk and Grapefruit.

​Fragrances have been extensively researched and shown to aid in our mental well-being. You may have also heard of psychologists making use of fragrances to soothe and calm their patients or for patients suffering from insomnia.
Likewise, our moods can be positively influenced with the use of fragrances. With the right fragrances, you can attain both soothing and relaxing effects which loosen the tension and stress. When tension is lost, and sleep is better, confidence can be more effortlessly exuded at work.
Some Fragrances that can soothe your mood & tension: Lavender, Chamomile and Ylang ylang.

 
Imagine with me, you are walking towards a person of great beauty but an unpleasant odour could be perceived when you pass by her, this would definitely decrease the good impression you held when you first saw her at a far distance.
Similarly, a person who smells good have better likability under the first impression and can create more positively influence to their image.
Furthermore, perfumes can be served as an outfit detail to create an air of professionalism as well.
Scents that enhance attractiveness: Lily of the Valley, Musk, Vanilla and Rose
 
Finally,
With the right perfume, the only other things you will need is a smile, a set of clean and appropriate outfit and a clear voice!
If you desire to personalize your very own perfume to meet your needs, you can also attend a perfume workshop to create one!
If you would like to learn more or book a session, the links below can give you more information about the perfume workshop!
Perfume Workshop General/Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​You’ll definitely have friends that are working in big companies, and some in SME. You’ve heard about the benefits about working in big companies, but what about the benefits that we get to enjoy in SMEs, and not big companies?

​SME offers flexibility to its employees, something that you might not be able to enjoy if you’re working in big companies. There are perks such as a flexible work schedule, where we work from (telecommuting).
 
When it comes to completing a certain project, SME tend to take a shorter time to complete as well. This is because everybody is able to contribute ideas and there is no need to go through the many higher managements. Truth is most of the time you report straight to your boss. This boosts productivity in the organisation as a result.

​Big companies usually have more than 100 employees in the organisation, and it can be hard for the bosses or people in the higher management to take notice of your hard work.
 
While in comparison, people working in SME are usually working directly with their bosses. Whereby any contributions to the company and hard work would be seen and recognised by the decision makers. This means a potential career advancement as well.

 
In a SME, the most likely scenario is that you’ll have to take on many different tasks, even if they’re not stated as part of your job scope in the contract. To some, this may sound like unpleasant extra tasks to complete. But see it in another light, take it as a chance to learn new skills. They can be included in your resume and might even be useful skills you’d require for your future jobs!
 
 
Consider your job requirements carefully, before deciding if you’d want to join a big organisation or a SME. Regardless of what you choose, i’m sure everything will work out for you in the end!

​If you would like to learn more or book a session, the links below can give you more information about the perfume workshop!
Perfume Workshop General/Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
 
 

​We all have some extend of attraction to certain perfumes, whether it is our scented personal care products or the fragrant shampoo we use in our morning showers and even possibly the air fresheners we spray in our homes.
Everyone has differing perception and preferences to their perfumed products, hence making the process to figuring out the relationship with different perfumes can be very personal.
If you find yourself also gravitating towards or purchasing certain scented and good smelling products, fragrances may have already been integrated in your lifestyle!

Finding a favourite perfume can be easy to some, but to others, it can mean sieving through tons of perfumes before finding the right one. It really depends on one’s personality and openness to the scent profile.
Once you have chosen the right perfume, it can be the defining factor in differentiating you from the others, like a polished outfit or a memorable scent you exude upon your arrival.
Similar to our personalities, perfumes can invoke an assortment of emotions. The scent of musk and wood can provide feelings of warmth and security while a burst of citrus can give an added touch of energy and joy.

​There are many stories about how scent could have consciously or sub-consciously moulded our lives. For example, our very first cinnamon bun or the scent of your parents or partner and even when you first became a parent or grandparent.
Many could relate to the scent of vanilla even as one gets older as it could remind them an important part of their memory of childhood or their partner and spouse. Another classic scent could be rose and jasmine.

​Fragrances that reminds us of home is especially helpful to our mental health especially when we are overseas on exchange trips, further studies or even business trips.
It also helps very much even when we are feeling stressed out at work. The smell of home gives us a sense of security and comfort, helping us to pause and feel more at ease.
You can also integrate a scent for your home and slowly familiarize the scent. You would realize that over time, you could relate this scent with the emotions, a sense of relief and the feeling of sanctuary you feel when you home.

​Fragrances can be like a safe haven for us, especially when peace gets harder to achieve when our work and life responsibilities become overwhelming. Late nights working and major presentations can cause us to feel overly stressed.
Scents such as vanilla or clean florals nuances can be effective to soothe raging fluctuations in our moods. If being focus and productive is what you need then citrus and minty scents could help better.

Are you still searching for the right fragrance to integrate into your lifestyle? Or are you finding the fragrance to mark the important phases in your life? Then you are in good hands as the links below can lead you to a perfume workshop to guide you in personalizing your very own perfume!
To find out more or register for a class:
Perfume Workshop General/Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​As we age, especially when we after we reach a certain age, we can begin to skim on a lot of unnecessary expenses, saving it for our children or even possibly grandchildren. It could be because of this decision that we tend to compromise on the image we portray to others.
Fortunately, we are still fully capable to age beautifully, no matter what age we are at now! Find out how you can age beautifully with fragrances! 

​Classic scented perfumes are what I would suggest, as these types of perfume do not have age restriction. It is for people who wants to have a full display of their sophistication and elegance, regardless of age.
Do not be mistaken that classic perfumes can only be expensive branded perfumes. Perfumes have classic tones as well and they are ones that can possess notes like woody-florals, vanilla, even nuances of spice where its aromatic notes!
More often than not, these fragrances are more complex in their profile, yet are also relatively long-lasting and soothing to smell.

Our sense of smell can fade as we grow older, a phenomenon that comes very naturally with age. As such, you may find older people who put on fairly strongly scented perfumes. This may be because this level of intensity smells perfect for them.
Regrettably, wearing too intense a perfume can be a bad social etiquette to others especially for people who are sensitive to strong perfume scents.
Therefore, if I would suggest to seek the help of the retail store assistant to ascertain the intensity of the perfume before you make the purchase. If possible, find a perfume of moderate intensity that you can perceive, yet, not too overwhelming for others as well.

​Fragrances helps us age gracefully too, due to its calm inducing and mood boosting aromatic compounds, shedding our stress and negativity.
Most importantly, fragrances can be used anywhere at anytime of the day, be it in public or at the comfort of your own home!
Therefore, do not compromise on the things you find joy in and start pampering yourself. No matter what age we are in right now, fragrances are great addition to our lives and give us the mental support that we require at times in our lives.

Everyone can love and be comfortable with their own age, the key lies in our decision and perception! Choose beauty, choose elegance, choose sophistication, and choose to start living in a timeless age, no matter what others say.
You are beautiful, and it can be hard for ourselves to recognize that beauty in us. Let your charm shine, your attractiveness can be significantly enhanced with the right fragrance, portraying the image of you want to show!
 
Lastly,
Want to create the perfect perfume for yourself or know a friend/colleague or even your parent that requires to refresh the confidence in themselves and feel young again?
A perfume workshop will do a magical work for you, and involve you in the creation process of finding the perfect perfume for you in relation to your personality!
 
Find out more, or book a session now by clicking the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

Are you an introvert enjoying working from home? Or are you an extrovert who can’t wait to get back to the workplace with interaction? Dressing down and working from home can be fun until you have to deal with neighbours doing renovation work in the middle of the day. I know right?
 
Whoever you are, there are some tips here that you can follow to ensure productivity and make the most out of working from home! Continue reading on!

​With the flexibility given from working from home, it’s tempting to complete work at your own pace and take breaks in-between without someone there supervising you. However staying consistent and keeping to a schedule can improve productivity.
 
If your normal working hours is from 9-5pm, you should stick to the same
routine when working from home. Following the same schedule can trick you into thinking that you’re at work, and your body would be more fixed to following what you’ve been doing in the office.

​It is important that you know what you want to do for the day, rather than taking the day as it is without an agenda. Following a planned schedule can help you prioritise which are the more important tasks that you’d have to complete first.
 
Take some time to write and plan everything out, and allocate a duration needed for you to complete each task. With a timeframe given, you’ll feel that there is a deadline for you to finish your work and it would lower the chances of you procrastinating as well.

​Working from home means working without supervision, but we should establish some rules that we follow to ensure maximum productivity. One such way to do so is to remove any forms of distraction that will keep you off track from what you’re supposed to do.
 
Cell phones should only be checked and used for work-related purposes. Else you’ll probably find yourself scrolling on instagram or facebook if you don’t focus on your objective. It can be hard to focus when you work from home especially if you have kids in your house. But establishing rules and setting boundaries can sure make it better.

​Prolonged isolation can lead to weakened productivity and motivation. Staying connected with your co-workers can help tremendously especially when working from home. It keeps you updated of current affairs and would also motivate you to complete your given tasks.
 
Share what you’ve completed with your co-workers! Check in and keep each other in the loop, celebrate achievements!

I am sure that every team wishes to have a sky-high performance, with talented individuals and leaders that lead the team. And more often than not, employers would rather find and hire people who have a well-crafted resume.
However, having a high-performance team do not always mean that your team already comprised of talented individuals but it requires time and effort to develop and nurture the team into one that suits your team culture and goals.
Below are the factors and traits that high-performance teams adopt and apply in their daily work.

#1 Team Goal - Direction and vision are guideposts to help members of the team know what they are working towards and allow them to recognize if there is a need for necessary modifications to work to stay on the same track with the team.

#2 Clear Instructions - Like a manual that comes with a newly bought electronic appliance, if the manual is unclear, confusing, and inconsistent, the manual will only cause unproductiveness and misunderstandings. For instruction to be crystal clear, check if the issued instructions describe and explains the what, where, who, how and why. Do not assume that the others always understand what your message and be clear and detailed, and if needed, clarify again.

​#3 Open-mindedness - This is to sort out misunderstandings, conflicts and feedbacks in a non-aggressive manner. Communication is unavoidable, having an open-minded heart and attitude allows the culture to be more approachable, understanding and accepting of the differences in our personalities, helping us to bring out the best in the team.

#4 Team driven Leadership - Having more authority as a leader, gives one greater power, but he/she must be ready to accept greater responsibilities and workload for members to follow and model after. A leader is also required to understand the work each team member to issue effective and clear instructions on how to proceed. Therefore, creating an effective team includes having a team-driven leadership.
 
#5 Proper Management - The management of the team requires to only sort out and clarify the roles and responsibilities but ensure that there are no discrepancies and inconsistencies to their job scopes. Management also includes managing the welfare of the team. Encouraging good team welfare helps the team stay motivated and driven as they could see how the company acknowledged their efforts and reward them.
 
#6 Trust - Trust can build or break a team internally. It takes time to earn but could be easily crumbled. At work, trust can be in forms such as transparency and consistency of company policies, rules and regulations, and a culture that encourages integrity by not short-changing the employees and taking advantage of the people working for the team.
 
#7 Flexibility & Adaptability
Variables are inevitable and could happen very unexpected at any moment during our work and lives. The team should have necessary capabilities, and skills to cope and manage the variables that are thrown at them in the moment, effectively soothing and resolving spontaneous issues that arises.
 
#8 Celebrates the Good and Encourages Failures
Celebrating the good gives acknowledgement to the team’s success, giving the team a boost in team’s morale and motivation. Encouraging failures is a culture that is not common yet it encourages the team to adopt a continuous learning mindset despite one’s or the team’s failures. When society is harsh towards the failures, seeing only the end result, fear of failure could become the norm in the team, impeding them from risking to learn and do something new. This could possibly kill off the growing potential of each individual in the team.
 
#9 Continuous Learning - Taking initiative to learn and giving opportunities for the team to grow and learn are great nutrition to enhance the team’s capabilities, developing talents and nurturing a learning spirit of the team. Some examples could be going for workshops, events and social gatherings to broaden their knowledge and hone their existing skill sets.
 
In Short,
Greatness cannot be attained within a short time span, it requires pro-activeness, time and effort on everyone’s part in the team. To lead this type of high-performance culture, a good and effective leader should be positioned to help and guide the team.
 
Workshops could also be another way of helping the team to work, bond and learn together. If you wish for a fun, interesting and interactive experience, you could give the Perfume Workshop below a shot.
It provides team building sessions that allows you to form deeper bond not only through mini team building games but also understand yourself and your colleagues better through a personality quiz. Furthermore, their fun and interesting perfume making process is great in building creativity as well!
To find out more or book a session, click on the links below!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​Although our sense of smell is used every day, it is built so inherently well in us and often functioned without problems that we do not realize how much it is actually doing for us.
Like every part of our body, each one has their own specific roles and these roles are complex yet fascinating. Let’s find out what amazing facts our nose has.

​Although humans are not one of the best creatures with the best sense of smell, we are not too far behind, and are ranked 13th in terms of our sense of smell.
Studies have also showed that we are more sensitive to some scents than other animals. For example, the scent of amyl acetate in bananas could be perceived more easily by humans than rabbits and dogs. We are also more sensitive to the scent of blood than mice as well.
However, basing on the overall olfactory ability, humans would fall behind many animals. African elephants ranked the highest in the animal kingdom for the greatest sense of smell, holding the highest number of olfactory receptors of 1948. This is followed by rats, opossum, cows and Chinese softshell turtle.

​We are said to contain 6 million olfactory receptors with four hundred different variety. Research has been conducted to show that people can be differentiated according to our smell as well.
Scientist have yet to figure out the defining factor to identify the differences among people by our scent. However, brain scans are done with positron emission tomography (PET) and found that body odour provides much more information than normal odours.
Furthermore, with our advance computerized system, with just 28 odours registered, an estimate of 2 million people could be identified and 7 million can be differentiated with only 34 odours!

​Omitting the visual influence or personality attraction, we could also be picking our partners with our sense of smell. However, our unawareness of it is due to how innately built our olfactory senses are.
We also had it in us to smell out partners who are healthy, which is built instinctively in us to pass on our genes to future generations. This could be supported by a journal ‘Psychological Science’ published in 2014, where an experiment is conducted to display humans’ ability to pick out the people who smell sick.  
Researchers from Canada, McGill University also found that we pick out and feel more attracted to people who has similar genetics to us with our olfactory senses. This can be rationalized biologically that we can recognize our family by smell and also instinctively wants to protect our own gene pool, hence feeling more attracted to people who has similar genetics as us.

​Does this line, “The person smells dangerous” sounds familiar? Although this often meant in a metaphorical way of implying the impending trouble but research has proven it to be literal as well.
Electrodes testing the sweat samples of people who have watched a happy movie also showed to exude a different scent as compared to people who watched a horror movie.
The smell of emotions is also contagious, where experiments involve the scent of happiness or fear. If a person is feeling happy and watching a comedy movie can exude a scent of happiness and influencing the person near her to feel happy as well. fMRI scans also supported this claim, showing the brain’s amygdala lighted up when people smell sweat from first-time parachute jumpers, as compared to veteran parachute jumpers - alluding that fear is contagious.  

Learn more and personalized your perfume in a perfume workshop which allows you to experience the perfume making process which involves your personality and preference!
To book a class or find out more, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​Have you ever wondered how perfumes are formulated? Looking at those fanciful perfume bottles along with their beautifully crafted fragrance sold on the market shelves, your curiosity may have been sparked.
To sum perfume creation up, it is not only chemistry-related, but also a form of art. Perfumers are artists who express their ideas through their fragrance formulations.
Read on to find out some of the back-ended scenes to perfume formulation and how our wonderfully scented perfume came about!

​This first step is a canvas for perfumers to start their art. Inspirations can be found everywhere, and be anyone or thing – like a living creature, where only our imagination is our limit. Furthermore, what’s convenient for experienced perfumers is that their formulation can be created by falling back to their years of knowledge and exposure.
However, if this formulation is not created for yourself, client’s requirements will be your restriction, where your ideas should meet and involve the client’s criteria and preference too.

​After knowing the theme of your inspiration, you will now determine the crucial notes that will form the focus and theme of your formulation.
Pick one crucial scent from each Top, Middle and Base notes. Then determine the fragrance ingredients that will constitute each crucial accord and the presence of secondary notes that can support the accord.
To help the perfumers visualize how the scent will turn out, perfumers can opt to do this step using perfume strips dipped in their selected crucial scents and smelling them together to try out the different fragrance formulation combinations.

​When it comes to drafting a fragrance formula, there can be more than one approach to write it. Some perfumers can choose to separately draft out each Top, Middle and Base accords, others would do write down all at once and the ingredients required in every accord.
For more accuracy when upscaling the formulation, perfumers usually calculate their fragrance ingredient weight in grams instead of in ml. Furthermore, to ensure the ingredients used of appropriate and permitted dosage, IFRA regulations are required to be followed.

​You may think after formulation, the work is considered as done. However, after the fragrance creation is formulated, it will still have to undergo skin tests to check if the fragrance formulation is in accordance to what the perfumer planned and imagined out to be.
After evaluating and determining that the formula is to what the perfumer wants, this fragrance formula will be sent to trained evaluators to obtain further feedback.
After some rounds of feedback, formula according to the feedback and the process of evaluation will repeat until the perfumer and evaluator judged the product to be successfully made.

If you would like to just have fun learning a new DIY skill on perfume making, attending a perfume workshop class will be a good start.
Our perfume workshop will guide you through the perfume making with our wide range of fragrance accords according to your personality quiz and your own creativity. You will be provided with 2 trial bottles and 1 final bottle of formulation.
For more information or to book a class, click on the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​Trying to make full use of the leftover perfumes you have bought? Throwing them away would be a waste, why not utilize them for something else?
Here are some tips you can adopt to not only help you finish up your left over perfumes but also leave your room, clothes, car and even bed smelling of your favourite scented perfumes!

​I am sure you have heard of room diffusers before, and with your left-over perfumes, you can attain similar effect to room diffusers as well!
Prepare a spray bottle with some water and add a few small drops of perfume into it. By doing so, we can dilute the perfume to a similar concentration as air fresheners. Hence, after shaking it well, you can now use this as a room spray!

​Spray your left-over perfume lightly on some cotton balls and stuff them into clean and porous pouches. Hang them in the middle of the wardrobe or place them into your cupboard.
By doing so, it can not only add a scent to your clean clothes but also remove any unpleasant odours lingering in your wardrobe as well.

​How is the idea of smelling your favourite scented perfume while you fall asleep? If you like this idea, try this!
Firstly, dilute the perfume concoction by adding several drops of perfume and mix well. Give a gentle spray to your bed sheets or pillows, and now you can sleep while surrounded by your favourite scent!
Even when you wake up, you will likely smell good as well, as the scent may also still stay on your hair or body during your sleep!

​Have you seen those small portable bottles of fresheners people uses in their vehicles? These empty air freshener bottles can be purchased online for cheap!
To replicate and make a pseudo air freshener for your car, you will also have to dilute your perfume in an air freshener bottle filled with some water and shake well.
Remember to place this bottle away from direct sunlight and away, a good location could be hanging it near the air conditioner of your car, allowing the scent to disperse more effectively in your car.

Attend a perfume workshop and make one on your own, with a personalized and unique scent that you will not be able to find outside!
To book a class or for more information, head down to the links below now!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

The advancement of science has made our living conditions more comfortable, safer and even more convenient, hence even our perfume industries are positively influenced by it.
Perfume ingredients in the market today have now been dominated by synthetically made aroma compounds, crafted using Organic Chemistry.
Many high in demand ingredients that are time consuming to harvest, scarce in nature or has low yield can now be chemically synthesized and made more readily available, lowering its cost as well.

​The very first perfume ingredient is created in 1800s called nitrobenzene, synthesized using benzene and nitric acid. It possesses a similar scent to almonds and is frequently used in soap applications.
Ever since then, perfume research continued and increasingly more perfume ingredients are crafted; such as coumarin that smells like freshly cut hay, made from South American tonka beans.
Today, this phenomenon has bloomed and assisted in making more than 3000 types of fragrance ingredients readily available to be made into fragrance accords for use.

With the increase in variety of fragrance ingredients available, we are now more exposed to possible harmful effects of the ingredients used.
Therefore, simultaneously, the safety of ingredients used are also researched and tested with the help of organic chemistry before it is certified to be sold commercially.
All perfume houses, when creating perfumes have to follow the strict restrictions on ingredients used and its dosage set by International Fragrance Association, IFRA

​With the synthetic ingredients being widely available, ingredients that are difficult to source, and are costly can be replaced and now cost much lesser than before.
Expenses such as the man power required to harvest the ingredient, low yield issues encountered and the scarcity value of certain perfume ingredients can now be reduced and potential of the perfume profile and character can be optimized.

​As diversity and recognition of fragrances increases with the help of science and media, even some celebrities have formed their line of perfume brand.
With our frequent exposure to fragrance, it unsurprisingly influences the way fragrances are impressed upon the general public as compared to before organic chemistry stepped into the picture, when perfume variety are limited.
Now people fashion perfumes to match the occasion and outfit, even our cosmetic and personal care products have some fragrance, showing how much fragrances have revolutionized over time.

 Chemistry is closely related to perfume creation and have assisted creation greatly in many ways and aspects. Each perfume bottle is carefully crafted with synergizing aroma compounds and dosage, making
 
Interested to create your own science with perfume? One doesn’t have to require great equipment to formulate perfumes. With the right guidance and materials, perfume can now also be made on our own!
Attend a perfume workshop with your friends and personalized one that suits not just your preference but also your personality quiz!
To find out more, or book a class now, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

​Unlike porcelains, skilfully crafted status and beautifully painted art pieces, Perfumes were initially not recognized as a form or art, but just a commercialized product?
It was only in 2013, when the first major exhibition of “The Art of Scent 1889-2012” was held that people’s perception of fragrances changed direction and start to recognize perfume creations as art works.
Let’s look at some known ways where museum exhibit fragrances as art pieces.

​The perfume museum known as “The Art of Scent 1889-2012”, and showcased 12 classic perfumes starting with Aimé Guerlain’s Jicky (1889).
Small white rooms are set up where fragrance is dispersed into the room with the desired fragrance. On the walls, the name of the scent and the perfumer name were presented.
There are also interactive spaces placed, where visitors can use provided blotter papers to smell and experience the various room.
This museum opens up how intricately designed perfumes are created and the aesthetics of formulation design involving creativity.

​The Fragrance Museum Farina-House in Cologne, Germany, also displays packaged perfumes. There are also “chamber of essence” sites where visitors are able to smell accords use to formulate the perfume – allowing a sneak peek into the perfume making process.
Similarly, held in 1960s in Barcelona, Museo Del Perfum, is a fragrance museum set up by showcasing rows and columns of packaged perfumes in large display glass shelves.
The focus of such museum was diversity, a haven for perfume lovers to explore a wide variety of different fragrances.

 There are also museums such as Grasse: the Museum of Perfumes, in France, that exhibits raw materials of their perfumes in flasks along with equipment that makes perfumes.
The highlights of such museum are its educational purposes on each scent and the process of perfume making.

After looking through the way museums set up and display their fragrances, how about trying out the most interactive way to learn and experience perfume making process, like attending a Perfume Workshop?
The perfume workshop offers a wide variety of fragrance oil for you to try and smell through to figure out your preference. It is also a fun and innovative way of perfume making as it made use of personality quizzes and connects it back to fragrances.
 
To book a class or find out more, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
 

​Musk is a scent well-loved by many, and have long been a sought-after as a fragrance ingredient in perfumes.
There are many misinterpretations of musk scent, very often people describe it as a scent with a powerful, heady and animalic note. However, the is a wrong scent character of Musk.
Let’s find out more about what musk actually smells like and different variety of musk!

​The actual scent of musk smells clean, mild and powdery and often relates to freshly cleaned laundry, and is very contrary to strong, animalic notes that people may have seen it as.
Interestingly, some people naturally could not perceive the scent of musk or could only perceive a certain variant of musk. Hence, it is also known to be a safe choice of scent due to its mild nature.
However, do not belittle this mild scent, it is a very important and powerful perfume ingredient that even just a small quantity can influence the fragrance character drastically.

​Musk ingredient can be harvested from natural sources in animals such as civet cat or musk deer.
When harvested, it is usually in high concentration where the scent is overwhelming and is deemed as borderline unpleasant. Therefore, to make it pleasant enough to be added into perfumes, this ingredient is first treated and dried in a powder, then diluted in ethanol for months and years.
The dried down and diluted version of musk scent smells cleaner and more pleasant – a much adored and lovely scent.

Fortunately, because there is a raise in awareness for animal rights, hence synthetic form of Musk is now a more prevalent fragrance ingredient used in our perfumes.
When synthetically made, many varieties of similar scented fragrance ingredient can be made, thus possess many are varied forms of musk scent. Despite all having a similar theme, each smell subtly different. Some possess a more floral note to it, while others have a woodier tone, there are also ones with fruity nuances in it.
Popular Synthetic Musk: Galaxolide, Habanolide, Amberttolide, Ethylene Brassylate.

​This may come off unexpected, as although musk is mild in scent, it is still classified as a base note and would leave a lasting scent on your clothes or skin when applied.
Musk often complements with fragrances such as sandalwood, vetiver, leather, pepper and even lavender.

 
Want to smell and create your very own musk perfume? Try attending our perfume workshop now with our wide range of fragrance oil available for you to be spoilt for choice!
To book for a class or find out more, click on the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​Aldehydes are one of the significant ingredients used in the field of perfumery for our fragrances. This aldehyde creation has revolutionized the industry and now exposed to a wider variety of fragrances.
If you have prior knowledge about aldehydes, you probably also heard that Chanel No. 5 perfume formula uses aldehydes as one of its crucial aroma ingredients.
Not only that, even despite the impression that the first aldehydic perfume is Chanel No. 5, the first perfume containing aldehyde is actually introduced in 1905, formulated by Armingeat - a scent known as Rêve D’Or (Golden Dream).
With all these aldehydes scented perfumes in the world now, curiosity could get the better of us. So, let’s find out more about what common aldehydes are there and how they individually actually smells like.

​Do you recognize the smell of your almond pudding? Not only in desserts, but also in fragrances, this aromatic compound known as benzaldehyde as shown in the diagram above, is synthesized and used to replicate this almond scent.
It is the simplest form of aromatic aldehyde and yet one of the many crucial fragrance ingredients used industrially in the perfume and flavour world.

​As for string carbon chained aldehyde groups, each individual can also display their unique set scented properties.
The compound aldehyde C7, with seven carbon, can be found naturally occurring in clary sage and has a green, herb and leafy fragrance profile.
On the other hand, aldehyde C8 assumes a waxy, orangey fruity scent with a green peel tone.
Aldehyde C9 smells more floral with jasmine and rose-like fragrance. It is a great addition for enhanced boost in sophistication and warmth in perfumes.
Lastly, yet also extremely vital perfumery ingredient, is this fatty aldehyde C10. It is used in floral accords such as rose, jasmine, iris and even in citrus blends as well.

Many is found to like the scent of longer carbon chained aldehyde better due to their richer, cleaner, sweeter or fruitier tones.
Firstly, for C11 undecylenic aldehydes, its scent takes on a rich note where many who loves a clean soapy scent with hints of citrus fruitiness would love.
Aldehyde C12 formulated by Firmenich is said to be one of the favourites among the general public and is also one of the key components used in Chanel No.5. It contains a woody nature with citrus scents.
If anyone would remember aldehydes, one of them would be C14 aldehyde which takes on a sweet, rich and creamy peach fragrance. It is not a true aldehyde, but it is a powerful and well-recognized scent.
Strawberry scent is formulated with the help of aldehyde C16. It smells candy-like, with fruit-berry scent and sweet floral nuances; perfect to be added to floral fragrances to reinforce the top notes.
Lastly, C18 aldehyde hold a scent of coconut with an oily and velvety scent and is usually included to give a boost in creaminess.

If you are interested in fragrances in general and would love to be involved in the perfume making process, try going for a perfume workshop!
The perfume workshop will take you through a guided process of perfume making with have a wide range of perfume fragrances for you to smell and learn more about your preference and personality in relation to fragrances as well!
 
For further information, or to register for a class:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

Do you know that for a good first impression, how we smell is just as important as the visual aspect? Survey and social experiments had been conducted and showed ladies portray higher level of attractiveness to men while wearing certain scents.
Definitely, men each have their own preference, but overall, men prefer ladies that has a sophisticated, sensual and soothing aroma.

Vanilla has showed to appeal Men the most. Its warmth, sweet and soothing scent encompass the best of both worlds, where a touch of sensuality is present.
It may also be due to the natural aphrodisiac component present in this aroma ingredient, maximizing the sensual effect when ladies wear them.

​Not only among men, but this flower scent is also one of women’s favourites. They have the ability to draw men with the gentle, and warm floral scent.
While the floral scents of each aromatic orchid are unique and beautiful, Vanilla Bean Orchid is also the orchid species harvested to make the vanilla scent that.

​The lily of the valley scent is floral intricately weaved with powdery facets and watery tones. This scent is also an irresistible scent that expands on the feminine side of women.
The scent’s portrayed elegance did not lose the effect of purity and innocence of ladies, which draws men’s appeal.

​Sandalwood is showed the project a veil of sexiness and maturity. Its rich woody tones synergize with sweet nuances and floral tones, giving the overall perfume an extravagant yet sophisticated feel.
This selling point in this scent is said to enhance the sensuality and warmth of women.

​This scent is enchanting in its spicy yet soothing nature. It gives of a feeling of comfort and enchantment in its floral-like nature. 
With the calming tones, men are said to feel more at ease and comfortable with women who wears this scent.

​Musk is one of the safest choices to choose, because it is a base note smells the mildest yet also one of the more long-lasting scent of the others. It gives off a clean yet sophisticated fragrance.
By wearing this, you will not have to worry the scent for being too intense for your partner, yet also portraying the aspect of both comfort and grace.

Want to make your own scent with these fragrances that exudes your attractiveness? Our Perfume Workshop not only has all these scents, we also guide you through the scents that entire perfume process and help you through to a scent to your preference and personality as well!
For more information, or to register for a class:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

Some scents such as floral, fruity and edible scented perfume can be very appealing to some. However, not only are these scents attractive to you, but it is also alluring to insects.
Unless we do not mind this likelihood of attracting insects, let’s try to avoid them as much as possible with these 4 methods!

​Some floral scents simulate the real flower scents and is especially attractive to insects as potential food. Therefore, floral scents make you smell delicious to them!
If you would want to save the horror of being followed by insects, then do avoid wearing highly floral scents.

​Not only are flowers’ nectar part of their diet, for some insect, fruits are in their diet as well. Similar to when you leave your ripe bananas or fruits out in the air, flies gather, forming their own friendly circle around your fruits.
Likewise, smelling like sweet ripe fruit may let them think that you are food on a platter for them to feast. Hence, to prevent that from happening, try skim on the sweetness of your perfume.

​Body temperature is a factor in attracting insects, especially mosquitoes, since warmth relates to blood being in close proximity.
Furthermore, if you had just had an exercise, or an activity that increases your breathing, it increases your likelihood of attracting insects such as mosquitoes as well. Carbon dioxide (CO2) produced is also an indicator that warm blood is near, thus making you an easy target.

Being clean is not only a good hygiene practice, but when there is moisture and dirt, it boosts the possibility of insects being attracted to you as well.
When we are dirty, it most likely has a mixture of sweat and dirt, where bacteria growth is very likely. Certain scents produced by bacteria display a distinctive scent that smells similar to cheese which also appeals to insects such as mosquitoes.
 
Try Personalizing Your Perfume!
Create one for yourself and determine the perfume composition to avoid smelling scrumptious to unwelcomed insects!

For more information, or to register for a class:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

Perfumes, like our skin care products, if not applied as instructed or suggested, can cause discomfort or irritation to our skin.
Therefore, to ensure that we are not applying perfumes on areas that are not recommended, here’s a guide to help us define which parts of our body are places we should not apply perfumes to.

​Many perfume users have probably either heard or used this application method, to keep the fragrance long lasting. However, this method is too harsh on our hair.
Perfumes usually contain alcohol as their main solvent and alcohol is very drying in nature. Therefore, if you spray the perfume directly onto your hair, it could eventually damage your hair.
Spraying the fragrance on your comb first, allowing most of the alcohol to evaporate first, then combing it through your hair, can help to produce similar effect as spraying it onto your hair.

​Underarm is one of the most humid and hot areas on our bodies where perspiration is trapped, especially if underarm hairs are present.
Not only can the heat and humidity change the perfume fragrance profile, but more significantly, our underarms are also delicate areas due to the presence of our numerous sweat glands.
Spraying it directly onto the underarm can result increase the likelihood of pore blockage, causing itching, inflammation and even increasing sensitivity.

​Dry, sensitive and flaky skins are more prone to broken and open sores. If these areas are clogged with perfume, it can further aggravate the skin condition. In addition, the alcohol’s drying nature can impart more dryness to the skin.
However, despite having dry skin, you are still keen on wearing perfume, one way is to firstly ensure that there are no open sores, then apply lotions or creams before spraying perfume on your skin.
Lotions are great adhesive medium that not only absorbs the applied perfume but also helps to moisturise your dry skin.

​It may come off as an unexpected place for people to apply perfume, but in reality, some do apply it on our genital areas, having the intention of removing any foul odours.
However, these places are very sensitive regions of our body and require appropriate and careful care.
Likewise, if perfumes are sprayed onto these sensitive areas, they can cause dryness, inflammation or even infection. Hence, it is not recommended to spray perfumes on this area of your body.

To be more involved and understand perfumes, while having fun, join us now in a Perfume Workshop class! Thorough guidelines on the perfume making process will be explained, while you can personalize your own perfume according to your preference and personality! 
To book a Perfume Workshop class for yourself or your friends now, you can just enter the links below!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

​A perfume could not only represent the image you present to others, but it could also connect a personal memory of yours to the scent, giving significance and meaning to the perfume.
Having the desire to create the scent that defines and emphasizes your personality is fantastic, however, it can be confusing and tedious to find out on where to start when there are such a huge variety to choose from, which makes it difficult to identify which one suits you best!
Hence, the list of pointers below can help give you a head start and prepare you to search for the perfume that best suits you!

​This first test is to find out your inclination and preference towards particular scents.
While selecting, try not to choose more than 3 fragrances to compare at one time as too many fragrances will cause more confusion and we may even forget the previous scents before we even reach the end.
Furthermore, most importantly, it is to not saturate your nose with too many scents and cause nose fatigue, as this will affect the accuracy of your judgement towards the scent.

​Do you know that it is a fairly common trait in the human population to either not be able to detect a certain variety of musk or not be able to perceive musk at all?
Therefore, you can start by smelling fragrances containing musk, as they are one of the mildest scents and can be difficult to be identified for some individuals. Citrus scents can be the next on your list, followed by florals, sweet fruity notes, leaving the heavier scents like incense and woody notes last.

​It is actually good news to you if you found a perfume that suit you as it shows that the perfume scents have good interaction with your skin and this may not be true for other perfumes.
Therefore, you don’t have to be swayed by the trends, media or brands of the perfumes and is also a good choice to choose back the perfume with a fragrance profile that fits you. If you have found the right one, its scent could become your trade mark perfume to identify yourself from others. So, do not be afraid of to stay loyal to the perfume you have been using.

As mentioned before, trends should not be set as your sole benchmark to the perfume you purchase. This is because not only are trends volatile and keeps changing as seasons pass but it also may not match your style and preference.
Ask questions such as “How does this smell make you feel?” and avoid those fragrances that gives your headache our is too strong or mild for your taste.

​It could be the citrus boost that you love in the fragrance. This is a good first find by recognizing your love for the citrus category, but if possible, go on further and find out what ingredients made up this citrus category that you love.
This is to help you to have a future reference on what kind of scents you love and would make it easier for you to point out other perfumes you may like.

​You probably would have connected coffee beans to perfume shops as you may have been offered to sniff them after smelling a perfume to refresh your sense of smell.
Conversely, coffee intense aroma may actually not help in recalibrating your sense of smell but instead causing further saturation to your nose, as by itself, is another strong scent. Smelling your own skin is a better option, as your skin is odourless to you. Your own odour is more effective to readjust your sense of smell.

​Fragrance profile change over time, therefore to judge if you are going to like this fragrance even as time passes, you will have to try it on yourself and wait to see how it changes.
Usually this can take hours but if you do not have that much time, at least try it on for around the first 30mins to an hour. During this waiting process you can smell it every 15 to 30mins and see how the fragrance profile alters and if you like the transformation it has made over time as a deciding factor to purchasing it.

If you would just want to dive into a crash course to know what perfume suits you best, you could attend a perfume workshop.
The perfume workshop links are provided below. It offers a personality analysis to understand yourself and your perfume inclinations, and providing you with additional fragrance knowledge too. Finally, you can also personalize your own fragrance with the guidance of learned perfumers as well!
 
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

​Guiding a team can be as tough as building a sandcastle near the shore if there is no right foundation in team management skills, problems that arise in the team can swallow up the team as a whole, collapsing and impeding the team’s performance and growth.
These skills stated below are effective management skills that many leaders have used and adopted to manage their teams better.

When goals are clear and understood by all members of the team, this aids in giving a sense of purpose to the team working together as could they know and see what they are working toward.
​
Just take for example the contrasting difference between walking an endless trail with multiple routes, as compared to walking a trail where you know where the stopping destination is and which route to take to reach the place.

The latter would definitely give you more sense of purpose, and motivation as you can see the progress you have covered, how much distance you have to go before you reach the destination and how to go to where you are going.

Communication is very important in a team and by experience, you can know how unproductive, time consuming and conflict inducing miscommunications can be.

Effective communication is the fluent expression of your point in concise yet clear manner with no inconsistencies in your words and actions.

You have to be clear about the purpose of your point, your priorities, strategy to execute it and in a democratic and non-demanding manner.
​
In addition, you will also have to make time to understand the different communication styles each member uses, to understand how to harmonize your communication with theirs to help the team understand you better as well.

​When a leader is bias, it divides the team base on the personal preference of the leader. This can cause a lot of misunderstandings, rifts and unwanted resentment in the team.
Therefore, equal treatment, communication and opportunities should be given to every member of the team.
Even if you favour one over the others, boundaries between personal and professional relations should be clearly set and not expressed at work.

​Respect is very essential in managing a team. An effective leader gain respect not by demanding it nor it is by making everyone to accommodate and agree to your every speech or decision.
An effective leader leads by understanding that disagreements are not being disrespectful. Their oppositions, differing views and suggestions could possibly be another way to aid the team or boost team performance that you have never thought could be possible.

Change is inevitable especially dealing with the ever-change complexity of human minds and trends. Managing a team requires one to not be stuck in a rigid mindset, not accepting the new and avoiding the risk of uncertainties to settle for current security.
​
One has to gain understanding and be constantly learning and filtering the possible routes and direction your team can take to improve the performance and catch up to the ever-changing society.

​Strategic guidance means to have well thought out plans and instructions that will make progress to the ultimate goal smoother, more effectively and efficiently.
Guiding a team will mean that the other members of the team will be following the plans of the one leading. Possessing the qualities to think strategically and make accurate decisions decisively, a leader should know and be clear on how to proceed when important matters need to be made.
Time can be taken each day to review and see how the dots can be connected together to make it happen.

​A leader is also part of the team. Furthermore, as a leader it is more important to set an example to set the team’s needs before your needs.
It could mean to help out with the work of others, whenever possible, if you find the others are struggling or need help. It could also be to help rectify a careless mistake another made without grumbling and give gentle encouragements and words of appreciation, spreading positivity.
It is to be willing to so things that may inconvenience you but could help to improve the team’s productivity, growth and morale.

 
To manage a team and have a leader mindset, these are the following attributes one should focus, develop and possess:

• Clear Directed Goals
• Understand Team Communication Dynamics
• Instil Fairness
• Establishes Respect
• Possess Flexible Mindset
• Provides Strategic Guidance
• Own a Team Mindset

Searching a suitable activity for your team to bond and learn more about one another? Team building workshops could be a team bonding activity to opt for!
The links below shows a Perfume Workshop offers services that support better understanding of each other such as personality quizzes, mini interactive team building games and also a fun and creative learning process of building your very own perfume!

 
To book a session for your team or find out more about this Perfume Workshop, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

​I’m sure you have at least a bottle or two perfumes lying around on your dressing table. But have you ever thought of the reason why people purchase perfumes? Has perfume become a necessity?

 This is probably the most common reason why people purchase perfumes. Imagine you’re stuck in a crowded train with someone that smells like they haven’t showered in days? Ew, right? Perfumes keep unpleasant body odour away and keeps us smelling pleasant and presentable throughout.

​So many people wear perfume on their first date. When we know we smell good, we automatically feel better about ourselves. They also make us feel more desirable and alluring to the opposite sex. It’s fascinating how such a small bottle of perfume can make you feel like a million dollars, isn’t it?

There is a strong connection between fragrance and memory. When you walk past a bakery, the smell of pastry might bring back memories of you baking with your mother when you were younger. Likewise, the smell of rain can make you feel relaxed and calm. This is how scent is associated with our memory. Connecting ourselves to these memories through fragrance can uplift our mood and spirits.

When a person smells good, you are automatically more attracted to them. Choose to stick with one perfume. The next time someone bumps into you wearing the same scent, they’ll be reminded of the pleasant memories that you brought the last time you met.
 
Remember, you don’t need a strong perfume to make a statement. A mild classic perfume does the same magic! These are the reasons why perfume has become a staple in my daily life. What about you? How do you feel about wearing perfume?

To book a session for your team or find out more about this Perfume Workshop, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

If you have yet to start working and wanted to find some information on the people who you may meet at work, you are at the right place!

But if you are already working and just here for a fun read, you will also be in for a treat as it may point out some glaring personas you have also fortunately or unfortunately encountered in your workplace.
​
I have also pointed out some suggestion you could adopt to manage such personas while you work with them. So, let’s start introducing these creatures to you, one by one.

These people typically assume a quiet and introverted personality. You will find that they often sneak their way out of social gatherings, volunteer works, lunch or pantry gatherings with the other colleagues.

This is because communicating with people isn’t their best trait and hence, often feel drained and frustrated after trying. Since they recognize that it is inevitable to communicate and work with others in an organization, they will save their energy and avoid other unnecessary mingling with colleagues outside of work.

Although these people are introverted in nature, they are the ones that get their work done. They analyse hard data well and are often fairly meticulous in their work.

Handling the Independent Ones: They work best and more productively alone or in smaller groups, forcing them to work in large teams could often be counter-productive to their performance and efficiency.
​
However, it is inevitable to work in teams, so when this happens, allow them more time to process and internalize their thoughts. Acknowledge their achievements and provide constructive feedback so they can improve the next time round.

This persona is a complete flip side of the Independent One and one that the Independent One will fiercely avoid because of their large difference in energy levels.
You will often see the social butterfly everywhere but at their work desk. They could be in the pantry talking about the juicy gossips, or at their colleagues’ desk chatting about what to have for lunch. They are most energetic while socializing and not doing work.

Even though they may look like they are not working during working hours, mysteriously much of their work is completed on time. This is mostly due to their wide connections. They are more resourceful in finding out information from their friends and colleagues to complete their work faster. They may even have friends who are willing to help them complete their work.
These people usually are quick witted and knows how to smoke their way through their persuasive skills.
​
Handling Social butterflies: Set clear objectives to meet and what end results they have to achieve, and but allowing them to have freedom to choose the methods to achieve the goals. If they are distracting the other colleagues from working, do let them know as well, to adjust their priorities between socializing and working, while also preventing any decrease in workplace productivity.

The person is one who is Missing in Action (MIA) most of the time. These people can have an amiable front, but steps on people’s nerves when we urgently need them, yet are almost always uncontactable. Their workplace status is almost always offline and they take ages to reply a simple email. Do not that sometimes, not only our colleagues, this can also be our bosses.
​
Handling Ninja Turtles: Grab them whenever you see them and remind them of the tasks to be completed. Be thick skin and send them frequent interval online reminders (in case they miss the previous emails) especially when you see that they are not doing any work at the moment.

Like a ticking time bomb, you handle them with care. They are individuals that often speak their minds but on the other hand, are not ready to receive the same treatment. In a good way, it helps them projects a personality of honesty and straightforwardness. However, in the bad way, it causes tension in the workplace, and decreases work productivity.

Although they have a poisonous tongue, these people can actually be good at heart. They just fail to express their emotions appropriately due to their insecurities which often leads them into misunderstandings and conflicts.
​
Handling Angry Birds: Be calm and rational while speaking to them. Try to counter their sharp words with polite and tactful ones. When they see that you mean no harm and threat, they will tone down their defensive words and the communication flow will get better.

Slackers are can be labelled as a species of sloths while possessing the intellect, reaction time and physical form of humans and it is not as uncommon as you would think. They seem to have been hired due to their perfectly crafted set of resumes but did not pull their own weight when placed in a team. Instead they cleverly delegate work away, so that they do not end up with much to do.

They procrastinate a lot and causes many delays in the work flow of the team. Ultimately, needing others finish up the work for them. Even in meetings, they often give excuses to leave early, come late or even the obtain the permit to be absent.

Handling Slackers: When they are given a task, assign a member of the team to keep tabs on them and if necessary, sit down and work on the project together with them.
​
The carrot and the stick working style may work to give them some drive and motivation to work on the project themselves.

They are people who are diligent in making connections with the big shots in the company to pave a faster way to advance the corporate ladder. Due to being overly ambitious, they often see and split workplace relationships into ones that benefits them, and ones that don’t. Therefore, it may be difficult to form a genuine friendship with them.
On a positive note, they can be great to work with and have a certain level of competency in their field of work.
​
Handling Boot-Lickers: Ensure that they do not compromise on their work assignments and affect the workplace performance and productivity with their social behaviours. Set boundaries so that they cannot cross and not let their flattery of you or others cloud your judgements. And if necessary, point out their inappropriate behaviours in a constructive and tactful manner.

I would not limit and box our workplace to only possess this 6 types persona but these are the common ones we may encounter while working. Therefore, having some mental preparation and ways to manage them while working could help to smoothen out your working experience.
I will drop some links below to introduce to you a Perfume Workshop that also helps to test our you and your colleagues of friends’ personality while providing you bottles of amazing personalized perfumes to bring home!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

​An honest and open communication is extremely important and can be the key to success in an organisation. It is important that a common understanding between the employee and boss is established and clear instructions are given, especially for the newly-hired staff. Employees must have a clear idea of what is expected of them and the bosses should also do regular check-ins.
 
When issues are raised, there should be a meeting to discuss what could be done and improved. When the employees feel that their voices are being heard and addressed, they naturally feel happier to work in the environment and thus deliver better results.

​I can’t emphasize this enough, but work-life balance is a big must-have to create a positive work culture. Imagine enjoying your off day with your family only to have your boss calling you to check on work related matters, how does that sound?
 
Did you know that chronic stress is one of the most common health issues in the workplace? Creating an environment that prioritizes work-life balance can help to reduce stress and increase work efficiency. If the employees regard the workplace as their second home, you’ll be surprised to see how much more they are able to achieve!

​Recognising hard work put in by employees is crucial, it will encourage them to strive for better results. A reward here doesn’t have to be monetary in nature, something as simple as a verbal recognition is enough to make employees feel valued for what they’ve put in.
 
Here are some ways that you can promote positive reinforcement:
 
1.    Promotions
2.    Year end bonuses
3.    Certificates
4.    Gift vouchers
 
Encouragements are not hard to give, and even something as simple as letting your employees knock off work an hour early or come in work an hour later is enough to work it’s magic!

​It is important for a company to keep up with changes and train their employees accordingly. Adapting to change is crucial as those who don’t, get replaced. Professional development can enhance the productivity of the organisation as a whole.
 
Providing skills and knowledge learning opportunities allows employees to upgrade themselves, and the company to progress together as well.

Coworkers having similar mindset and values makes it much easier for them to work together and get things done. Employers should make it a point to hold team bonding sessions monthly if allowed, to keep staffs bonded and happy.
 
Here are some ways for team bonding:
●     Have a monthly dinner with the staffs to sit down and trash out issues (if any)
●     Team retreat - could be a simple bowling session or short trip to a neighbouring country
●     Doing volunteering work together
 
In summary, creating a positive work environment doesn’t need to be costly or difficult. Simple actions such as addressing an issue immediately, and keeping an open mindset can greatly increase work productivity. The better the employees feel, the more likely they’ll take pride in their work and strive to do their best.

Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

​A team without a goal can be dangerous on different level. It can cause a lot of disorganization not just within the team but also affecting the other departments and even the whole organization.
Every single team makes a difference and this difference could be the one to trigger a positive ripple to your company. It will start with these following steps.

Team Vision is an important guide and direction for everyone in the team to follow and stay on track.
So, to identify and set a vision, you must have a future image (vision) of what you want your team will be successful at, so that your goals could be set to align to your visions.
Without a clear team vision, goals set would be messy, unproductive and uncertain. But with a vision, your team will be able to easily craft out action plans and goals that align to your team vision.

Using the guides of your team Vision, start by creating small goals. This is because small goals are more achievable. When see that the goals could be easily completed, we are more likely to feel motivated to work towards it as compared to a daunting and ambitious goal.
​
Setting small goals could not only spur and inspire the team, but also show them their quantifiable progress that they have made, giving them a boost in team morale and sense of achievement as well.

​Yes, be realistic. Check if the small goal you plan is feasible and that your team has the authority, resources and ability to do it.
If the goals are unrealistic, it not only creates more chaos in the team as you have no feasible way to work towards it, but also cause your team to lose their energy, time and morale along the way if the goal is not achieved.

 Clearly it should be a team effort, so team goals should be made known and be given permission for the team to voice their opinions, make suggestion for improvements and seek agreement before the team goal could be made effective.

If any one of the team members disagrees, uncooperative or do not know about the team goals, then the team work towards to goal will be messy and can cause the team to go off track from its vision.
​
Therefore, it is important to take time to allow team to know, understand and agree to work together towards the same goal for the team goal to reach its maximum potential and effectiveness.

Team goals are meant to be shared, they must be understood, achievable and aligned to your team’s vision.
Lastly, “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.”
If a team building session with fun, creative, interesting and self-discovery activities is aligned to your team goals or vision, then click on the links below!
Those links lead to Perfume Team building Workshop that provides personality analysis, interactive and fun team building activities and allows you to learn a novel and creative skill in personalizing your own fragrance!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​

As adults, work would have integrated and become a major part of our everyday lives. Each day, you could very possibly encounter a new and different challenge - be it dealing with demanding clients, or facing our boss’s ever changing requests or the working on the next big project.
Therefore, to make things easier for us at work, we have to equip and prepare ourselves well beforehand to know how to face these challenges when they arise. The following few points could give you some tips on what to prepare and be more equipped to face your challenge.

Emotions can blind us, causing us to fail to see what was most important at the moment, resulting in negative actions and consequences – which often happens in the heat of the moment.
Therefore, when a challenging or difficult incident occurs, we sometimes need to take a few minutes or even hours (if time allows) to internalise our surroundings, understand your circumstances and what lead to this situation before we can move on.

At times, a great solution to try to calm down is to seek help from a close colleague, friend or family that could help you soothe your feelings or help you resolve the problem. Or if nobody is available, you spend time to pen down your feelings.

But if nothing works to calm you down, and you cannot leave the premises, close your eyes and breathe long, slow and deep breaths using the 4-7-8 method. Breathe in deeply for 4 seconds, hold for 7 seconds and exhale from your mouth for 8 seconds.
​
After you have calmed down, start focusing on solving the issue rather than dwelling on the anger, self-condemnation, or even starting a blaming game in your mind. Refocusing your thoughts helps you to not only solve your problem by tackling it, reducing your anxiety and anger as the issue has been solved.

Falling point is the potential first step where you have made that have caused this mistake. For example, an issue has aroused due to a careless mistake made from your forgetfulness. The falling point will be the moment when you received the information and did not note it down.

When the issue occurred, take time to trail back to the moments before the issue arose. It maybe due to a certain remark, a decision made or not made or it could be a mixture of both.
​
But do note that we can never please everyone or avoid things that we cannot and have no authority to change. So, consider if this issue is a professional and technical work problem that you have to tackle, or it is an issue on a more personal level. If it is on a personal level, you can have the option to decide if the issue is worth salvaging. But on a professional level, we have to take into account of the consequences and thus, may need to manage it as best as you can.

Big projects, presentations or events can be very daunting, especially if they are important or of a topic that is new and foreign to us, as we may not know how or where to start and progress.

I would suggest to never just dive straight into the project without any understanding of it. Start by identifying the purpose and goals of the project and from there, think of the small sequential steps you need to take to reach the purpose and goals.

Small steps should be completed in sequential order which is heading towards your end goal and each task should not take more than a day to complete – best is that it can be done within several hours.

In addition, they should be easy to complete because easier tasks are more likely to make you feel more motivated to complete since it doesn’t take much effort or time.  
​
The faster and more tasks you complete could also help give you more sense of achievement as it makes you see that you have made good progress, giving you an even better boost in motivation and productivity. Hence, a task that originally seemed challenging can now appear more manageable and even more enjoyable.

Most of the time, the circumstance or experience appears bad to us, may actually not as bad as it seems. It may be because we get caught up in our negativity and failures that we could not see the joy or opportunities that they may actually have.

Furthermore, most of the times, failures or challenging circumstances are stepping stones and learning steps towards success. There may be little and simple joys you have missed as well while we dwell in the negativity.
​
We can begin by searching for the advantageous and beneficial points you can get to stop yourself from dwelling in your negativity and start looking at the issue in a different perspective.
For example, if you had a work conflict and negative consequences starts flooding your mind. Reframe it by seeing what you can gain out of it (be it when you resolve the conflict, or during the conflict’s cool down phase). This conflict may be help you to manage conflict better the next time round and could also help you improve on your communication and stress management skills.

​Do not give up in the face challenges and persevere on when you encounter them as these challenges more often than not provide you with life skills you can learn along the way in your life.
If you or your team at work need to place to for new challenges or learning skills, the links below could give you a suggestion to help!
They are a perfume workshop that not only helps you to understand yourself better, but also give you the spark and learning challenge to learning something novel yet fun!
For more information, or to register for a workshop, do head down to the links below.
 
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
 

​Clients can be important financial support to businesses – be it freelancers or huge organizations. Therefore, the front liners who are meeting and liaising with the clients plays a significant role as they are the face of the company and projects the company image to others.
Hence, to make sure you grab the attention and wallet of the clients, knowing your clients’ needs are significant. It is only when the clients can see that your service or product has the capability to help them that they will recognize the worth of giving you their attention and money.

​You can easily identify if the pitch you are presenting to your client is well-prepared or not, what’s more the client that you are facing.
Before you jump into crafting and presenting your pitch, research on the client’s profile, the organization they are representing, what’s their organization’s vision and goals, and what service and products they provide etc.
These are very important information to help you to make an intelligent inference on what kind of needs your client may be seeking. Furthermore, from the information and inference gathered, you can craft a better script, tailoring it to the needs of your clients.

Active listening – a good method to use in trying to listen for why your client is saying what he/she is saying, and why it is important to them and the company.
Ask questions to clarify when there are any unclear points that needed clarifications, do not jump into conclusions and fall into the trap of assumptions.
Minimize all distractions from your surroundings as much as possible that will take away your focus on the client such as your electronic devices like your phone – watches included, as it can distract you from taking too much notice of the time instead.
All these can help you to focus better and understand the client before you, to recognize their needs, helping you to plan possible ways to proceed in presenting you work in relation to their needs.

​By this time, you probably already have a clearer idea on what your client may or would need.
What you can do now is to mentally and briefly formulate plan on how you can match the needs of your clients using your existing resources, and service you provide or offer other possible feasible ideas.
If you do not have any ideas or suggestions that could help the clients, you can carry on and continue to show interest, give your full attention to listen and understand the clients you are facing.

Give a simple, polite and sincere message or email after your meeting with the client to show your appreciation for the time he/she gave you and offer further assistance or clarifications if your client needs it.
In addition, to not forget, quickly jot down your client’s profile, their possible and recognizable needs in a notebook or your phone, where you can analyse them more deeply later and research on ways you how you can assist them further. It is also good to note down how to improve your pitch better the next time round as well.
If you have found other ideas to help the client, you can then send her another follow up message to request another meet up or an email to give her the information you have found that may help.

​To be understand the client’s needs better, pre-preparation such as researching on the client’s profile, which company the clients are representing, and key information on the organization should be made before making the appointment.
During the appointment, make an effort to actively seek understanding in what you are listening, and do a follow-up with the client after the appointment to understand their needs better and improve on your previous pitch for the next session.

Activities together with your clients can also help you kill any awkwardness while understanding your client better as well. The links below provide Workshop sessions of a Perfume Workshop.
They provide personality quizzes to understand yourself and one another better, mini interactive games, and even a novel and fun experience to personalize your very own perfume.
You can book a session for 2 people or for a larger group for team building now using the links below or just to find out more!
Perfume Workshop Team Building/General links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
​