About 98 % of surveyed persons in Ukraine use perfumery. The Pearson chi-squared (χ2) test was used to analyze the relationships between qualitative characteristics. Respondents, who were randomly selected, were offered a questionnaire, developed by us, which included 15 items on the demographic characteristics of the subjects and questions related to the perfume use of and stereotypes about them. The analysis was performed on a sample of 124 residents of Ukraine. Factors related to perfumes choice, the state of awareness of respondents regarding quality, safety, and existing stereotypes regarding the characteristics of perfumes and potential harmful effects on the human body were investigated. The study encompassed some aspects related to perfumes use, which can potentially influence the individual perfume choice, in particular, among different age groups of the Ukrainian population. Our results indicate that sisters might be particularly tuned to select suitable perfumes for their siblings. No significant differences were found for attractiveness and pleasantness ratings when perfumes were rated alone, suggesting that it was the resulting blends that were uniquely different. In Study 2, body odours mixed with perfumes selected by sisters were rated significantly more attractive than those mixed with perfumes selected by target men. In Study 1, the blends were rated as nominally more pleasant when body odours were mixed with the perfumes selected by girlfriends compared with those selected by target men themselves. Collected perfume-body odour blends and perfumes alone were assessed by rater panels. Target men applied the two perfumes (own or other’s choice) to their axillae and then wore cotton pads for 12 hr. We tested this in two studies, comparing selection of a perfume for a target man by himself and by either a familiar but unrelated individual (girlfriend Study 1) or a relative (sister Study 2). As kin share some body odour qualities, their ability to select complementary perfumes for relatives might be higher compared with selection for nonrelatives. People tend to choose perfumes to complement their body odour.

Perfumes parfums le guide 1994