Have you ever had a perfume or other aroma just waft up and smack you in the nose? Good or bad, your sense of smell triggers memory. Whether it’s “Oh, I know that smell.” or “What is that smell?” - you associate scents, both subtle and severe, with experiences you’ve had. The right one can whisk you straight down memory lane while the wrong one can send you running for the hills!

One of the hottest trends these days is incorporating a signature scent into your wedding plans. Curious as to how to include those aromatic delights in your big day?

Here are a few ideas for choosing your own wedding fragrance:

• A bride might choose to have her own perfume created (by someone like Aftelier Perfumes) or choose an existing perfume by using fragrance finders like this one at Sephora.
• Give the chosen scent as a wedding favor or bridesmaid gifts - use lovely and unique decanters like these at Laparfumerie.com.
• Include the scent in centerpieces.
• Use candles and herbs to compliment the flowers you’ve chosen.
• If the flowers you’ve chosen have no scent, try fragrant foliage that compliments your setting.

Here are more good reads about wedding fragrances:

• Our friends at Atelier Weddings freely admit to playing favorites when it comes to scent-sational fragrances. Read more about their choice here and check out Vowfragrance.com.
• The WeddingChannel.com puts in their two scents.
• A bride named, Bunny, has a post about her own search for a wedding scent.
• If you’re in the quiz mood, pop over to You&YourWedding.co.uk and take the Cosmo Bride quiz.

Scent is not just perfume. It is also includes herbs, foliage, candles or sachets. I wouldn’t recommend doing too many test runs at one time. Your nose will just overload and shut down. Be scent-sible and you’ll wind up with a lovely fragrance that will always bring a whiff of wedding day magic.