TIPS ON PERFUMES

How to Wear Perfume 

 

This depends very much on each individual person. There's really no "right" or "wrong" way to do it, but there are a few great tips on how to wear perfume you may not know about! This list has some great pointers and fun facts about perfumes and scents that every woman who plays with scents can benefit from! I'll give you some great advice on how to wear perfume if you keep reading my article. If you love perfume half as much as I do, chances are you're always on the lookout for ways to make your scents last longer and get the full benefits of wearing perfume. Even if you're a pro at wearing perfume, I bet you'll learn something new and fascinating from my article on how to wear perfume!

How Much to Wear

Learning how to wear perfume properly does involve knowing how much you should use. There are three different types of perfume-wearers. The ones who don't wear enough, the ones who wear too much, and the ones who wear just enough. You don't want to waste your scent by only wearing a drop each time and yet you don't want to knock out your friends and co-workers by overpowering perfume. The key is generally 2-3 sprays, depending on how concentrated your perfume is.

Where to Spray It

There are three main points to spray perfume if you want the longest lasting fragrance possible. Your wrists, behind your ears and behind your knees. I love to apply a drop of perfume in each of these areas because they are pulse points! Another good place to spray your perfume is on your hair. Each time you move, a whiff of scent will scatter through the air!

Mix It Up

If you want to know how to wear perfume the fabulous way, do remember to mix up your scents! After you wear one certain perfume for so long, your body becomes accustomed to the scent and it blends with your body chemistry so well, no one will be able to smell it on you! Remedy this by mixing your scents up every few days. I have four different favorites I go back and fourth between. Find what you love, and go from there!

Where to Store Your Perfume

When it comes to knowing how to wear perfume, there's a few more interesting facts then just where to spray it or how much to apply. Knowing how to properly wear perfume also includes knowledge of how to give your perfume a longer shelf life! Old perfume or perfume that hasn't been stored properly won't give off a fresh scent and won't last you as long. If possible, keep your perfumes stored in the fridge! If that's not an option, keep them in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight. Bathrooms are so moist that perfumes don't last long in there!

Think Outside the Box

Why limit yourself to a flowery, floral, girly fragrance? While there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, sometime we need to think outside the box! For a fresh, clean scent try a man's cologne! Don't knock it till you try it. Some men's colognes are light enough that a single squirt can give you a light, clean smell that is very appealing!

Perfume Warnings

Knowing how to wear perfume also means knowing to be cautious with perfume. Did you know certain materials can be stained if you spray perfume directly onto them? This is why you should spray perfume on your skin or hair only! But when you are going to be out in the sun for long periods of time, remember that areas with fragrance on them may be a bit sun sensitive so proceed with caution. Another thing to keep your eye on? Some perfumes have ingredients that cause headaches or allergic reactions in you or those around you so keep that in mind.

Perfume for Beginners

If you are just starting to experiment or get curious about wearing perfume, here's a few ways to ease into wearing a scent without overwhelming yourself. Start out with a body spray or body splash which is less concentrated. Even a scented lotion or soap will give you hint of lovely fragrance! If you are into natural products, dab a few drops of essential oils on your wrists for a whiff of vanilla, orange or lemon where ever you go!

Make It Last Longer

There are certain ways to make your scents last longer and if you want to become an expert at knowing how to wear perfume and making the scent last longer, here's what to do: Layer your scent! Buy a set with scented body wash, lotion, and perfume or body splash. Layering your scent this way makes it last all day! Another option for longer lasting perfume is to try solid perfumes. They come in a tin and are similar to a lotion or lip balm that you rub onto your skin.
I hope my article has given you some fabulous tips on how to wear perfume! These little-known tricks will have you smelling delicious all day long, and before you know it, you'll be the one giving tips on how to wear perfume to all your friends! Do you have any great ideas on how to wear perfume to share today?

7 FUN FACTS ABOUT PERFUMES YOU DIDN'T KNOW

1. Nose

Though there are many vendors of perfumes, Noses have the coveted, yet limited, job of designing scents. There are only 50 true Noses in the world. To become a Nose, you must first have a impeccable sense of smell. The first test of which is being presented with a scent that can have an upward of 250 ingredients and needing to identify each and every one. Facts about perfume like these make me grateful for the various scents created. To think of the work that goes into making my Macy’s-bought perfume baffles me.

2. Ph Levels

There is a reason why men use Eau de Cologne and women don’t. The ph level varies from Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum and other strengths. Men’s skin is more acidic than women's which means the ph needs to be regulated in the scents that they purchase. The acidity level of each person’s skin is different, causing the scent to rest (and smell) slightly different on each person. Who would’ve guessed that the chemical properties of your skin could transform the scent that you bought?

3. Perfume Organ

The various extracts from flowers in their distilled, liquid state can be found in bottles on a Perfume Organ. This desk gets its name from its strong resemblance to an actual organ. Noses use these Organs to develop scents. Similar scents, for example citrus fragrances, are grouped together. The art these organs create may not be heard but it can definitely be smelled.

4. Testing Scents

When you walk into a perfumery, you may be overwhelmed by the overflow of scents. I always struggled to differentiate between one and the other because they seemed to all blend together. In between smelling each scent, it is important to reset, in a manner of speaking, the nose. Smelling the familiar scents of your skin or clothes may not have any potent odor but will free the nasal passages to experience other scents. Also, smelling coffee beans helps cleanse the nasal-palette. So next time you’re in the store, take a whiff of your scarf and then see what perfume works for you.

5. Application

Where do you apply perfume? Pulse points such as on the wrists and neck allow the scent to strengthen, while putting it on clothing makes the scent last longer. But rubbing your wrists together after applying the perfume actually breaks down the scent and crushes the fragrance. So when you apply make sure to let the scent breathe. Proper application gets you the most for your money.

6. Making Perfume

Making perfume consists of two different approaches, both of which require extracting scents from flowers or other herbs. The saturated fat of wax, where it sits for three months, absorbs the fragrance before alcohol is used to remove the scent from the wax. Another approach requires putting flowers in three times its weight in water. At 212°F, the water is boiled into water vapor that is then frozen into liquid. All fragrances are run through filters to remove impurities before use.

7. Expensive

As any perfume buyer knows, it can get expensive. The process of making perfume takes multiple months and up to years to complete. Even more, each flower needs to be picked from its field. Masses of flowers are required to make small extracts, so to mass produce perfume around the world, the numbers start to add up. Though it does get annoying seeing the high prices, I hope with these facts about perfume you understand how much effort goes into creating one fragrance.
I hope you learned an interesting fact about perfume that you can share with your friends! I mean who knew there was so much to find out about perfume, right? What did you learn? Did any of these facts surprise you?

CHOOSING  THE RIGHT PERFUME

Perfume, in its strictest sense, is a blend of fragrant oils diluted in a high-grade alcohol in a concentration containing about 15—20 percent oil, the alcohol being about 90—95 percent pure. This is a parfum, also known as an extrait or extract. Any mixture with a lower proportion of oil to alcohol is an eau (water).
There are different strengths of eau, principally eau de parfum, with 15-18 percent of oil mixed in a slightly weaker alcohol, eau de toilette (4-8 percent of oil in an even weaker alcohol); and eau de cologne (3-5 percent of oil in a still weaker oil/alcohol mix). Recently eau fraiche has come into use, which is a cologne with a purer alcohol. Sometimes the mixtures go outside of these percentages.
Most perfumes come in a line which contains a parfum or eau de parfum (or both) as well as an eau de toilette,but sometimes the highest available concentration is only at eau de toilette strength. The line may also contain body lotions, soaps, bath foams, and so on, but these are just toilet preparations to which a small dash of the fragrance has been added.
The question sometimes arises of where best to purchase a perfume. It is difficult to give advice on this, as everybody’s circumstances are so different. You will not find a fully comprehensive range of perfumes anywhere, as there are so many on the market that retailers themselves have to be selective. If you have decided exactly what you want, then you might as well get it from the cheapest source you can find, always bearing in mind that if you buy on the sidewalk it will probably be a fake which ceases to exude fragrance after about ten minutes!
The connoisseur who likes to make a careful choice would do well to go somewhere that offers both a good range of products and good advice. In subtle ways different perfumes suit different people, so selecting what to buy is a matter of personal preference and taste, but there are trained consultants behind the counters of the larger department stores and the specialist perfumeries who can be very helpful and may save you a lot of time.
For a real experience, however, try the store of a perfumer selling his or her own creations. Buy a small bottle, to reduce the chance of its going stale before you’ve finished it.
Always try a fragrance on your own skin, but preferably not if you have just been eating strongly flavored food, or vigorously exercising, or if you have not quite recovered from an illness, feel out of sorts, or have just been smoking. All of these can affect the fragrance or your appreciation of it. Test an eau de toilette version of the perfume rather than any stronger concentration. Take a very small sample and don’t rub it into the skin. The best point to apply it is on the wrist; you can then put a different perfume on the other wrist and, if needed, two more on either upper arm. Try to wait at least 20 minutes, preferably an hour, before deciding, so that the notes unfold.
Some perfumeries now provide blotting-paper wands on which to apply the fragrance; these may be useful as a first stage, since you can test several different fragrances with them, but they are no substitute for your skin in the final selection.
Perfume lasts longest when applied to the pulse points, so your wrists, navel, collarbone area, or even behind the knees, are good places when you come to wear it—not behind the ears though, as the alcohol dries too quickly there. Some people find it lasts longer if sprayed on after a shower or bath, when the skin is still slightly damp.
There are also people who like to layer fragrances, especially for evening wear—use the soap and bath foam of the fragrance line at first, then the body lotion, finally apply the perfume itself; this may be expensively luxurious, but you will end up gorgeously fragrant.
Perfume is affected by air, heat, and light, so try to keep your bottle closed in a cool, dark place. Unopened, it may last 20 years, but once you have let air get in it will start to deteriorate and become acidic, the top notes going first. The more air, the worse the effect, so once opened it is really best to use it all within a year or two – and that, of course, will give you every excuse to choose a replacement without delay!