How to Store Your Perfume?

Keep it Cool. Actually, room temperature is enough as long as it's dry and away from sunlight. Sunlight will break down the components of your perfume and change the odor. Heat will oxidize the chemicals and spoil it. It will produce a pungent smell a while after application. The humidity of moist areas will also change the smell of the perfume.
Some poeple store their perfume in the refrigerator. It's not all that bad. It can give you a refreshing cool mist when applied. However, it can only work for Eau de toilettes and Eau de parfum. Expensive Perfumes wiht higher concentration of essential oils should be kept at room temperature so that it stays fluid and not viocous.

Spray Happy. Make sure that perfume bottles are well sealed when stored. It is advisable to buy one that has a spray top packaging than a splash bottle. This will prevent the scent from escaping and wasting into the air. A spray top will also produce a more even and diffused application than dabbing with your fingers. It'll save you those precious fragrant drops. In the end you'll be able to make yout scent worth your cents.

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How to Wear Your Scent?

Go Ahead and Layer. In a tropical environment, the heat will easily burn up the perfume. Make it last for more than just a few hours by using different products with the same scent. You can use by body wash, shampoo,lotion, aftershave or moisturizer as long as it of the same scent. As opposed to the common notion that it will produce a strong and overpowering scent, the other products will only produce a subtle scent that will let your fragrance last long after the perfume is applied.

Feel the Pulse. Apply perfume on warm body points i.e. pulse points were the warm pulsation of the blood under the skin will gently send the scent into the air. Spray it on he inside of your wrist, behind the ears, at the back of your neck,and below the Adam's apple. remember that your perfume evaporates; so don't forget to put it on your elbow, behind the knees and in the ankles. As it vaporizes, it drifts upward into the air.
To maximize your scent, apply it right after you shower when your skin still moist. Don't rub your skin dry with a towel bacause it steals the moisture from your skin. Dry skin will not propel the scent well If you have dry skin, apply an unscented moisturizer before you put on your perfume.

Enough is Enough. Some poeple think that if you spray too much, it'll last longer. That's not at all true. It will vaporize just the same and you'll end up wasting perfectly good perfume. Apply the tricks mentioned above to make your fragrace last longer and put on only what is appropriate. Your smell should not be too overpowering that it fills an entire room. That's not the way to announce your presence. You don't want to reek with an overwhelming stench. If poeple well beyond your arm's length can smell you, then you've put on too much. Perfumes should be fragrant, not flagrant.

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How to Buy a Right Perfume?

Be in the Mood.Almost any fragrance can match you when you're in a good mood. It's the best time to hunt for that perfect scent because your nasal discernment is at its best.

Stress, bad mood and poor nutrition can affect the pH balance of your skin and alter your skin from basic to acidic. It can also cloud you olfactory judgement by not blocking your appreciation for the subtle fragrances.

Relearn Your Chemistry. Be sure that the perfume works well with your body chemistry. When components of the perfume mix with your sweat, the scent can change a lot. The food you eat, especially spicy food, can also affect how the scent will turn out when you put it on. Other habits like smoking and alcohol can also affect the resulting scent on your body.

Buddy Shop. This is the moment when opinion go a long way. Bring a buddy who knows you well to help you shop for that right scent. Remember, just because it smells nice on someone doesn't mean it'll be the same for you. Have someone check if it fits you and your lifestyle.

Smell the Beans. Shopping for fragrances can be fatiguing for your nose. Start with light fragrances before you move on to the heavier and bolder scents to avoid olfactory overload. Also it is less tiring to smell fragrance when they are different and not on the same tone so alternate between fresh and aromatic fragrances before you check out the bolder woody scent last. You can also refresh your olfactory palette by smelling coffee beans in between your fragrances. It cleanses your palette to let you appreciate the scents better. Most fragrance bars should have those ready for their shoppers.

Identify the Millieu. The temperature of the invironment has a major influence on the fragrance. Cold weather can hinder the alcohol component from evaporating and consequently the release of the scent into the air. Hot weather can easily exhaust and vaporize the alcohol so you'd have to refresh once in a while.

Pick the fragrance that is appropriate for the occasion or activity. It's advisable to have more than one fragrance to choose from depending on the event. The perfume you'll wear in a formal affair should be different from what you'll wear at a sporting event. Otherwise, you'll end up smelling noxiously intoxicating.

Better with Testers. Testers are there to help you decide the fragrance to buy. Use it. First spray it on the tester strip then apply it on your wrist. See if there are any changes. Don't smell it right from the bottle. I've seen poeple do that and it look so primeval and moronic. It doesn't work that way.

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How to Choose the Right Fragrance?

There are three basic categories for men's fragrance. FRESH fragrance like citrus fruits, lights crisp greens of the forest and oceanic scents. AROMATIC fragrance cover from spicy exotic scents, opulent heavy flowers, to intense musky scents and vanilla. WOODY smells generally of the forest like moss and barks to trees. Choose the scent that appeals most to you and matches your personality.

Perfume is a blend of substances made from natural or synthetic fragrant oil extracts that are mixed with water and alcohol. They are, classified according to the concentration of essential oils in the mixture. The fragrance with the higher oil concentration will last longer. Purchase the kind that suits your need.

a. Parfum Classic(Perfume). The most potent and most expensive fragrance. It has the most concentration with the more than 22 percent essential oils. it can last for more than six hours.

b. Eau de Parfum. A little less concentrated than Perfume with only approximately 15 percent to 21 percent oil extracts. It can last for about four to five hours.

c. Eau de Tiolette. Translate as Toilet Water. It last for two to three hours with only about seven percent to 15 percent essential oil concentration.

d. Eau de Cologne. The mildest and least concentrated with only four percent essential oils. It last for about an hour or two and serves well as refresher.

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