The sensual practice of wearing perfume has been around for thousands of years. Oils, resins, juices and nowadays alcohol based fragrances entice and stimulate our senses. Here are a couple of guidelines to help you wear your favorite fragrance.
#1. The #1 rule of wearing perfume...don't wear too much. You want a slight aura of fragrance about you, one that leaves the ones you pass by spellbound and curious, not retreating out the back door looking for a gas leak. If they can smell your perfume and you are more than two - three feet away from them, or worse yet, if they can smell you on the wind 5 minutes before they actually see you...chances are you've used too much.
#2. Your sense of smell can be deceiving. Just because you can't smell the fragrance on you after 10 minutes or so, does not mean that you need to reapply. Reapplying every two minutes because you can't smell it can cause you to be in violation of rule #1. Simply put, your sense of smell naturally becomes desensitized to the scent after a couple of minutes but rest assured that others can smell it just fine.
#3. Spray or apply your Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum or perfume oil to strategic pulse points: wrists, cleavage, nape of the neck, behind your ears.
#4. Don't apply perfume to your clothing, pearls, jewelry or your hair. Alcohol and oils in the perfume can ruin your clothing and strip the color from your pearls and jewelry if you are not careful. Alcohol and oils can dry your hair or react negatively with your hair care products. I usually apply fragrance to my skin first, let it dry a bit then dress. If you wish, you can reapply in the evening.
#5. Layering. A good rule of thumb is layering. If you want a single fragrance to stay with you, try showering or bathing with a perfumed shower gel or soap, following with a body powder(optional), lotion, then perfume. That helps a lot with the fragrance staying with you longer without having to reapply copious amounts of scent.
#6. Know your skin chemistry. I know for a fact that there are some fragrances out there that smell heavenly when they are sprayed into the air, but once they settle on my skin, I smell like I haven't showered in a couple of months. Always test the perfume against your body chemistry. I usually go to the perfume counter first, spray on a fragrance I am interested in on my hand, then walk away and do my other shopping, returning to the perfume counter last. This gives the perfume a chance to mellow and react with my skin and to test it's staying power. Ask a friend to sniff your hand and tell you if they can still smell the fragrance. Smell the scent yourself at intervals and see if it has changed any and if it is still pleasing to you. You may love floral fragrances, but if they smell like a compost heap on your skin, you may want to try another fragrance group.
#7. Change fragrances with the seasons. An overly sweet or spicy scent in the summer can actually smell stifling and cloying, in some cases, even sickening (ever smell roasted sweet peanuts or cotton candy in 90 degree weather?). On the flip side, lighter scents in the winter can get lost in the cold. Try to use fragrances that will complement the season, eg. light florals, greens and fresh water type scents are great for the spring and summer seasons, while heavy spices, musks and sweet foody scents are best left until the autumn and winter months where they carry better in the cooler temperatures.
To me perfumes should enhance, bring out your beauty, your handsomeness, the sensuality and sexiness in you. They are supposed to leave the ones you pass by with an air of mystery, a sense of seduction, curiosity. The bottom line...finding and applying the perfect fragrance is a quest. It's what you like, how you want to smell, how you want others to recognize as being you. I wish you lots of fun in your search.
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