In
the whole daily beauty routine, fragrance seems like the easiest
part, just a spritz or two and you’re done. That’s a common
mistake most of us make. Scents are delicate and often have more than
a note, and if not applied right, you might be disrupting the course
of notes of the scent. In short, you might not be getting the value
of the money you spent on that expensive perfume. Here’s how you
should use your perfume to get the course of the fragrance right and
get the worth of every cent spent.
- The correct way of applying perfume
This
is where most people get it wrong. Applying perfume on your neck and
wrists and then rubbing the wrists together is the wrong way of doing
it. Perfume should be applied on all the pulse points of the body.
The pulse points have blood pumps closer to the skin surface, making
the skin warmer at these specific points. Since perfume is activated
by body heat, the pulse points are the ideal place to apply perfume.
The
pulse points include wrists, behind the ears, bottom of throat,
inside of the elbow and behind the knees. Spritz the perfume on your
pulse points to get the maximum results. Do not rub the wrists
vigorously after applying perfume, the friction can destroy the top
and middle notes of the perfume, leaving just the base note.
- The correct way of storing perfume
Extreme
temperatures, both hot and cold, can alter the chemical bonds in the
perfume, disrupting the fragrance. The ideal way of storing your
perfume is in a dark place with room temperature varying between 16
to 23 degrees Celsius, which implies that if you switch the aircon on
and off often, your room is not the ideal place for your perfume,
your bathroom can be. Needless to say, do not expose your perfume to
direct sunlight, on window sills of shelves close to window, this
will break the perfume.
Also,
do not carry your perfume in your purse or handbag. This not only
exposes your perfume to varying temperatures, but also subjects it to
excessive vibration/movement which breaks down and disrupts the
fragrance. If you must, but small one time use, or purse packs for
carrying a perfume along.
- Applying perfume for maximum results
Perfume
works best on hydrated skin. This is the reason many perfumes come
with their accompanying body lotion that compliments the scent and
enhances it. If you use a body lotion that has a strong scent of its
own, the perfume will obviously not work the way it’s meant to. For
best results, apply a little Vaseline to the pulse points before
spritzing your perfume on.
Check
out one of the best selection of perfumes at Perfumania.
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