Perfume is about more than just the way you smell. The scents that waft off your body and into the air around you are an expression of your personality, moods, and capabilities. To truly make the most of your perfume, however, it is important to know how to apply it successfully.
Let’s take a look at how and where to apply your favourite scent to ensure you make the most of it, making it last longer and leave a lasting impression.
Where To Apply Your Favourite Scent
- Wrists are one of the favourite places to start applying your perfume. This classic spot is ideal for effective scent distribution. Remember to leave the perfume to dry naturally on your skin without rubbing your wrists together. Rubbing can disrupt the fragrance molecules and shorten their active lifespan.
- Spray a light cloud of perfume onto your neck to create a subtle scent around your body. Along with your wrists, the neck is a pulse point in your body. At this place on your skin, heat emanates and warms the perfume, releasing an enhanced version of the scent for a long-lasting effect.
- Adding a spritz behind your knees may seem like an unusual place, but it has been found to be highly effective as the heat generated there helps to enhance the fragrance.
- Adding a final spray to your hair can help your fragrance last all day, as subtle hints are released throughout the day.
How To Apply Your Favourite Scent
- Moisturising your skin before applying perfume helps to retain its effectiveness for longer. Perfume applied to overly dry skin will evaporate very quickly. The oils in your moisturiser provide something for the fragrance to “grab” onto, allowing the scent to last longer.
- Hold your scent bottle a few centimetres away from your skin before spraying for the best effect. Doing so allows for a more even and controlled perfume application and helps prevent over-application.
- Consider layering your scents. Starting with a fragranced moisturiser, you can mix and match your favourite perfumes to find your unique signature scent that best matches your personality. Use the lightest fragrance as a base and build on it with stronger perfumes to create a more complex scent profile.
- Another application method is the “spritz and walk”. Spray a blast of perfume into the air just in front of yourself and quickly walk into the mist. In this way, the perfume will cling to your skin, clothing, and hair for a longer-lasting effect.
Seasonal Considerations
When choosing your fragrance of the day, pay attention to the season and the weather. Just as you change your clothing for the different times of the year, so too you can adjust your scents. Here are some examples to get you started:
- In summer, choose crisp aquatic and citrus scents.
- In autumn, pick more complex scents like woody and oriental fragrances
- In winter, comforting scents like vanilla, cinnamon, and musk are ideal.
- In spring, light florals like jasmine and rose work well.
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