This is how to wear a fragrance the longest
The do's and don'ts of perfume
With a favorite scent you naturally want to last the longest. A suitable waft all day that immediately reminds others of your presence. How can you enjoy your scent the longest? Well, like this.
Don'ts
– Spraying too much is not very handy. Because you are probably so used to your scent, you often spray a lot because you can no longer smell it yourself. The result is that you have an exploded cloud hanging around you. You don't want that.
– Wearing many scents together. Some scents are made to layer, see the Do's section, but not all. Because you often can't smell your own scent very well, you think your perfume has disappeared. As a result, you grab another scent, spray it on, and the damage is already done. In the end, you sometimes wear four different scents together. Sometimes it can turn out fun, but just stick to one, then you won't get any ‘weird’ scent combinations.
– Don't rub with perfume. So don't spray the perfume on your wrists and then rub them together. That's a shame because you completely kill the perfume, resulting in you really smelling nothing and actually having sprayed a bit into the void.
– Don't apply a scent to your clothing. Can cause stains and that would be a shame.
Do's
– Apply perfume on clean skin. It should be well-hydrated skin because a dry skin cannot hold the scent well. So moisturize. You can choose either a fragrance-free body lotion or a body lotion in the same range as your scent. This will only enhance the scent effect, and that's good.
– Our friend Coco Chanel once said: “A woman should wear perfume wherever she wants to be kissed.” I completely agree with that. So where do you spray it? The places where you should not apply perfume, according to perfumers pulse points are often the spots that get the warmest on your body and where you indeed do not want to be kissed. These are for example the spots behind your neck, behind your ears, on your wrists, between your breasts, and between your legs. Warmth makes the scent even a bit more intense. This is also the reason why when men sweat (yes, ew), you often smell AXE just a bit more intensely than normal.
– Nice spots where you carry the scent with you all day may sound a bit strange, but it helps. For example, I always spray perfume under my hair at the back of my neck. When I wear my hair down, a bit of perfume always comes loose when the wind blows through my hair. Don't spray too much directly in your hair because the alcohol in it can dry out your hair. But that's only if you really use a lot, okay? What you can also do is spray a bit of perfume on your hairbrush and then brush your hair. This way, the scent is nicely distributed, and brushing out tangles in your hair suddenly isn't so bad anymore. “Hair keeps fragrance for a long time as it is slightly oily, is permanently heated up by your skull (the warmest part of the body), and is always in motion,” says perfumer Frédéric Malle. Not a fan of spraying perfume in your hair? There are also special hair perfumes ones from CHANEL, for example, that are very friendly to your shiny locks and give you the same effect.
– Liesbeth had heard that you should spray a perfume between your legs when wearing a skirt. Sounds a bit bizarre, but it's true. Really. Spray it on the inside of your thighs, and when they touch while walking, the skin gets warmer, and the scent is released. Just let the perfume ‘absorb’ first, otherwise, you will kill it.
– Go for layering. Layers are definitely allowed, as long as you use the same scent. A body lotion, an oil, a fragrance; they can all enhance each other. Jo Malone is a brand that is very strong in that.
