The Most Common Perfume Application Mistakes

Quick Tip
Believe it or not, there is an art to applying perfume and mistakes are made every day. If you want to enjoy your fragrance and more importantly, not have everyone moving away from you because of these common mistakes, here is my guideline.

-Less is always more. If you are attending a function with a lot of people, you will likely be competing with several other fragrances that are floating around the room. A light spray of scent on a cotton ball that is applied to one of your pulse points is usually enough.
If you apply scent to your inner wrists, do not rub them together as this can change the scent noticeably.

-Never spray the perfume into your hair. It can react to hair products that you are using with disastrous results. I made this mistake just once. Suddenly it seemed as if I had poured the entire bottle over my head.

By the end of the night, I disliked the scent intensely.

-Always consider the temperature around you when applying perfume. For travel purposes, this is very important. If it is cold, your fragrance will need to be renewed every three hours or so. In a hotter climate, the scent will last much longer.

Be prepared to suddenly find that your once loved scent doesn't smell the same on you. Perfumes can age or change their chemistry if not protected from sun and heat. Be sure to store the bottles properly.

Have you ever stepped out of the shower, dried off and then lavishly applied a scented body cream? Your fragrance is applied sometime later and suddenly you have two scents mingling. If that isn't bad enough, the oil in the cream will prolong the combined fragrances longer than you might wish. A better choice might be an unscented body cream or lotion.

Your favorite fragrance can also change because of your hormones. A scent that once smelled incredible, could suddenly smell quite nasty as a result. The good news is that once "the change of life" is over, you can go back to wearing your favorite scent with no problems.

You should also be aware of the fact that as you age, your sense of smell may slowly begin to dwindle, so "less is more" is even more important.

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