Make the Scent of your Perfume Last Longer
You put your perfume on in the morning, but by lunchtime the scent is gone. So how can you make your perfume last longer? Or even all day?
First of all, you need to understand that how long your fragrance lasts on your skin depends much on your own physical makeup. For many people, perfume or eau de parfum lasts for approximately six to eight hours, but eau de toilette will generally only last for about half that time. However, depending on the concentration of eau de toilette—the higher the better—it should last on your skin a bit longer. But what if you weren’t blessed with normal skin and have skin that is either dry or oily? Well, that is going to impact how long your perfume will last. For those of you with dry skin, you can expect to lose your scent faster than someone with oily or combination skin. Since those of us with oily skin have a higher degree of moisture, we retain the fragrance longer. On top of that, everyone has a different PH balance to their skin. That is to say that the natural levels of acidity in the skin varies person to person. Other factors, such as anything that brings about a hormonal shift in your body, stress, medication and even the food you eat can have an impact on how long many hours you can expect your perfume to last throughout the day.
One of the best ways to keep your scent all day is to layer it on with different products. What I mean by that is that if your fragrance also has a lotion or soap that comes with it, use those as well. The soap in your morning shower, the body lotion then the perfume. If your favourite perfume doesn’t have a complimentary line on products, make sure you use unscented soaps and lotions. If you don’t, those scents will be at war with your perfume. And of course, make sure you dab or spritz your perfume on your pulse points.
Applying your perfume when your skin is still slightly moist from your shower is also beneficial. This is because your pores are still open—assuming you took a warm or hot shower and not a cold one!—and this allows the scent to absorb into the skin easier. One of the best ways of doing this is to spray your perfume into the air and while still naked and slightly moist, walk through the falling particles. You’ll find your perfume lasts much longer when you do this.
Another trick for those of you with dry skin is to smooth a little petroleum jelly onto your pulse points before applying your perfume. The perfume will cling to that fine layer of jelly instead of completely dissipating on your dry skin.
Do you use your finger tips to apply your fragrance? Don’t! It will last longer if you use a cotton ball, or bet yet, use an atomizer. And when spraying, hold the bottle about twenty centimeters (eight inches) away from your body, applying an even amount over the area surrounding your pulse points.
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