The fragrance you wear says a lot about you and even apart from its delicious aroma it communicates feelings, memories and emotions. Based on this, it is important that you take your time when you buy perfume that best suits your way of being and your lifestyle.

Notes of a Perfume

• Top notes: It gives us the first impression of the perfume and only lasts a few minutes; it is the first thing we smell when opening the bottle.
• Middle notes, body or heart: They determine the character of the fragrance and appear after fifteen minutes of application.
• Base or base notes: It is the aroma that remains on our skin, sets the personality and can be smelled after two hours of having applied it, they are the so-called fixing notes of the perfume.

When Buying the Perfume

The effluvium of each fragrance varies according to the type of skin since the epidermis tends to transform its characteristics. So, it is recommended to try it before buying it.

Here are Some Tips

• Choose purchase in the morning. It is the best time to make the choice of your perfume because it is when the nose works best.
• To better appreciate each of the essences, make sure you are not wearing any type of fragrance.
• Put a little perfume in the areas where the pulse is taken (neck, cuff, inside crease of the elbow) and wait about two hours.
• Do not vaporize the fragrance near jewelry as the metal acidifies the skin in contact.
• Do not try more than three perfumes at a time. In the end the nose loses its olfactory capacity. You can smell coffee powder or beans to erase the essences and re-appreciate another perfume.
• Wait approximately two hours and then smell again at the points where you have put him or the perfumes, previously identified and then, you will know which is yours.

If it is necessary to repeat the process with the perfumes that you have found suitable, do it again. After you buy it there is no going back. After you choose the perfume that is really for you, observe the following:

How to Apply Perfume

Perfume is an article of seduction, Coco Chanel said that you should perfume yourself where you want to be kissed – so wear it in indiscreet areas such as the neck, nape, décolleté, behind the ear, on the inside of the elbow and on the wrist. Hydrate well the area of the skin where you are going to apply the perfume with petroleum jelly or a well-emollient moisturizer. You can spray a little on your clothes without overloading them as it should reveal a delicate trail. Two or three sprays are enough to smell good for the rest of the day. Even if you don’t feel it, what they are by your side will.

How to Preserve Perfume

Keep it in a place where it does not get direct light, or there is a wide range of temperatures, or where it is very hot. Keep it in its original container. A well-preserved perfume has a life of 2 to 5 years.