Top 8 Tips On How & Where To Apply Perfume

The last (and quickest) step in your beauty process is generally applying your perfume. A little spritz here and there will get you out the door. Due to the fact that applying perfume looks so straightforward, you could not even consider it. But there's more to wearing scents than meets the eye. The location and amount of perfume application as well as the storage location (such as a steamy bathroom vanity) can all affect how long the fragrance lingers on your skin and in the bottle.

Here are 8 key suggestions for applying perfume to prolong the freshness of your favourite aroma:

1. Avoid rubbing fragrance into your skin.
You've undoubtedly seen your mother, grandmother, or pals rubbing their wrists together after spraying perfume on them. It's one of the very first scent-related behaviours we ever picked up. However, when you apply perfume to your skin in this manner, the top notes actually disappear before they have a chance to settle. 
In order for your fragrance to last and for it to smell somewhat different on each individual, you want your perfume to gradually meld with the natural oils in your skin. The friction from rubbing perfume across your skin can heat it up and alter the aroma.

2. Mist it on your pulse points.
Your pulse points can be found in areas like the back of your knees, the inside of your wrists, the inside of your elbows, behind your belly button, and behind your ear lobes. These heated areas of your body release more body heat, which aids in the fragrance's natural diffusion. In order to make perfume last all day, spritz or dab it (remember, don't rub) on a few or all of your pulse points.

3. It matters where you store your perfume.
It's not a good idea to keep your fragrances in the bathroom since everyday shower steam might interact with them. Water, humidity, and abrupt temperature changes can alter a perfume's composition and shorten the bottle's shelf life. Additionally, the composition of a scent can be destroyed by any kind of light, particularly sunlight. How should We store the perfume? The reply is a cool, dark, and dry location. Try hiding your bottles in a vanity drawer or bedroom dresser before dumping them in your closet, or just keep them in the box your perfume arrived in. The majority of these were designed to help keep your perfume content and secure over time.

4. “Spritz and Step”
Instead of focusing it in one (or every) place, distribute your perfume across the room to keep it fragrant but not overbearing. When you use perfume, you want it to enhance and compliment your natural aroma rather than entirely cover it up. Do a "spritz and step" by spraying your perfume in front of you, walking straight into it, and then turn back instead of dousing it all over your body. This will ensure that you are covered (without going overboard) and leave a thin covering on your clothing.

5. Spray your clothing at will.
Speaking of clothing, dabbing a little perfume on it can help you maintain your aroma throughout the day. Just be careful not to put on something that will leave stains (such as silk). It will probably smell lighter or somewhat different, albeit still like your favourite perfume, because fragrance reacts with clothes differently than it does with skin. Try spraying some perfume on the inside of your coat or jacket, or spray some in the air and wave your garments about in it.

6. Use it after your shower.
However, perfume really absorbs better into the skin when it's warm and the pores are open. Many of us apply perfume as the final step before leaving the house. Applying it after a shower, while the skin is still warm and dry, is an excellent idea.

7. Apply moisturiser first.
Speaking about really dry skin, perfume frequently dries out rapidly on it. Instead, attempt misting it over a thin layer of vanilla body lotion or a dab of petroleum jelly. These moisturisers not only keep your skin supple and silky, but they also provide a surface for the perfume oils to cling to, extending the duration of your aroma.

8. Only mist certain formulations through your hair.
A frequent technique is to spray some perfume into the hair in addition to the pulse points. It seems natural that you would release a small amount of your trademark scent's aroma when you turned your head if the wind picked up. However, you shouldn't always apply every scent formulation to your hair. For instance, alcohol-based products like certain eau de toilettes and parfums might actually dry out your hair. Instead, you should only use pure perfume oils on your hair, or make sure your recipe is alcohol-free and water-based.