¡¡¡¡The right fragrance worn at the right time in the right mood is a powerful Beauty Asset. It enhances glowing skin, perfect make-up, and shining hair and is truly the final touch to beauty.

¡¡¡¡A scent is very personal & individual to any human being. What you like on yourself, what you like on someone else and what others like on you can be one and the same scent but are most likely three different fragrances. The way a scent reacts to skin is a very unique feature - it smells one thing in the bottle, another on immediate application, and yet another as it begins to show the lasting & lingering fragrance after about half an hour.

¡¡¡¡The oil and mineral , & the moisture secreted by glands beneath the skin's surface, plus the elements that form the skin, are what will makes one fragrance smell differently on each member of a group of weavers.

¡¡¡¡Perfumes are more about private pleasure, pampering one's self, rather than prestige. The choice of a perfume can directly reflect one's personality, the name, concept, strategy & positioning with mega budget launches. And each scent has an olfactory pyramid.

¡¡¡¡The top note, which lasts for a few minutes, is what you smell when you first open the bottle and spray.
¡¡¡¡ After about 10 minutes, the middle note of the perfume comes into play.
¡¡¡¡ After about half an hour, the base note, which lasts longer, can be detected.

¡¡¡¡The top note is the strongest and often lingers on even when the base note comes to the forefront.

Heavy & Mild Fragrances:
¡¡¡¡Heavy fragrances, what we call dark scents, are a very serious matter & judged to have a very complex character. Orientals like Misouko, Fracas, and Opium & Shah mar have the power to induce self-consciousness in the wearer.

¡¡¡¡The Milder fragrances derived from the greens, are clean, light & supportive. Anyone wearing these has no self-control and does not require grace, self-possession or even maturity to announce her presence.

Scent Usage Routine:
¡¡¡¡Scent should become a part of your daily life. It should not be something worn occasionally or the last thing you add just before leaving the house.

¡¡¡¡The trick lies in layering scents, as follows:

¡¡¡¡¡¤ Splash on cologne, an Eau de toilette directly after a bath or shower.
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Use matching scented soap, bath oil, powder & deodorant.
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Then use the most concentrated version sparingly.

¡¡¡¡ Your scent should be as personal as your signature. The right one could be as simple as the single scent of a herb or flower, or it could be a complex mixture of flowers, roots, spices, wood, leaves, moss, fruit & animal notes.

Scent: Do's & Dont's

Do's
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Store scent in a dark, cool place. Light can cause chemical reaction and change the nature of the fragrance.
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Fragrance should be thought of in a much wider context.
Wear Eau de toilette during the day; keep the concentrated version for evening.
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Try to have bath oil, body lotion, talcum powder, soap, deodorant & other drawers' sachets and room spray in the same fragrance. This will help you to develop a unique scent about you.
¡¡¡¡¡¤ Spray your ironing board with fragrance before ironing shirts & dresses.

Dont's
¡¡¡¡*Don't mix scent in the sun.

¡¡¡¡*Some ingredients, when exposed to skin & sun, can cause allergies, rashes or brown patches.

¡¡¡¡ *Don't try more than three scents at the same time, when you're contemplating something new, as an average person can't accept more before becoming tired.

¡¡¡¡* Method: Spray a little of one scent on the inside of one wrist and do the same on the other wrist with the second & the back of one hand with the third. You should wait a minute for each one to develop & smell it before applying the next. For the final result smell them all again after half an hour & then decide.

¡¡¡¡*Don't try to transfer a scent to a plastic bottle for traveling - it tends to evaporate through plastic & you may loose it all. Always travel with a purse spray or a small sealed bottle that's not plastic.

¡¡¡¡ *Don't waste a scent on the air instead of on yourself. After opening a bottle, use it - it will only evaporate & lose its potency if you try to & save it.