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Fragrances are a
multi-billion dollar industry. People love perfumes. They like scents
in everything they use. In our society, we use perfumes in almost every
product we make. Perfumes
are in our soap and our cleaning products. We use perfumes to freshen our
air, our bodies, and our pets. We cannot escape these scents in our society.
People have used perfumes for thousands of years for a number of different
reasons. In recent years, perfumes
have become less expensive. As a result, more and more people are able to
purchase them in a variety of products. Different fragrances, though, smell
different on individuals, no matter what product the fragrance appears in. As a
result, it is essential to choose your fragrances carefully.
Fragrances work when
they are applied to the skin. As your body heat rises, the perfume starts its
magic. Perfumes smell
differently because of a difference in body chemistry. Several factors can play
a role in this including diet, acid balance, medication, skin oil,
pigmentation, mood, and environmental factor. For example, if you were on a
higher fat intake diet, the scents placed on your skin would be far more
powerful than they might be on a person's skin who were on a lower fat intake
diet. Dramatic diet changes within your life can change the way your standard fragrances smell on you.
Another good example is skin type. Folks with oily skin have perfumes that
offer a more intense scent. People with dry skin have to reapply their fragrance often to get the
same kinds of scent results. These factors not only change the actual scent on
your skin, they can also have an influence over how long the perfume will last on your
skin. If you notice that your favorite scent has undergone a change, you should
think about what has changed in your life. Maybe you've just become so
accustomed to your regular scent that you simply cannot smell it anymore.
Whatever it is, it might be time for you to consider a new scent.
As you begin to choose the right fragrance, there are a few
important things to remember. Everyone has an approximate circle around their
body where people should be able to smell your scent. Hold your arm out
directly in front of you. If people can smell your perfume from further away
than that, you are either using the wrong perfume, (it is having a poor
reaction with your body chemistry) or you are using the right perfume poorly. Remember
that fragrance is supposed to be a personal message, not an announcement
broadcast over a public address system. To use your fragrance correctly, layer
it over your body. Build a foundation with eau de perfume. Spray it on your
skin from your feet to your shoulders. Then use your perfume. Apply it to your
pulse points. These are the areas of your body where you can feel your
heartbeat. Some common pulse points are the wrists, behind the ears, the crook
of your elbow, the base of your throat, behind your knees, and inside your
ankles.
As you begin to try to process this information and shop for the right scent for you, make it a
rule to never try out more than three scents at a time while you are shopping.
Eventually, your nose with its sensitive olfactory receptors will no longer be
able to appropriately process all of the signals you attempt to send to your
brain with the various fragrances
you have tried on. Moreover, you should apply the test fragrance directly to
your skin. If you just smell it in the bottle, you will have no sense of how
your body will work with the fragrance.
Apply a few drops to your wrist. Wait a moment or two, and then smell it. If you want to
try another, apply it to the other wrist. If you'd like to try a third, apply
it to the inside of your elbow. Be sure to stop after the third one.
It might be best to create a wardrobe of fragrances, so you can
accommodate the changes in your body chemistry. The inner workings of fragrances can be quite
complex, and your body chemistry has everything to do with it.
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