Perfume tips

Tips for Wearing Perfume.
Apply the perfume on body points such as the inside of your elbow, back of your knees, wrist, neck and cleavage where the perfume stays warmer longer. Spraying a little into the air is also good if you walk straight into the perfume. This helps to diffuse it over your body. Apply the fragrance starting on your lower body working your way up to the top.
Consider layering perfumes - use all the same fragrance in various products. Begin with shower or bath gel and then rub in body lotion or spray with a matching after bath spray. Finally apply the scent preferably as Perfume or Eau de Perfume.
Read more about perfumes here: Perfume

What is the difference between Perfume - Eau de Perfume - Eau de Toilette - Eau de Cologne?

Perfume is composed of natural or synthetic fragrant oil extracts diluted in water and high-grade alcohol. The differences are simply a matter of the amount or concentration of oils in the fragrance. The higher the concentration of oils the longer the fragrance will last.
Eau de Cologne ( Read more about colognes here: Cologne) with just 4% essential oils and Eau de Toilette with 8% to 15% oils are the least concentrated and last about 2 hours.
Eau de Perfume (Parfum) with 15 to 22% essential oils lasts about 3-5 hours.
Perfume or Parfum Classic is highly concentrated to 22% of essential oils and lasts 6 hours or more.

What are Testers?

Testers are the real thing - the original fragrance but without the retail packaging. Some testers may come packaged in a plain white or brown box and with or without a cap. Some testers may have "Tester" or "Demonstration" written on the bottle, and are mostly used in retail stores to support clients in the shopping process.
We never sell used testers! Testers are the least expensive way to enjoy the fragrance you love.
Read more about fragrances here: Fragrance

Are minis for men or women?

Both. Read more about women preferences here - Women - and men preferences here - Men
Minis are smaller bottles, easy to carry in a purse or shaving kit. You can use them for travel, or as an inexpensive way of testing a fragrance for a extended period of time, in different situations, to see if it matches your taste. They vary in size from 0.10 oz to 0.15 oz (10ml-15ml).

How to select a great gift?

All our products are name brand originals. We never sell knock offs, copies, or expired merchandise. Perfumes, colognes, and fragrances in general make perfect gifts. The hard part is selecting the right one, because unlike flowers ... Read more about gifts here: Gift

How to select the right gift for men and women?

Perfumes, colognes, and fragrances in general make perfect gifts. The hard part is selecting the right one, because unlike flowers - that vary with the season, shape, or scent - fragrances have an unique formula that stays the same for the life of the product.

You never want to buy a perfume as a gift on your first date - your first choice would be flowers. You really have to know a person before you present a perfume as a gift to them. There's a little spying to be done - through conversation, talking to a friend who knows, or any other subtle means - in order to pinpoint the favorite fragrance of the intended person - unless you know the person for a long time (spouse, old friends, close family, etc.)

Fragrances are part of fashion industry. The final touch to dressing up is applying a fragrance. You may not afford to buy a designer garment but you will for sure a designer perfume. With so many designers coming up with new lines every year is becoming more and more difficult to stick to one product. While you would try new scents to keep up with the times, your heart still aches for that discontinued fragrance you cannot find anymore.

What Do Men Want?

Before we delve into what men want - we have some unfinished business with women's education - Tips for Wearing Fragrance.

Consider layering tones. Use all the same fragrance in various products. Begin with shower or bath gel and then rub in body lotion or spray with a matching after bath spray.

Finally apply the scent preferably as Perfume or Eau de Perfume liberally. Apply the fragrance starting on your lower body working your way up to the top. This helps to diffuse it over your body.

Apply Perfume on body points such as the inside of your elbow, back of your knees, wrist, neck and cleavage where the perfume stays warmer longer. Spraying a little into the air is also good if you walk straight into the perfume.

Most men a fairly unpretentious when it comes to wearing fragrances - contrary to what most experts recommend - and I'm referring to layering. Men don't usually use perfume, body lotions, powders, or creams as a base - in most cases a good after shave is enough. One thing you should not try to negotiate is the scent of the after shave or cologne.

Men prefer fresh sporty scents, or deep masculine tobacco and musk scents. Men will not wear women's fragrances, but the reverse is true for women. "One man one fragrance" is a true statement, so if you want to surprise your man with a new fragrance be sure to select one in the same tone line, don't try to switch a man from tobacco to musk, or the other way around - it won't work.

In case you didn't know, a pound of rose essential oil costs $5,000 and up, while jasmine essential oil can exceed $25,000 per pound. But, we'll talk more about that later.

Women Perfume That Works Best For You?

Fragrances are as much part of the fashion industry as clothing and anything else a woman would buy to enhance her presence. Perfumes are glamorous, exciting, explosive, and of course romantic. But you already knew that - so let's get to the point.

You've learned how to take in consideration the season, occasion, and mood before you decide what to wear - but did you? Let's say it is summer in Los Angeles, 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and you're going to the gym. What women's perfume would you wear? I'll say wear nothing - just deodorant and maybe a little light body cream - anything else will heat up on your skin as you work out and chances are you'll drive everyone out of the gym.

But, if you didn't know that, let's talk about fragrance potency. Women's Perfume is the most intense form of fragrance and it lasts the longest on your skin - followed by eau de parfum (perfume), eau de toilette, and eau de cologne. The more essential oils in the fragrance the longer it last and the more expensive it is.

Eau de Cologne with just 4% essential oils and Eau de Toilette with 8 to 15% oils are the least concentrated and last about 2 hours. They come in larger spray or splash bottles and are meant to be used liberally all over the body as the first layer, or first line of defense if you wish.


Eau de Perfume (Parfum) with 15 to 22% essential oils lasts about 3-5 hours. As it has more essential oils it becomes a little more expensive, so use it on the warmer points of your body (wrist, neck, etc.)

Perfume or Parfum Classic is highly concentrated to up to 30% of essential oils and lasts 6 hours or more. Due to its higher concentration of oils it be-comes very expensive and should be used for maximum effect. A smaller bottle of perfume will last longer than a larger size eau de perfume if used effectively, but in the end using either fragrance is just a matter of preference.

In case you didn't know, a pound of rose essential oil costs $5,000 and up, while jasmine essential oil can exceed $25,000 per pound.

A Fragrance For Each Mood?

There's nothing more important to how a fragrance will smell on you than your body's PH balance. Ideal PH is alkaline - but stress and poor nutrition will turn your balance to acid in no time, and that in turn will react differently to anything you apply on your skin.

When you're in a good mood it seems that any fragrance will match you type - and in most cases that's true. Your sense of smell is at its peak and you are able to distinguish the subtle tones of various fragrances. This is the right time to do a short inventory of your fragrance collection, or - go shopping.

In contrast, a bad mood is an olfactory sensory killer. You pick the wrong fragrance, for the wrong occasion and time of day - you basically tell everyone "leave me alone - I'm not in the mood".

Smells have been shown to evoke memories that have strong emotional qualities. The sense of smell is critical for the existence of almost all creatures. We humans, able to distinguish over 10,000 different odor molecules, utilize our sense of smell for a multitude of activities from enjoying the aroma of freshly brewed coffee to deciding whom not to sit next to on the bus.

And talking about being able to enjoy the aroma of freshly brewed coffee - you may have noticed already that each counter of every perfumery has a coffee been jar handy. Take a sniff from the coffee been jar just before you try a new fragrance to refresh you palette - just like wine tasting, when you notice that many wines will taste differently if you go back to them after trying other wines - you need to cleanse your palette with water or raspberry sorbet.

Cologne for men?

Let's get this straight - until recently men used to wear only after shave and deodorant, period. Most still do, but colognes are slowly getting into the mainstream.

Men shave every morning, and there are as many shaving styles and rituals as there are men. Some use blades - others use electric shaving machines, but they all use some type of after shave or cologne at the end.

But, you'll be amazed to know that most men don't know the proper steps to a "clean shave". Basic scenario - wake up, take a shower, dry up, apply shaving cream, shave, splash water on the face, dry up, apply after shave or cologne to finish. Well, that's wrong.

Men keep forgetting about harmful bacteria build up on their shaving utensils. When you apply a blade so close to the skin you're opening up all possibilities of getting infected.

The correct scenario is - wake up, take a shower, dry up, apply alcohol (yes, alcohol) on your unshaven face (no stinging there) and onto the shaving blade - that will kill the bacteria. Apply after shave or mens cologne to finish. Men don't have to apply cologne to certain points on the body - so applying it on the face is ok. You may also want to spray a little on your body.

Men prefer fresh sporty scents, or deep masculine tobacco and musk scents. Just make sure that your cologne and after shave are from the same line when used in tandem.

How Do I select the right perfume?

Most people have a preferred fragrance that they wear every day - like a hit song on the top ten list played over - and over again until it becomes too familiar but not exciting anymore. That's called olfactory fatigue.

Perfumes are meant to match personality, season, occasion, and mood - let alone more subtle arguments like time of day. There's no substitute for refinement - so here's where your scent education starts.

There are four basic categories of fragrances for women - FRESH - with citrus, green leaves, or marine notes scents - FLORAL - has Jasmine, Rose, and white flowers scents - ORIENTAL - with spice scents, vanilla, and Patchouli - WOODY -with warm woods, citrus, and moss.

Men fragrances do not have floral or oriental tones (or at least they are not called such), and the categories are FRESH (same tones like women's), AROMATIC (citrus, lavender, geranium), and WOODY (Vetiver, Agarwood, Cedar).

Let's tackle personality, as a match for the right perfume. If you consider "one woman one fragrance" to be true - well, you're wrong. There is no proof that a certain personality would use a specific category exclusively. A woman's mood will overshadow her personality when it comes to selecting the right fragrance - Lamb and Tigress - Mr. Jackle and Mr. Hide - you understand where I'm going.

The seasons are a major influence in selecting perfumes - and it has to do with temperature. Yes, temperature will affect what you wear - in winter the cold will prevent the alcohol in the perfume from evaporating - while in summer high body heat will burn it out in no time. That means that you'll have to refresh your fragrance more often in summer.

Occasion. If "one woman one fragrance" would be true then you'd wear the same perfume regardless if you go to a wedding or a ball game. But, that's not the case. I don't know what you'd wear at a ball game, but at a wedding your fragrance should scream your presence. No, don't pour a gallon of perfume all over your body - just pick the one that matches the occasion, and for sure it will be a woody or oriental scent.