Hastily spritzing perfume on your clothes? Hold your horses, there’s more to it. It’s quite common for us to tuck that on-the-go fragrance-laden cartridge into our purses for reapplication throughout the night. But reapplying is a bit of a hassle, and sometimes, even awkward. That’s why you must know how to spray a fragrance in order to have it roll off your body in deliciously-scented waves for hours on end. If you’re wondering what ingredients make a perfume last longer, or how to make your perfume last on your clothes, stop. Its’ your skin, and where you spray the perfume on your skin that does the trick. There are a couple of spots on your body that nestle, hold, and accentuate the scent better. Here’s what you need to know about making your perfume last longer on your skin and body — because, and I’ve gotta break it to you, you’re using it all wrong.
You Can Make Your Perfume Last Longer & Here’s How
Belly Button
Your belly button radiates heat, and heat enhances a scent. That’s why spritzing a little bit of your berry-scented fragrance in your belly button allows the fragrance to dissipate better. Don’t forget to do this when you’re sporting a cropped top or bikini.
Inside Of The Elbow
The inside of the elbow is a pulse point. A pulse-point is an area of your body where your veins flow closer to the skin. When your veins lie in proximity to the skin, the spot emits more heat. Heat allows a scent to develop effectively, and diffuse into the air around you. And because this area is tucked away into the bends of your arms, for the most part, it nestles the scent strongly too.
Back Of The Knees
The back of the knees is another pulse point. This spot also emanates heat. And heat always travels upwards. This carries the scent of the perfume up throughout the day.
Behind The Tops Of The Ears
The back of the earlobes is one spot; but what about the tops of the ear? This spot isn’t as dry as the rest of your body. Remember that oily areas of the skin hold onto scents better than the drier parts. Make sure you’re moisturising the spot to further accentuate the scent.
Between The Cleavage
This is another pulse point. The heat strengthens the notes and carries the scent longer. Just spritz your perfume in the area between the cleavage — especially if you’re wearing a top with a plunging or revealing neckline.
Hair
Scents cling to fibres, and your hair is just that. The strands of your hair will hold onto a scent for longer periods of time. But make sure you’re not overdoing it as perfumes contain alcohol, and alcohol isn’t the best fit for hair. Keep the perfume about eight inches away from your hair, and spray it once or twice. You can try spritzing your hairbrush with a little bit of fragrance to avoid direct contact and achieve a similar effect in the end. Look for perfumes with lower concentrations of alcohol and ethyl while you’re at it.
Ankles
Since you’re always moving around, spraying perfume on your ankles can project the scent from your skin to the air around you wherever you go.
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Chic, Swirling, And Jasmine
This one’s known to be evocative, and brims with notes of tea, freesia, jasmine, and rose orchid that blend into a floral and sensual explosion for the wearer — as well as everyone in their vicinity.
Feminine And Floral
The name’s true to its features because this perfume will surely make others envy you — because of how heavenly it smells. If you’re looking for something embedded with citrusy and feminine notes, this one’s for you. The bottle it is delivered to you in is sleek and thin, and it can slip into your purse easily.
Old England
How do you compress London into a bottle? Like this. This perfume is softly-infused with the scent of freshly-picked petals and exudes an old-school charm you cannot replicate with another formula.
Sultry & Seductive
A medley of floral-fruity scents, this perfume’s top notes are composed of Raspberry, Bergamot, Lemon and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Jasmine, White Flowers and Peach; base notes are Vanilla, Cashmeran, Musk, Cedar and Patchouli. If you’re looking for something strong and long-lasting, don’t look any further because this is it for you.
Lilac & Roll On
If you prefer roll-ons over sprays, don’t look any further because we’ve found just the product for you. This roll-on is a corsage of lilac, magnolia leaves, heliotrope, ylang-ylang, hyacinth, and subtle notes of nectarine. Vegan and cruelty-free, this elixir is excessively portable and travel-friendly and isn’t composed of ingredients like parabens and phthalates that hurt your skin.
Compact & Portable
If you’re looking for a compact, bite-sized version of your favourite lavender-laced perfume, you might want to direct your attention to this pack of 3 ASAP. This one’s versatile in that it captures the softest and sweetest of scents before diffusing into something musky and heavier. Infused with top notes of lavender and rosemary; middle notes of cedar and geranium; Tonka bean, musk and oakmoss, you’re sure going to love how this one evolves throughout the day.
Citrusy & Chic
Imagine being presented with a bouquet of flowers infused with the softest hints of citrus. This is that. This perfume is playful, sensual, and pumps vibrance and energy into the air. But it doesn’t leave you smelling like flowers throughout the day. It plunges into a woody and musky after-scent a little after application, and if that doesn’t tell you much about the versatility of this one, we don’t know what will.
Sheer & Soft
This perfume is a blend of the most feminine and sensual scents you can think of. Think Pink Pepper. Think Peony. Think Jasmine Petals. Need I say more?
Cherry Blossoms
This scent starts off with notes of raspberry — and as it diffuses into the air, it progresses into sense-tingling scents of Sakura (cherry blossoms) and leather before plunging into notes of musk, patchouli, and amber olfactive. It’s not too loud a scent — but enough for someone to sense that it’s there.
Pro Tip: You can layer your skin with petroleum-based jelly before spritzing on perfume. The droplets of the perfume will hold onto the jelly instead of sinking into your pores, and fading away.
And that’s how you smell your best.
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