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Perfumes
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You can wear a fragrance anywhere, but it’s always a good idea to spray on your pulse points (the wrist and neck). These areas are generally warmer which helps project the fragrance so people are more likely to be able to sense how splendid you fragrant! If you want a fragrance to cling to your clothes then there’s no harm in a little spritz all over, but it will need to have a lot of base notes to stick around.
Molecules are synthetic ingredients which are sadly too often associated as “something bad” in people’s minds, but did you know that a lot of these molecules are present in nature? These molecules are called nature identical and some can even be organically certified (uh?). Synthetic ingredients constitute the lion’s share of the perfumer’s organ and often help to make natural ingredients stand out in original compositions.
Our noses are all different. That means some are better at detecting some smells compared to others! Also, after we’ve worn a fragrance a few times or for a short while, we can get used to the smell but to someone else it’s scent is just as strong as the first spritz.
Yep! All perfumes will smell ever so slightly different depending on who’s skin it’s on. Why? Well, it’s made of molecules much like our skin, so it will react to many different things such as pH levels, diet, hormones and heat.
There’s always a lot of love for the well-known natural scents such as rose, bergamot, blackcurrant and jasmine.
Initially, try the fragrance on a blotter (also known as a perfume ‘spill’); these should be available on perfume counters – and when you buy a Discovery Box from this site, you’ll find a pack of blotters inside. Allow a few minutes for the solvent and the top notes to subside, and then smell the blotters. At this stage you may be able to eliminate one or more, if they don’t appeal – but it is really the heart notes and the lingering base notes which you will live with, and which are crucial.
Your physical make-up can have an impact, but there are many, many exceptions… This is a very broad rule-of-thumb…
Blondes with fair skin may find they are happiest with rich florals, as their skin may have a tendency to dryness, and subtle/citrus fragrances will evaporate quickly.
Brunettes often have medium/dark skin which tends to contain higher levels of natural oils, allowing scents to last longer; they may find orientals work well.
Redheads tend to have fair and delicate skin, and sometimes this turns out to be incompatible with perfumes dominated by green notes.
Applying a body lotion or cream with the same scent as your fragrance followed by applying the fragrance itself will make the scent last longer without its being too strong or overwhelming
Yes. Oftentimes, three to six months after opening the bottle, the solvent and aldehydes (organic compounds in fragrance) evaporate and change the nature of the smell
Yes, you can become immune to scent
Essential Oils
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Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts obtained by careful steam distillation, cold pressing, or resin tapping. The resulting oils have a distinctive molecular profile that gives them specific aromas and properties
There are countless ways to use essential oils: in the kitchen or at the gym, diffusing them or applying them to the skin—the possibilities are endless. The most important thing to remember is that each oil is different. Always check individual labels to find out if an oil needs to be diluted before using it on the skin or ingesting it and how often it should be used.
Pure essential oils are far more powerful than the botanicals from which they are extracted. Some oils are considered gentle and generally safe to apply directly to the skin, like Lavender and Copaiba. Other oils are considered “hot” and should be diluted before they are applied to skin, like Cinnamon Bark and Oregano. So for them to be sensitive to skin, they need to be diluted.
Plants produce essential oils for a variety of reason: to attract pollinators, make themselves unpalatable to insects and animals, ward off disease or even make the soil around them toxic to other plants with which they would compete for sunlight, moisture and nutrients
Yes, but you will need an essential oil “still” for distillation—similar, but not quite the same, as a still for alcohol—which are not widely available
Unfortunately, quality claims on essential oil products are not well-regulated and should be treated largely as marketing material. If a pleasant fragrance is all you are after, simply use your own nose as a guide. Therapeutic grade essential oils, however (those used by aromatherapists), are virtually impossible to assess without special training and scientific equipment.
It’s true that there are instances where essential oils can be ingested, but those circumstances are infrequent. Ingestion of essential oils should be used only for an acute problem for the shortest length of time possible
Depends on what you’re trying to do. The quickest way to get it into your bloodstream is through smell (diffusing), where it rapidly absorbs into the blood. That’s also the only way to effect certain parts of the brain.
