Vanguard Allure

Top Menu

  • Vanguard

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
  • Vanguard

logo

Vanguard Allure

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Ruky Ogbetuo: From Fashion Writing To Prolific Designer

      January 21, 2023
      0
    • Bisola Alabi: Tech Savvy

      January 15, 2023
      0
    • Wumi Jubril - Providing Ultimate Wellness Experience

      January 13, 2023
      0
    • Celebrities Share their New Year’s Resolutions with us

      January 2, 2023
      0
    • EZINNE DORA KAYODE-----Excelling in a man’s world

      January 2, 2023
      0
    • Gbemi and Toolz -On Career Path and Christmas

      December 25, 2022
      0
    • NGO trains women, PWDs in Mushin on funds sourcing for SMEs

      December 22, 2022
      0
    • Stakeholders call for more women's participation in political leadership positions

      December 19, 2022
      0
    • DRASA MD, Niniola Williams wins GEDA Digital skills competition

      December 19, 2022
      0
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
    • Austin Faani wonders why actresses are not supporting Funke Akindele's Deputy Governorship ...

      January 26, 2023
      0
    • Mixed reactions as LASU bars students with indecent dressing from class

      January 24, 2023
      0
    • Iyabo Ojo warns Nigerians to vote wisely ahead of election

      January 19, 2023
      0
    • Sharia Court detains Judges, cashier, others over 500m theft

      Sharia Court detains Judges, cashier, others over 500m theft

      January 19, 2023
      0
    • JJC Skillz returns to Islam

      JJC Skillz returns to Islam

      January 19, 2023
      0
    • Hall of Fame to induct Snoop Dogg, Sade Adu

      Songwriters Hall of Fame to induct Snoop Dogg, Sade Adu

      January 19, 2023
      0
    • Actress Caroline Danjuma earns an MSc in law

      Actress Caroline Danjuma earns an MSc in law

      January 18, 2023
      0
    • Mercy Johnson opens up on reasons she's on life-long medication

      January 13, 2023
      0
    • US hospital names Dora Akunyili’s daughter as chief medical officer

      January 13, 2023
      0
  • Why I can’t marry an actress – Kelvin Chizzy, Filmmaker 

  • ‘How sex scene with Jim Iyke almost got me expelled from Uni’ – Lilian Afegbai

  • ‘Why you should make a rich woman your life partner’ – Jason Njoku

  • Austin Faani wonders why actresses are not supporting Funke Akindele’s Deputy Governorship ambition

  • Why I’ve never been married – actor Charles Okocha

BeautyWellbeing
Home›Wellbeing›Beauty›How To Wear Your Perfumes Right

How To Wear Your Perfumes Right

August 18,2021
Share:

BY Yemisi Suleiman

Perfume is an accessory that compliments not only your outfit but your personality, and the way you apply and store fragrances can have a big effect on their shelf life and performance.

Spray on and go is not all there is to putting on perfume, if you’ve been doing that all along, then you are not enjoying the full potential of your fragrance. You should learn how to appreciate fragrances and the best ways to use them, so that they will leave you beautifully scented for longer.

Just in case you are still wondering how to do this, here are a few tips to help in getting the most out of those pricey scents.

  1. Test scents properly

Don’t judge a scent immediately after spritzing. When testing a scent, give it a few minutes to settle before making your decision so that you can fully experience how it develops. For an initial impression of the perfume, you should test on a blotter, if you like it, then test it on your skin to make sure that you like how it interacts with your personal body chemistry. Never buy a scent just because you like how it smells on someone else, it may not necessarily smell the same on you.

  1. Wear your perfume on pulse points.

Everyone knows the key pulse points where perfume should go; the wrists, insides of the elbows and back of the ears. These places are warm, dabbing your perfume there helps to give off the scent. But there are a few other warm points where you can also put scent on, for instance the top of your back, above the collarbone and your cleavage, especially when wearing clothes that expose these zones.

Your hair is another spot that carries scent well, but don’t put it directly onto hair, since perfume contains alcohol that could dry hair out. Spray it into the air above your head and let the mist land softly on your hair, that way you can achieve a subtle and more even distribution of the fragrance.

  1. Wear it on your clothes

When it’s particularly hot outside and you know you won’t be spending much of the day in air-conditioned places, don’t put perfume on skin; spritz it onto your clothes instead. However, to avoid staining your clothes, do the “walk-into-a-mist-of-perfume” trick, it simply means spraying the perfume three or four times in front of you and walk into it. You will still get the same result.

  1. Consider storing your perfumes in the refrigerator. Keep your fragrances in the fridge because they should be stored in a cool, dark place. With our kind of weather, heat can change the way your fragrance smells. But if you’re one who likes to put your perfume collection on display, take care to avoid areas that are exposed to sunlight.
  2. Layer and moisturise

A good way to extend the lasting power of your perfume is to layer products with the same fragrance. Get the accompanying body lotion and shower gel to your favourite scent and use all of them together for maximum impact.

  1. Just 1–2 sprays should be enough.

You want other people to smell your fragrance only when they are physically close to you. Wearing or smelling of too much perfume can be very offensive to those around you, it is equivalent of shouting. So avoid it.

  1. Don’t spray on jewelry

Perfumes can ruin jewelry especially pearls, so ensure the atomizer is correctly pointed before you spray.

—
YEMISI SULEIMAN
ASST. EDITOR VANGUARD (ALLURE)
08036836197, 08128232941
[email protected], [email protected]
allure.vanguardngr.com

TagsBeautyperfumes
Previous Article

Mercy Eke: Living Her Dream

Next Article

How To Style Polka Dots In Three ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Beauty

    Allure Beauty: How to treat excessive hair breakage 

    June 11, 2018
    By RITA
  • BeautyEntertainment

    The Transformation of Genevieve Nnaji as she marks her 39th birthday

    May 3, 2018
    By RITA
  • Allure MagazineEvent

    PR WORLD HOLDS 4TH Luxury Beauty Brunch

    May 9, 2016
    By allure1
  • Allure MagazineBeauty

    Allure Beauty Tips From Kitchen

    June 28, 2018
    By RITA
  • Allure MagazineBeautyInterviews

    10mins. With Felicia Leatherwood

    December 12, 2016
    By allure1
  • Sleep
    BeautyFeatures

    5 Tips For That Great Skin

    March 18, 2019
    By RITA
0

  • Allure MagazineNews

    “Why I got married as a virgin”- Nollywood actress, Oge Aneke shares

  • Allure WomanCelebrationHappinessNewsRelationshipsTrendingWeddings

    Mr P Celebrates Wife On Eighth Wedding Anniversary

  • Allure MagazineEntertainmentNews

    Ex-BB Naija housemate, Coco Ice poses in underwear for magazine

  • 5312
    Followers
  • 12744
    Likes

Timeline

  • January 26, 2023

    Why I can’t marry an actress – Kelvin Chizzy, Filmmaker 

  • January 26, 2023

    ‘How sex scene with Jim Iyke almost got me expelled from Uni’ – Lilian Afegbai

  • January 26, 2023

    ‘Why you should make a rich woman your life partner’ – Jason Njoku

  • January 26, 2023

    Austin Faani wonders why actresses are not supporting Funke Akindele’s Deputy Governorship ambition

  • January 26, 2023

    Why I’ve never been married – actor Charles Okocha

Categories

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's going on with our magazine!

  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Why I can’t marry an actress – Kelvin Chizzy, Filmmaker 

    By RITA
    January 26, 2023
  • ‘How sex scene with Jim Iyke almost got me expelled from Uni’ – Lilian Afegbai

    By RITA
    January 26, 2023
  • ‘Why you should make a rich woman your life partner’ – Jason Njoku

    By RITA
    January 26, 2023
  • Austin Faani wonders why actresses are not supporting Funke Akindele’s Deputy Governorship ambition

    By RITA
    January 26, 2023
  • Chioma Jesus, Sammie Okposo, Midnight Crew set for #THUGGLA2018

    By RITA
    April 24, 2018
  • American rapper, Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer prize for 2017 ‘Damn’ album

    By RITA
    April 17, 2018
  • Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti drops new album titled ‘Black Times’ 

    By RITA
    April 23, 2018
  • Actor, Yul Edochie declares intention to run for presidency

    By RITA
    April 23, 2018

Entertainment

  • January 26, 2023

    Why I can’t marry an actress – Kelvin Chizzy, Filmmaker 

  • January 26, 2023

    ‘How sex scene with Jim Iyke almost got me expelled from Uni’ – Lilian Afegbai

  • January 26, 2023

    Austin Faani wonders why actresses are not supporting Funke Akindele’s Deputy Governorship ambition

  • January 26, 2023

    Why I’ve never been married – actor Charles Okocha

  • January 26, 2023

    Shakira’s ex, Gerard Piqué shows off new lover after diss track

Follow us