If you find that your perfume doesn’t last for more than a few hours, it could be because you’re applying it incorrectly – and might even be missing a vital step
Make your perfume last all day with this helpful tip.
For many of us, a quick spritz of perfume is the final touch we add before heading out of the house. The right perfume can be a game-changer for elevating your style, as the scent can help tie together your overall look and make you feel glamorous -especially if the fragrance is a bit pricey.
But all too often, we find that our perfumes don’t last as long as we’d like them to. Scents sometimes seem to fade within a couple of hours, and we’re left with a dull aroma that doesn’t give the effect we’d hoped for. However, that could be down to user error rather than a problem with the fragrance – as it turns out many of us have been applying it incorrectly.
According to a perfume expert named Emelia, many of us are far too conservative when it comes to our fragrances. We use just one spritz on one wrist and then rub our wrists together to transfer the scent, but this isn’t enough, and your perfume will fade quickly.
While you might be conscious of using too much perfume in one go, especially if you’ve splashed out on something expensive and want it to last, Emelia insisted you must use at least three sprays around your body for maximum results.
She said: “You don’t have to go overboard, we don’t need to douse ourselves, but we can use a little bit more than one spray. At least for a daily routine, we’re going to hit one wrist and leave it – don’t rub it. Not because you’re bruising the formula or anything, but just because we can put another spray on the other wrist.”
For the third spray, Emelia said you should go under your shirt and spray once on your chest. This is because the chest radiates heat, which will move the fragrance off of your skin so that people can smell it.
But that’s not all, as there’s actually one other place we should consider adding perfume – our hair. Emelia said that you can often buy a matching hair perfume to your favourite scent, but if you don’t have access to one, then you can use your main perfume as long as you follow some important steps.
You should spray the perfume into your hand first and allow the alcohol to dissipate off of it so that just the fragrant oil remains. Then, scrunch this oil through the ends of your hair. Emelia said this will make your fragrance last longer because your hair isn’t as hot as your skin, so the scent won’t evaporate as quickly.
Commenters on the video were quick to praise the woman for her helpful tips, with many hailing the hair trick as a “game-changer” for lasting fragrance.
One person said: “Wait, the spraying in your palm and then rubbing into your hair is so good!” Another added: “You just blew my mind with that hair tip.”
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