Comments on: Perfumista tip ~ how to make fragrance last through the day

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:02:37 +0000

In reply to candeeKis. Wow, you really are a fragrance sponge! I don't even know what to suggest, except that you donate use of your skin to the fragrance industry to figure out how to make perfumes that really last. At least you have the pleasure of wearing different perfume during the day, if you want, without worrying that they'll blend with what you wore earlier.

By: candeeKis

candeeKis — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 09:21:05 +0000

I am one of those women that has a really hard time in maintaining a fragrance for more than about 3 hours. It doesn’t matter what the fragrance (with the exception of TM Angel) perfumes that others say they can smell at the end of the day or even the next day just doesn’t happen with me. I have dry skin anyway which likely contributes to my dilemna. My favorite is Flowerbomb so I shower or bathe with the Flowerbomb Shower Gel. After the shower I don’t completely dry myself off, and use the FB Body Creme on my legs and the FB Body Lotion on the rest of me. Then I ‘air dry’. Before dressing I use the Perfume and even the FB Hair Mist. (You’d think this was overkill right?) I even spritz my bra and as I am ready to walk out the door I spritz the Perfume in the air above my head and whirl around to let it land on me. I will smell delicious for about 3 hours and then it’s gone. I have to sniff my arms closely to find a trace of the fragrance. After that point apparently nobody else smells it either (I thought it just might be my own nose getting used to it) because nobody else comments or if asked, they say they can’t smell it. Crazy huh? I guess I am just one of those women that will always have to refreshen my fragrance through the day or evening.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:42:35 +0000

In reply to OtakuKitteh. Thanks for the tip!

By: OtakuKitteh

OtakuKitteh — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:02:42 +0000

In reply to Angela. Well, I used to work in a handmade soap shop, and we sold 100% pure, raw shea butter. Because of its thickness, it takes much longer for the skin to absorb it as opposed to the thinner oils, like jojoba. We always suggested putting it on dry areas before bed. It might work if you took your bath at night instead of in the morning, and you applied your fragrance over the shea butter after it had had overnight to sink in.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:47:48 +0000

In reply to anarchkitty. Thank for the explanation!

By: anarchkitty

anarchkitty — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:26:43 +0000

Re: Shea butter – why it ‘eats’ fragrance
Shea butter is a natural occlusive agent – a barrier to water loss or absorption, just like mineral oil or petroleum jelly are. It would tend the prevent the fragrance being absorbed by the skin, until after the scent oils/molecules have fully evaporated anyway.
A well hydrated skin, or one to which moisturiser has recently been applied, will tend to do the opposite – to draw the perfume oils/molecules into the skin, and allow them to be gradually released, with moisture from the skin as the skin breathes.
Hope this helps, and I’m an in-betweeny by the way. If it’s tenacious, it will really last (or if it’s a scrubber too, worse luck). If it’s generally fleeting, then I’ll have trouble finding it 2 hours later.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:57:49 +0000

In reply to April. That sounds like a great idea! Sort of a customized fragrance line.

By: April

April — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:23:45 +0000

In reply to OperaFan. I realize this thread is very old BUT, I have made signature scents with bath saltz, moisturizers and bath gel. It works best with WP rather than EDT but it is fabulous. The best ones are usually fragrences with end notes of sandalwood, pathouli, cedarwood, tabacco and always Vanilla! It is quick and easy to do. Just use a dropper and add about 20-30 drops into a 3 oz bottle of unscented shower gel or lotion or 3 cups of Epsom salt and coarse sea salt and you are off and running! It is super fast, inexpensive and really helpful if you have allergies to soaps and lotions. You can choose the one you know works for you and then add any fregrance you like to it!

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:39:45 +0000

In reply to hollyc. I know! Really, though, all I have are two tiny decants in my desk drawer. Oh, and maybe a few samples....

By: hollyc

hollyc — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:31:46 +0000

In reply to Angela.

Okay Angela, I’m calling the men in the white coats. It’s for your own good. You’ll thank me when you’re not living in a cardboard leanto under the freeway. (But while you’re recovering, I’d be happy to care for your ‘at home’ perfume collection) evil and maniacal giggles . . . . . .