Does perfume change it's smell after a few years and become ruined?

Question

My elderly aunt passed away and had a large collection of expensive perfumes, however they dont smell good to me. I think they are old.

Answer 1

Yes , parfumes do change because of sunlight.....just keep them for the beautiful bottles and your Aunties memory...

then in about 30 years take them to Antiques Roadshow....tell them u bought them at a garage sale for a $1. & see how much these "antique perfume bottles c. 1950 r worth!!

tee hee...

Answer 2

Some perfumes do, others don't. And the tighter you close the cap, the longer your perfume is gonna last, unless it is a spray. Then you won't have to worry about smell changing because by the time it changes its smell you probably already finished all the perfume.

Answer 3

Yes, absolutely perfumes can go off. That's why you should use your scented products rather than save them for a special occasion. And perfume should be stored in the refrigerator.

However, scent is subjective, what smells bad to your might smell good to someone else.

Sometimes cats go crazy for perfume. Rather than throw them out, try spraying a cat toy and test on an obliging kitty.

Answer 4

Old perfume can go "bad". There is an alcohol type stuff in them that evaporates when you put it on to leave the fragrance behind, this can evaporate in the bottle too if is has been opened and not resealed well. So they probably smell really strong. I would just keep the bottles as a collection for what they are and not for the fragrance itself.

Answer 5

properly I specific could truly like a fragrance the odor of unpolluted decrease grass, that odor is in simple terms orgasmic. human beings get somewhat freaked out while they mow their lawns and that i'm bare on their front rules rubbing the grass clippings on my physique.

Answer 6

of coruse they are old old old oldo