Anyone know how to make purfume "last"????

Question

I went out and purchased an expensive purfume.....Lovely by Sarah Jessic Parker....I love it but it does not last more than 30 mins.......HELP....

Answer 1

I just read this week that scents last longer if you apply to damp skin (like just out of the shower)

Answer 2

In his famous book Perfume, Patrick Süskind writes, 'For a moment he was so confused that he actually thought he had never in all his life seen anything so beautiful as this girl?He meant, of course, he had never smelled anything so beautiful.'

Perfume is the ultimate sensory experience, calling up emotions and forgotten memories. And so, many of us spend a small fortune on exotic and extraordinary fragrances, yet we often don't know how to use them properly. Follow these suggestions and discover new ideas for dousing yourself in mood-boosting aromas, the best ways to wear your scent and how to give it staying power.

Fragrance 101
Classic French fragrances are created by combining three layers of scent, called notes. These different notes can be synthetically created in a lab or extracted from natural sources like flowers or fruits. The top note, which contains the most volatile oils, lasts the least amount of time; the middle note lasts a bit longer and forms the heart of a scent; and the base note lasts around 24 hours. In the last decade, some fragrances have been formulated to change relatively little with wear. What you smell when you spritz is more or less what you get several hours later. However, with most fragrances, you'll smell the top note first, then the scent will change and you'll detect the middle note a few hours later. There are five main types of fragrance.

Perfume (also known as extract or extrait), is the purest, smoothest and roundest of all the concentrations of fragrance and the most expensive by far. It contains 20 to 40 per cent of fragrance oils held in alcohol, a much higher concentration than in other types of fragrance. Fifty per cent of the fragrance is formulated with the long-lasting base notes. Perfume is generally dabbed onto the skin rather than sprayed on.

Eau de parfum is the most popular kind of fragrance and contains seven to 14 per cent fragrance oils. Around 70 per cent of an eau de parfum is lost after several hours but that 30 per cent will remain 24 hours later. If you want a scent that will last and isn't too expensive, buy this kind of formulation. Apply your scent of choice to the places where the skin is the warmest - the wrists, collarbone, between the breasts, in the crook of the elbows, behind your knees, on your inner thighs, and around the ankles.

Answer 3

Are you using deoderant soap or a body spray with deo in it? This will neutralize the scent in your fragrance.

Also, it is possible that you are just getting used to the scent as you wear it. Here are a couple tricks to try anyway: spray a bit on a cotton ball and place in your bra next to your skin (you want fragrance to be as close to your skin as possible because you want it to smell like you), put a bit in your hair (this is the new suggestion being made by perfumers because hair holds onto fragrance really well) A light mist shouldn't disturb your hair style.

Answer 4

I read this in a magazine, and this seems the BEST way, for me!

Just roll it or spray it on hair. Arm hair, the hair on your neck, the hair behind you ears. If you spray it on your skin, the scent has nothing to stick to. If you spray it/roll it onto hair, the hair follicles lock it in and soak up the perfume, making it last longer THAN PUTTING IT ON SKIN ALONE!

Answer 5

Not sure this is what you are looking for but keep your fragrances in the refrigerator. It helps them to last longer. Also, just because you can't smell it - doesn't mean that others can't. Maybe you are just getting used to the smell.

Answer 6

yes, use it on special occasions or so, and only spray 1 squirt each time. do not let ur buds use it and when u put perfume on 4 something that's not a special occasion use something besides ur fav.

Answer 7

Well spray it closer to your body i hear that makes it stay on longer hope i helped got to go bye.

Answer 8

Make sure you put it near your inbetween your boobs, because a lot of people sweat there. If you are sweating it will attack the smell and make it last longer.

Answer 9

1)use on damp skin.

2) since it evaporates up and around you, spray on your neck, on your wrists, and the back your knees.

try it. it works for me. :)