Summertime fragrance

Fragrance has the power to transport, and practically everyone has fond memories of some kind which triggers by certain smells, such as freshly cut grass or jasmine blooming.  But just what makes a great summertime scent?
Summertime also amplifies any fragrance, so if you wear the same fragrance all year round, you’ll need to use less during the summer to keep from being overpowered by it.
However, summer is also the best time to try a fresh new scent. Your individual skin chemistry affects how a perfume wears on you. Skin chemistry is reason that the same perfume can smell differently on two different people.
The warmer months can change your skin chemistry, including how much you perspire. If you shower more frequently in the summer or if you go out in the sun and your skin becomes dry, these things can also change how a scent works for you.
The perfume you wore all winter in the house or at the office may not work as you start spending more time outdoors and wearing looser, lighter, or skimpier clothing. As a general rule, winter perfumes tend to be heavier, muskier, “darker,” while summer scents are lighter.
There are lots of great ways to get some summer scents. The fact is that summer is a fun time for most of us, filled with parties and social occasions, vacations, and days at the beach. It’s a great time to go for happy, frivolous, trendy kinds of scents. Think light.
Some of the best ideas for summer fragrances are the new crop of so-called fruity-floral perfumes that blend fruity notes into a light floral scent.
However, not everybody is going to go wild for fruity scents. Light florals are another good idea. If you want something a little less girly-girl, there are a lot of fragrances right now that tend to be light and almost cross-gender that is, it might be unclear in a blindfold test whether they were cologne or aftershave.
In the past many summer fragrances have been based on oceanic notes, however, now they are based mainly on crisp citrus notes, such as bergamot, mandarin, grapefruit and neroli. Citrus notes evaporate after about ten minutes, so that is why they smell so fresh. If you combine citrus with floral such as lily of the valley, jasmine and ylang-ylang the fragrance will linger longer. Try Alien by Thierry Mugler for a light summer scent.
Now everyone may not like light smells, so for some there is nothing wrong with more mysterious fragrances. Look for woody notes with milky undertones such as pineapple or coconut, or even darker notes such as sandalwood. Try Thierry Mugler’s Angel Fragrance for a classic mysterious scent.
When buying a fragrance product, your type of product may shift in the summer. In the winter, perfumes and eau-de-parfums work best; they are heavier, last longer, and seem a bit more dramatic. During the summer you may be better served with a nice light cologne or eau-de-toilette even though you may have to re-apply it periodically. But since summer is an active time for most of us, we tend to sweat and shower more in these warm months, so you are just naturally going to need to touch up your fragrance more frequently. It’s true that colognes and eau-de-toilette do not last as long as perfumes, but the very lightness of these products can make your favourite scents seem more breezy and summer-light.
If you can’t make cologne last, buy a scented body lotion or cream plus a shower gel in the same fragrance. Then layer the product on. Body lotion (or so-called body butters) in particular will help anchor a cologne.
Bonus tip: How to make fragrance last without fumigating everyone on the elevator. Spray perfume on the back of your wrists, knees and neck.
And never rub, because rubbing crushes the molecules of the fragrance and ruins the scent. Some beauty editors only spritz the inner elbows and behind the knees. Why? The fragrance stays a little moist and fragrance works best just a little bit humid.
We hope this benefits you all.
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Summertime fragrance
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