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Let us begin our perfume buying guide by asking: is there a difference between a fragrance and a perfume? There is – the fragrance would technically be the odor itself that we smell. Perfume, by definition, is the substance itself that emits the fragrance or smell. Many people tend to interchange these two terms but they should not be confused with one another in a properly defined perfume buying guide. The first thing you must remember about buying perfume is that the fragrance should reflect the personality of whoever will be wearing it. This is why perfume manufacturers may label some perfume as men’s perfume, and other types as women’s perfume in their own perfume buying guide – because men tend to have different personalities from women. Perfume makers and experienced perfume users know that a perfume that is perfect for them is considered good for them because of the way the essential oils of the perfume will react to the skin and skin oils of the wearer. Let us explore that phenomenon in this perfume buying guide. One way to categorize perfume is according to the season it will be worn in – which is very sensible because we emit body oils more or less depending on the weather of the season. If you plan to wear a perfume during spring, the fragrance of that perfume should be suitable for a fresh and refreshing environment (so expect your body not to emit so much body oils due to the relatively cool environment.) If you are going to apply perfume during summer, when we emit more body oils, do not go for the very heavy-smelling perfume. Instead, choose a perfume whose fragrance tends to be cool and light. If you tend to emit heavy-smelling body oils and wear perfume that is cool and light, the combination will be more pleasant than that induced by a heavy-smelling perfume. In autumn, the general recommendation is to choose subtle-smelling perfume while in winter, you can safely go for warmer fragrances since we emit much, much less body oils when it is very cold. Perfume is derived from plant essential oils so we might also categorize perfume based on the strength of the essential oils used and the degree to which they are diluted in the total solution. We call the most diluted of the four categories as Eau fraiche, where essential oils simply make up 1% to 3% of the total solution. Higher up in solution strength would be Eau de cologne (also called simply cologne.) This second type of solution has 4% to 8% essential oils in it. The third category, dubbed Eau du toilette, is much stronger because it contains 8% to 15% essential oils. The last and most robust of these essential oil solutions is the Eau du parfum which has from 15% to 22% essential oils in it. It is important to know these two basic ways of categorizing perfumes in any buying guide because they may frequently dictate what brand, type, and size of perfume we are buying. Generally, the more concentrated the essential oils are in a solution, the higher would be the price of the total product. Though you can save more by buying a bigger volume of the perfume, a very concentrated product would still be quite costly (due to the cost of raising the plants and flowers from which these perfume substances would be derived and the cost of extracting the essential oils from the raw materials.) That will explain why you may find some larger volume bottles of a certain brand and type of perfume to be less expensive than a smaller yet more concentrated volume solution from another brand and type of perfume. If you are uncertain what type, brand, and strength of perfume to buy, it is always advisable to either spray some on yourself from a trial sprayer so you can check out how it smells on you, or to buy a small trial version for anyone you will be buying for. It is also worth remembering that perfume smells differently after some time on your skin, because it may take awhile for your body heat to activate the chemical reactions between the essential oils and your own body oils. So if you tried out a product now, then bought a trial version, only to find a few hours later that you do not like the way the product smells on you, at least you still have time to return your purchase. When in doubt, do read a clearly written perfume buying guide to clear up confusion. Author bio :- Ursula McLean is a IA and ITEC qualified beauty therapist working with Feel Confident an online retailer of Eyesential and Eye Treatment, Aftershave, Bags & Cases, Bath & Body Care, Candles, Condoms, Cosmetics, Digital Cameras, Hair Care, Hair Removal, Hands & Feet, Lingerie, Lip Balm, Lubricants, MP3 Players, Oral Care, Perfume, SkinCare, Slimming, Tanning, Tools & Accessories, Drinking Games, Gifts, Hen Night Novelties, Personalised Gifts
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Ursula McLean is a IA and ITEC qualified beauty therapist working with Feel Confident an online retailer of Eyesential and Eye Treatment, Aftershave, Bags & Cases, Bath & Body Care, Candles, Condoms, Cosmetics, Digital Cameras, Hair Care, Hair Removal, Hands & Feet, Lingerie, Lip Balm, Lubricants, MP3 Players, Oral Care, Perfume, SkinCare, Slimming, Tanning, Tools & Accessories, Drinking Games, Gifts, Hen Night Novelties, Personalised Gifts
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