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bows; c) comb fragrance
through your hair.
Answer: a and b. Fragrance
should never be combed
through hair except after sham-
pooing. Scalp oils distort a
scent.
4. Best scent buy if you're
budgeting is: a) eau de per-
fume; b) cologne; c) toilet
water.
Answer: c. A new addition to
perfume counters, it lasts two
to three times longer than
cologne.
5. Perfume sales total $13
billion annually. True or false?
Answer: False. It's $3 billion,
says The Fragrance Foundation.
6. Name four fashion
designers who manufacture
their own scents.
Answer: Bill Blass, Gloria
Vanderbilt, Diane Von Fursten-
burg, Calvin Klein, Yves St.
Laurent and Perry Ellis are a
few.
7. Eighty percent of all per-
fumes today are: a) French; b)
made by designers.
Answer: a. was true until 15
years ago, says Bob Rut-
tenberg, vice president of
Warner Cosmetics. Today,
designers have the lion's
share.
8. Animal lovers and
vegetarians shouldn't wear per-
fumes because it's made from
oils of slaughtered animals.
True or false?
Answer: False. According to
Tom Pampanella, natural
animal oils are rarely used
anymore because of the ex-
pense. Ambergris, derived from
the whale, has been synthe-
sized for the last 100 years; so
has musk, which comes from
a pouch in a small Tibetan
deer. When a perfume is very
costly, the use of natural oils is
the reason. Natural oils supply
natural, round aroma that can
never be precisely duplicated
although in most cases only a
trained, professional nose can
detect their presence.

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