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Medical Center indicate fruity
fragrances such as plum and
peach reduce lower back pain.
20. Name two unusual ways
to add fragrance to your life
without wearing it.
Answer: Here are three:
Spray throw rugs with cologne;
add perfume to your bath
water; put empty perfume bot-
tles — unstopped — in your
lingerie drawer.
21. Which of the following
perfume ingredients can cause
photodermatitis (a rash in reac-
tion to sun exposure?) a) oil of
bergamot; b) lemon or lime oil;
c) sandalwood oil.
Answer: All three, advises
New York City's Joan Evans
Marketing Group.
22. There are eight "true"
perfume types or families.
Which of the following type
does not belong? a) floral; b)
spicy; c) amber; d) seductive.
Answer: d. Seductive frag-
rances are usually spicy types.
23. A fragrance that contains
mimosa, carnations and roses
should belong to which scent
family? a) spicy; b) floral.
Answer: a. Because rich
flowers carry a "spicy" note.
24. You should know your
skin type before selecting a
scent. True or false?
Answer: True, it does help.
According to Suzanne Urban,
executive director of public
relations at Chanel, Orientals
and so-called greens scents
have a lasting power of 4 to 6
hours on dry skin, 5 to 12 on
normal, 8 to 14 on oily. Floral
scents last 2 to 4 hours on dry
skin, 3 to 6 on normal skin
and 5 to 7 on oily skin.
25. Which of the following
designer scents is categorized
as "spicy?" a) Miss Dior; b)
Bill Blass for women; c) Calvin
Klein.
Answer: b and c. Miss Dior
is a chypre type (mossy,
heady).
26. The colder the weather,
the bolder your fragrance
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