Scents Smarts Continued from Page 77 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 Visual Im ZODIAC USA Check out Mr. Alan's wide variety of styles, colors and sizes in Zodiac U.S.A. Footware. Just in time for spring & summer. ZODIAC SA Visit our Birmingham and West Bloomfield locations for the largest selection m u. ALAN% Downtown Birmingham 111 S. Woodward South of Maple Mon. - Wed. & Sat. 10-6 Thurs. & Fri. 10-9 Sun. 12-5 • 647-0550 West Bloomfield On the Boardwalk Orchard Lake Road South of Maple Mon. - Wed. & Sat. 10-7 Thurs. & Fri. 10-9 Sun. 12-5 • 626-3362 Southfield "The Original" In The New Orleans Mall 10 Mile & Greenfield Mon.- Sat. 10-7 Sun. 12-5 • 559-7818 Flint Oak Brook Square 3192 Linden Road Across form Genessee Valley Mall Mon., Fri. & Sat. 10-9 Tues. - Thurs. 10-7 Sun. 12-5 • 733-8730 With Our Fall Fashion Supplement Coming this August Continued on next page March 1987 87