Fragrance Facts

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iz Claiborne Fragrance recent
ly polled 100 women across
the country and found that
their biggest concern about
fragrance was: How much to wear!
Ninety-three percent of women aged
25 to 49 said they didn't know when
they had too much or too little on.
Here are some valuable tips on
how to wear fragrance.

How much is too much?

Psychological studies show that 12
inches is our minimum "personal
space." However, your scent should
not extend much farther than 12
inches away from you. If your
fragrance is detectable further away
than one foot, it is too strong and
will invade someone else's space.

Different scents for blondes,
brunettes and redheads: Your natural

pigment has a lot to do with how a
scent will smell on you. Multi-florals
and spices in cream and lotion forms
works best with the body chemistry
of blondes. Redheads tend to smell
best in florals and fruity blends, and
orientals work best on brunettes.
The less pigment you have in
your skin, the drier your skin will
tend to be, and the more quickly a
scent will evaporate.
Trailing: "Trailing" is the art of
leaving the subtlest waft of scent
behind you, and it's one of the nicest
ways to let others experience your
scent.
The best way to leave the
perfect trail is to wash fragrance into
your hair with scented shampoo and
conditioner. As your hair moves with
you, the perfect trail of scent is left
behind.
The hands-on experience: It is
possible to overwhelm others with
too much fragrance, if you use
perfume and apply it all over. If you
apply perfume with your hands
instead of spraying it on, the
problem can be intensified because
the perfume is also on your fingers.
You can avoid overwhelming
others with your perfume if you
spray it on only in two places and
dab it on only once.
Where it counts: Only apply
fragrance where it counts — on
pulse points that will release the
scent with heat as you react to
various things throughout the day.

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