Perfume

Finding the right perfume got you green in the face? Or are you uncertain about what Cologne Gucci really is? This simple guide can help you find your way through the perfume jungle and journey safely home with some great tips along the way!

If your confusion over fragrance varieties wasn’t bad enough in the first place, there are several types of scent available for men and women.

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There are four major forms of women’s fragrance: perfume, eau de parfum, toilet water, and cologne. Perfume is the most expensive, most potent and usually the one makers spend the most time developing. Dab it on points where the pulse is close to the surface, like behind the ears, at the wrist or even the back of your knees.

Eau De Parfum is a relatively new form of fragrance, it should be selected in a mild scent, and be sprayed all over the body providing a scent background for your perfume, like base and powder before blush. Remember, no one should be able to smell you down the hall and around the corner. If you can be noticed farther than your fingertips reach away from your body, then your aroma is invading other people’s space, and you’re probably wasting expensive perfume!

Toilet Water is an older, less concentrated form of Eau De Parfum. Toilet Water should be applied the same way as Eau De Parfum, remembering to keep it as a base for the drama of your perfume.

Finally cologne is the mildest form of fragrance, if you like the feeling of applying a lot of perfume, without the possibility of it acting as bug killer, this is a good choice. It is also a good scent ‘refresher’ that can be applied just before you go to a party etc. The scent doesn’t last too long, but it does bring back that fresh ‘just applied’ smell for a while (just long enough for your grand entrance!).

Men have it a little easier (well, not that easy, they do have to shop for it!). Their fragrances come in three forms - perfume, cologne, and aftershave. Likewise, perfume for men should not be applied as if it was bug spray (well, it’ll repel stuff, but mostly people). Though it may share a name with women’s perfume, men’s perfume cannot be mistaken for it! Deeper, sharper smells are usually added to men’s perfume, giving it an air all its own.

Most men are familiar with cologne but do not know it evaporates. It rises and should be applied from the back of the knees, to the elbows, and to the neck. The scent drifts upward over the course of the day.

Aftershave is perhaps the most common form of male fragrance. This usually combines a scent with a blend of alcohol, or sometimes a moisturizer for soothing a freshly-shaven face. The scent of an aftershave doesn’t last long (or shouldn’t!) and is not really formulated for wear throughout the day.

Now, the next time you brave mall traffic to find a new beauty perfume, you will be able to say with confidence that you’re looking for toilet water.