Designer Perfumes Tips

While I was chatting with one of my co-workers, we both wondered the difference between drugstores v. designer. After doing some research, I found out that drugstores don’t carry the latest and greatest brands of perfumes from designers. However, they do carry classics like Chanel No. 5 and Cool Water. A good example of a designer that cannot be found in drugstores is Gianni Versace perfume.

Here are some tips on how to shop for designer perfumes at a drugstore or at department store like Macy’s.

• If you want to get a classic perfume for a lower price then purchasing it from a drugstore is the best way to go.
• Upscale stores rarely lower the price tag on designer perfumes.
• The only promotion you will ever get in upscale stores is when they give a free set of makeup or tote bag when purchasing a perfume.
• The drawback from purchasing designer perfumes at drugstores is the lack of selection and testers.

Every few days somewhere in the world, a new perfume is born or being made. Some of these perfumes with time disappear without leaving a trace, but others do stand the test of time. Most of us like to explore new perfumes; we like to try new fragrances that enter the market. But after trying them for a while, we never forget those classic fragrances. They tend to come back to us again, when we catch a whiff of that perfume we used to wear on someone else. This is a sign telling us that there are perfumes that will always be classics and never be forgotten.

Here are some suggestions on the perfumes that stand the test of time.

• Chanel No. 5 is a classic. It’s unique and universal among women.
• Creed Fleurissimo by the Creed Family is another classic. It was a favorite of Napoleon III and Queen Victoria.
• The modern classic Angel by Thierry Mugler has stood out from the modern scents over the years because of its different and unique and unusual blend of chocolate and vanilla scents.

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Whether it is s your wedding, family’s member or friend’s wedding, you want to wear a unique fragrance that will bring back those beautiful memories later on in life. There are daytime and nighttime weddings, and luckily there are perfumes for daytime and nighttime. Besides weddings, there are also other special occasions when you want to look and feel radiant. For example, your college graduation, birthdays, engagement dinner, family gatherings, or even Mother’s day, you want to smell your best.

If you want these special occasions to be unforgettable and be kept as a memory book, then choose any of these perfumes listed below.

• Au The Blanc by Bvlgari is a great fragrance with spiritual notes that bring relaxation and well being for mind and body. This is recommended for brides on their wedding day!
• Cherish by Ghost is a floral and fresh powdery fragrance. It brings notes that go well with weddings like pink grapefruit, crisp green apple, and dreamy essence of freesia.
• The classic Chanel scents are great for weddings, young brides, and birthdays.
• Wear Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker on your birthday or to a special dinner, and feel feminine. This is designed for every lovely woman.
• Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana is a unique fragrance founded to be addictive with its fresh gourmet note of Sicily Cider, Granny Smith apple and bluebells, powered jasmine, bamboo, white rose, amber, and musk.

Sometimes women love certain fragrances that are only made for men. For the most part we also enjoy smelling the fragrance that our husbands, boyfriends, or guy friends wears. But now, perfume designers have come up with new lines on the perfume market. The invention of unisex perfumes is the best choice for those who enjoy both men and women fragrances.

If you like sharing the same perfumes with your boyfriend or you just like some of the men’s colognes, then take a look at these suggestions:

• Be Delicious by Donna Karan is a great unisex fragrance.
• CK One by Calvin Klein created in 1994 for unisex has natural essences of orange, lemon, and jasmine with notes of rose, sandalwood, and patchouli.
• A great energizer with fresh, fun vibrant summer fragrance for both men and woman is CK One Summer.
• Paco Unisex by Paco Rabanne was introduced in 1995 and has vanilla, citrus, lavender, and cola notes.
• CK Be Fragrance for unisex by Calvin Klein a day time fragrance with musk, peach, sandalwood, mandarin, and magnolia notes.

Perfume layering is the art of applying several perfume fragrances on the skin in succession in order to create a brand new, much more full-bodied scent. One of the common fears addressed in perfume layering is the possibility of a strange and overpowering scent. While that is possible, if done correctly, you will achieve a much more complex and longer lasting scent experience. It’s fun and easy to do! Just follow these easy steps:

• Start by experimenting with your favorite perfume scents, body wash, and body lotions. A few good start scents are florals or fruity scents. Those are easy to pair and mix.
• After selecting you scents, choose the scent you want to linger the most. This will be the body wash. Apply liberally in the shower.
• The second layer will be your moisturizer which you should apply liberally after your shower. Great pair ideas are fruity and floral, powdery and clean linen or water scents, or spicy and woody scents. If you're feeling more daring, you can try your own mix (don't worry, you can also wash these scents off).
• The last layer is the eau de toilette that you will be using. Since you already have a pretty heavy scent going on, spray the perfume lightly in the air in front of you and walk through. This will minimize perfume overload.
• Try layering Fendi Theorema and Donna Karan Chaos. These two designer perfumes bring are a wonderful scent combination.
• The notes of Poison layered with the Feminite du Bois bring a dark plum note which is perfect for the evening.

A great way to get a little bit of luxury couture into your life, without depleting your life’s savings, is to invest in designer perfume! Although quite pricey, women who are fashion conscious are nonetheless drawn to these designer perfumes with their signature scents. Spritz a bit of CK Obsession and everyone will know what you’re wearing. Priced between $30-$50 dollars, designer perfumes are surprisingly affordable compared to their clothing line or handbags. And if you want to get the most for your money, Marc by Marc Jacobs offers its popular perfume Daisy in a convenient and cute solid perfume ring. A perfume and accessory in one!

• Look for sales online. Become.com features a handy red tag on the bottom corner of each product to show you how much you’re saving in comparison to other stores.
• Outlets receive overstocked or discontinued perfumes at a great discount. This often means that the savings will get passed onto you.
• Buy from trusted retailers to get the best deals during one of their sales—look for the seal of a trusted merchant from Become.
• Look for perfumes that are eau de toilette compared to eau de parfum since it is a lighter concentration of fragrance oils and is therefore less expensive.
• If you have a specific designer perfume that you fancy, but it costs far beyond your means—consider similar smelling body sprays. Moschino I Love Love is primarily a citrusy scent with notes of orange. Consider a mandarin orange body spray that you can purchase at your local drugstore for less than $10.

It is a truth universally known that a wonderful smelling product must contain a fragrance. Nowadays, fragrances are a common ingredient in almost all household products—from laundry detergent to body lotions. They are present in our laundry items, house cleaning, and personal care products. A few perfumes actually have the same type of chemicals that cigarette smoke carries. When we inhale these perfumes, the chemicals travel through our nasal cavities and attack our nervous system. Over time, this can cause some serious brain damage. Below is a list of common perfume components that have been proven to be harmful with extended use:

• Orris root
• Patchouli oil
• Galbanum
• Civet
• Bergamot
• Asafetida

Be cautious when purchasing and applying perfumes. Allergic reactions are a common problem with people who wear perfumes. If you fit into this category, then it is recommended to avoid using perfumes or choosing perfumes without any harmful preservatives (a big allergen). Before spraying perfume, you should test it in a small area to see if your skin has any severe reactions. Homemade perfumes made with natural and organic essential oils are better for your health and for the environment as you are reducing packaging waste, cutting out preservatives, and using all natural ingredients. Essential oils, a big component in aromatherapy, are used for psychological and physical well-being as well. And a final word of caution, pregnant women should be extra careful when wearing perfume or scented creams. You should always read the labels and ask your doctor or health care official if you are unsure about anything.

Just like casual and formal outfit, perfumes fall into similar social categories. We can’t choose the same perfume that we would normally wear during the day for an evening out—that requires something a bit more daring… Much like wearing a pair of light jeans with a t-shirt to a night club (all jokes aside), you have to spend a little more time to properly primp yourself for a night out on the town. As explained in the previous tip, fresh and natural scents embody everything about a beautiful sunny day. So for the evening, you may want something that expressed your seductive and mysterious side.

• Professionals recommend wearing earthy scents like sandalwood and cedar to spark intrigue in your guests and playmates.
• Prada perfume is great for nighttime as it features a lovely earthy note-much like dew on grass.
• Try the new DKNY Delicious Night. This modern scent is not afraid to make its presence felt with its spicy notes.
• By Night Jette for Woman by renowned perfume designer Jette Joop is an excellent choice with its top notes of rose and jasmine and middle notes of sandalwood, vanilla, and cedar; and base notes of amber and musk. A complex fragrance sure to enchant your prince charming.
• A classic evening favorite has always been Shalimar perfume as it invokes the oriental smells and passionate feelings of an Indian summer.

Selecting the right perfume for travel can be tricky. The perfume that you choose to travel with depends on your mode of transportation. You may need to take a solid perfume or a small perfume if you are flying because of carry-on regulations regulations.

To select a good travel perfume you may want to keep two things in mind – the climate of your place-of-travel and the size of your perfume container.

• If you are planning to vacation in tropical climates then you may want to opt for a light perfume. In Hawaii or Honolulu, where the climate is usually warm and humid, a light and sophisticated Juicy Couture perfume or Michael Kors Island perfume is the perfect scent.
• As a tourist you may spend a large part of your day exploring new places and enjoying warm weather! The fruity and floral Juicy Couture perfume is perfect for hot summer temperatures. Juicy Couture Travel Eau de Parfum sprays are available in 30 milliliter (one fluid ounce) miniature bottles, which make them suitable for carry-on luggage.
• You might also attend parties or hang out on the beach on your vacation. You may want to avoid wearing a strong perfume. Strong perfumes can be very overwhelming to the people around you. To blend with the tropical Hawaiian atmosphere in a big way, there is nothing like Michael Kors Island Eau de Parfum. The fragrance is a delicate blend of orange, ginger lily, orange flower, balsam and jasmine sambac, which is perfect for warm weather.

If you are traveling somewhere with colder temperatures then you will probably be wearing heavier clothing. You may want to try solid perfumes with an intense fragrance so the smell can penetrate through your heavy clothing. Moreover, you can stash your solid perfumes easily in the front compartment of your carry-on and know that it will be safe during your flight.

Experts say it is not a good idea to wear perfume to an interview since you are selling your skills and not your scent. However, if you feel confident and want to smell fabulous, you have every right to! You just need to be very careful on what type of perfume to wear and where to wear it. You want to leave the people who interview you with a good impression and not a nose full of pungent perfume. A light spray and a delicate eau de toilette instead of an eau de parfum is the key to smelling sophisticated and refined. Spotlight areas like you wrists so that when your potential employers lean in for a handshake they catch a whiff of your intoxicating scent. You can also use the type of perfume to highlight a certain area you want to feature to your interviewers. Take these for example:

• Use a very light mist. A good designer's perfume to take into consideration is Dolce & Gabbana Perfume.This perfume house has many types to choose from but you might want to choose notes that are floral and fresh—like clean linen!
• Use a classic scent like Chanel No. 5 that will showcase not only your class but also your refined tastes.
• Fragrances like Cool Water perfume by Davidoff use aquatic notes which will remind your interviewers of a soft sea breeze—a sure indication of your calm and soothing attitude.
• A soft oriental note bouquet, like Calvin Klein Obsession perfume spray, carries a soft woody base note with signifies you sturdy and unwavering personality. A sure sign of a leader!

Just like wearing the appropriate clothes for daytime or evening, there are also appropriate perfumes to wear during the day and evening. Natural scents, such as perfumes with citrus, floral, or earthy notes, are predominantly regarded as “daytime scents.” A perfect example of a daytime scent is Marc Jacobs Daisy. Spritzing on a soft and fresh natural scent in the morning can really wake you up. Take a moment to learn some tips on best perfumes to wear during the day.

• Start you day with a bouquet of scents-gardenia blossom, coriander seed, jasmine buds, rose petals, and vanilla bean-with Gucci Rush for Women.
• For a more sparkling, elegant, and contemporary style try Giorgio Armani Mania.
• Gloria Vanderbilt is an oft ignored, but highly respected perfume designer. She carries different perfumes for day time but the one I recommend is Vanderbilt Glorious, is perfect for anyone.
• Chanel Coco Mademoiselle has notes of a modern scent of jasmine, bergamot, and orange, with hints of warm musk.
• Try Escada Perfume with fragrance notes of sandalwood, jasmine, rose, Tahitian flower, honeysuckle, tangerine, and peony.
• A more sophisticated scent is the Envy by Gucci. This is one of a bestseller among women!

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