Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Fine Art of Interpreting Perfume Review

If you like fragrance, you've probably run into the perfume review. They appear on websites, in magazines, and sometimes are even given verbally as one person tells another about some new perfume on the market. It is actually very difficult to write or talk about a perfume in mere words. After all, you have to use words to talk about smells and language doesn't always work well when called upon to describe aromas.

Look at most perfume reviews or try to describe your favorite cologne to a friend and you'll discover that you can only really talk about one smell in terms of another. Perfumes may be described as being musky or floral or having bergamot top notes.

If you're a perfume lover, you know what those things smell like, even if you have no idea what a bergamot is. But if you're new to the world of fragrance, it can be confusing.

To truly appreciate perfume, you need to know some basic ingredients. Bergamot, for instance, is one of many varieties of citrus. Citrus scents (lemon, orange, grapefruit and others) are sometimes grouped into a fragrance family called "fresh."

Florals come in lots of types and it takes a pretty educated schnozzola to truly distinguish between gardenias and tuberoses and tulips and iris and magnolias and all of the other different flowers that find their way into perfume bottles. Perfume makers usually blend numerous floral scents together. To get the bouquet effect, try Joy by Jean Patou or Eternity by Calvin Klein.

Some perfumes use one flower or make one floral note utterly dominant. Very Irresistable by Givenchy is a rose perfume; it uses lots of different types of roses to get some nice harmony going, but it's rose. The old-time Muguet de Bois by Coty was lily of the valley.

Many popular scents right now use fruity notes: peach, watermelon, guava, and so on. The newest Bond No. 9 perfume, Coney Island, smells like Margarita mix. Other food-like scents borrow notes of chocolate (Angel by Thierry Mugler), coffee (Harlem by Bond No. 9), and sugar (Sugar by Fresh).

More common perfume ingredients include sandalwood, patchouli, musk, and amber. These typically form the base notes or foundation of the scent. Most fragrances are built in three time-release layers. Top notes are experienced first, then fade into mellower heart notes, which finally dry down to the base notes. These layers are the reason that perfume can smell different after a few hours on your skin than it did in the bottle.

Spices and botanicals have long been an important mainstays in fragrance, and you can find scents with cinnamon, cardamom, cypress, and rosemary in them. These tend to be heavier, more dramatic scents.

Most perfumes today rely heavily on synthetic ingredients or lab-produced fragrance molecules. This allows not only for more uniform analogs (for instance, lab sandalwood smells the same batch to batch) but it has allowed creative aroma scientists to invent smells that are called things like "ozone" or "rain" or "fresh-cut grass."

The original synthetic ingredient in perfume had no natural counterpart. Aldehyde was an artificial scent, designed to be completely man-made. It found its way into Chanel No. 5, Evening in Paris, and other scents and is still used today. It frequently mixes with flowers and is often described in reviews as "sparkling."

What does aldehyde smell like? It cannot be described. A good way to find out is to go to a department store perfume counter and ask for a sample spray of Chanel No. 5. You'll probably smell the floral portion first. But notice the sparkles? The bubbly, not-really-floral smell? That's aldehyde.

Perfume reviewers typically name the dominant aromas in a perfume. They may describe the perfume in terms of top notes, heart notes, and base notes. Occasionally, a perfume reviewer will compare one scent to another.

Thus, for many perfume lovers, the description suffices. A critique is not necessary. After all, many of us have utterly subjective reactions to certain fragrance and a good perfume is in the nose of the beholder.

If you learn that Hanae Mori Butterfly is a woody Oriental fragrance with notes of strawberry, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, and almond, you should know if those things appeal to you. Personally, I am very partial to light Oriental fragrances and I love sandalwood, so this scent sounds good and the strawberry part makes me curious.

On the other hand, if you hear about Omnia Crystalline by Bvlgari and learn it is a light floral with bamboo and lotus, that describes a very different scent. Will you like it? That depends on how you feel about floral fragrances with some offbeat notes. (Sounds great to me.)

Perfume is a lot like music for the nose. There can be a lot of complexity in a great perfume that is not immediately apparent. The main notes are the melody; but what other layers support the melody line? Perfume reviews sometimes try to analyze how the perfume is "built."

Reviews can get even more descriptive. A review may call scents exuberant, airy, bold, sensual, or mysterious. That sort of description can be helpful in helping you to imagine what the perfume smells like. But it's sort of like the way some connoisseurs talk about wine ("bold," "impudent," or "robust"). If overdone, it starts to sound silly.

Many reviews characterize scents as mature or youthful, suitable for day or night, light or heavy. These are more like judgment calls and should be taken with a grain of salt. Just as we found out that you don't have to have red wine with beef, there are "scents for evening wear for mature ladies" that are being worn by kids in broad daylight.

A great perfume review is less like a criticism than a miniature portrait of a fragrance to help buyers understand what something smells like. That's actually a pretty difficult thing to capture in words!

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Perfumes - Do's and Dont's

Perfumes are available in a wide range and you can be utterly confused about which to choose and which not to. Perfumes can leave you fresh and even make you turn a few heads. But you should learn how to correctly apply fragrances for maximum scent effect.

Perfume Dos:

* You must choose a perfume that suits you. You must not choose one just because your friend or relative picked it. As different fragrances tend to have different effects on people, you must try one and see how you like it before buying the same when shopping. In this way you can also know how your body chemistry reacts to it.

* It is better to change your perfume according to the season. You may need a stronger perfume in winter as the cold may reduce the scent's power.

* You must shop for a perfume preferably in the afternoon as your sense of smell is at its peak around noon.

* If you have dry skin, wear more perfume. You might also have to apply fragrances more often than those who have oily skin.

* Applying your perfume immediately after having your shower will enable it to have lasting effect. This is because your pores open up after a bath, allowing the perfume to be soaked into your pores.

* You can also apply perfume to your pulse points for maximum effect. The inside of your wrists, at the temples, behind the knees, behind the ears, between the ankles, toes and thighs are some of the best places for applying perfume.

Perfume Dont's:

* You should not overdo it. Applying too much perfume can make the other people very uncomfortable and may even cause headaches.

* You should avoid spraying perfume near pearls or costume jewelry. This is because as perfume contains alcohol it can strip these jewels and remove their coating.

* You should never combine perfume with deodorant or deodorant soap. The combined smell may be unpleasant.

* You should buy perfume only after testing it on your own skin first. Spray a little on your skin and see how it reacts and also make sure to see how long it lasts.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Perfume Personality

Many people wear perfume to attract, be trendy, make a statement, or simply smell good. However, many people as well don’t know what kind of perfume really suits them and often make the less than ideal purchase. To make sure you get the right perfume that will react in the best possible way to your body chemistry, you have to determine your perfume personality. Here are some guide questions that will aid you in doing that.

1. Where are you going to use the perfume?

Consider the environment and the whole setting of where you are going to use the perfume. For instance, one of the major factors to think of is the weather and climate. Do you live in very humid or hot setting? Do you live in cold temperature? Fragrances with floral tones and a musky base often complement humid weather, as well as green and ocean based fragrances. For cooler climates, deep oriental scents often work great.

Aside from the temperature, you have to consider the actual environment you plan to use the perfume. Is it for office wear? If that’s the case, you might want to choose a milder musk because not everyone likes a certain fragrance and some may even be allergic to it. If you plan to use your perfume for daytime activities, light, floral and citrus-based fragrances often smell great. Meanwhile for after work celebrations or parties, spicy or amber-based fragrances are recommended.

2. What is your purpose in using the perfume?

Be honest in why you want to buy a perfume. Is it simply to complement your natural everyday smell? Is it to avoid smelling so sweaty while working out or exercising? Or is it to attract people and be more desirable? If you plan to use your perfume a lot while working out, get a perfume that’s neither too strong nor too mild. Too strong perfume can combine heavily with sweat and evoke an unpleasant smell, while too mild perfume may fail at its purpose.

Meanwhile, if you want to wear perfume to attract the opposite sex and be more confident, wear a perfume that best allows you to express what you are and what you feel. There are 6 general perfume categories divided into both type of smell and a person’s mood. Floral scents are light and feminine and great to use if you want to feel all feminine and delicate. Fruity scents are perfect if you always want to smell fresh and good enough to eat. Green-based scents are rejuvenating and makes you feel and smell energetic and always on the go. Oceanic scents are light reminders of the waters and are rejuvenating as well. Woody scents are based on leaves and barks are often exotic and seductive. Lastly, oriental scents are sexy and strong and are great fragrances if you want to make a lasting impression.

3. What is your budget?

When you’ve determined every bit of your character and purpose in buying a perfume, you just have to consider one last thing: your budget. It’s not a good idea to splurge in a perfume you can barely afford because that also says a lot about you. On the other hand if you feel like splurging because you just want to use it in special occasions, then do so. The most important thing is you feel good and not guilty of your purchase, all things considered.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Perfume In Ancient Egypt

Perfume was at the centre of aesthetics and therapeutics for both men and women in Ancient Egypt. Although the techniques used are mostly unrecorded, historians look to the literature of Greek and Roman writers and relief paintings and artefacts to determine the production, fashions and uses of perfume in this fascinating era.

The act of making perfume was considered an art form in Ancient Egypt. The craftsperson was considered to be an artist and the profession was open to women as well as men. The perfume making process of extraction can be determined by reliefs on the walls of tombs in Petosiris. These show that perfume making had an overseer, workers who completed the extraction and a professional tester who completed rigorous testing using the sense of smell.

The reliefs also pictorially detail two extraction processes. The first process shown was an ancient mechanical extraction process which was similar to wine production. This required a large bag and two staffs which were used as a press. The second was a form of chemical extraction with the assistance of heat and soaking in alcohol. The processes are early versions of modern perfume extraction techniques that have only really advanced in terms of equipment available and synthetic ingredients.

The reliefs also show red berries poured from a container, which details the nature of the products used to extract different scents. The ingredients used in perfume were usually plant in origin such as henna and cinnamon. The ancient natural philosopher, Pliny the Elder, records floral scents such as iris, bitter almond and lilies in his Natural History as being used in abundance. Myrrh which is a resin from shrubs and other aromatic woods were used. Animal fats such as musk are also recorded as being used in some perfumes. Some Egyptian recipes are still in existence though they are difficult to replicate.

However, the Egyptians had typically exotic tastes, and in addition to home grown essences, they also imported aromatics such as ladanum from Arabia and East Africa, galbanum from Persia, and the coveted frankincense due to unsuccessful attempts to grow it in Egyptian climes. The fact that ingredients were imported even in ancient times shows the importance of perfume. The imported varieties were expensive and initially reserved for the use of the gods or export only.

Excavated reliefs show that from ancient times the blend and quantity of perfume was as important as how long the scent would last. Perfume was a major export material in ancient times with various countries battling to produce the highest quality. Susinum was a particular favourite, and the competitive nature shows that in ancient times, some form of uniformity and standard was expected. Pliny the Elder described an Egyptian perfume that retained its scent after 8 years, and the ancient Greek botanist, Dioscorides, agreed that Egyptian perfume was far superior to that made by other civilisations.

Egyptian perfumes were usually named after the town of production or the main ingredient. Storage was in glass or stone vessels, with alabaster being the most coveted. The decoration was ornate and often bejewelled, with packaging reflecting modern day requirements of functionality and attractiveness. Perfume was burnt as incense, as named in documents from the reign of Thutmose III which detail different varieties such as green incense and white incense. Perfume was worn for aesthetic reasons, in the form of oil based liquid infusions, or wax and fat for creams and salves. This suggests there was also a medicinal purpose recognised.

Perfume was mainly for the elite classes until the golden age. It was used by kings who were believed to be of divine descent as it was believed that the gods favoured perfume. High officials were anointed with perfume when they were appointed to office to call the favour of the gods.

Incense was used to hide the smell of animal sacrifice during ceremonies. Balms were seen as medicinal as perfume was thought to repel demons and win the favour of the gods. Perfume was also an important part of death and burial rites. Bodies were perfumed during mummification as it was believed the soul would visit the gods and so perfume would repel demons. Interestingly, 3300 years after Tutankhamen death, scent could still be detected in his tomb.


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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Perfume for Women and Perfume Gift Sets Information

Perfume bottles

Have you ever wondered about women who pass by you and leave the most sensational, enticing fragrance that absolutely delights your senses? Well, then, it is time for you to stop admiring and get your perfumes right, too!

Choosing the right perfume isn’t easy at all. The right perfume is one that should highlight your sense of style and individuality to the rest of the world. A good perfume should be able to add that final garnish effect to enhance your personality

If you step into any place where perfumes are sold, you would be taken in by the sheer extravagance of the perfume bottle itself. The bottles would come in rare and trendy shades, designs, shapes and so on. This means that it isn't just the description or the fragrance of a perfume that appeals to you. It isn't even the glamorous ads of your favorite celebrity endorsing a perfume that does the trick. Sometimes, it is that very perfume bottle that wins your heart.

Perfume bottles, as we mentioned in the beginning of this discussion, comes in a variety of shapes, colors, and materials. Thus, the overall look of the bottle is sufficient to reflect the personality of the fragrance itself because most customers are enthralled by the visual impact of a perfume bottle, the mélange of color and design that is an integral part of its packaging.

This is also a part of brand building and marketing to reinforce the visibility of a product again and again like a powerful imprint. Marketing experts build and boost the scope of a product to create a niche for it in the competitive marketplace.

Coming back to perfumes, there are many people who wouldn’t even bother to test the perfume simply because the attractive look of the perfume bottle was enough to impress them. That is why packaging and design are given great importance today as it plays a great role in selling a product successfully to the end customers.

Perfume bottles that are currently available in the market have detailed designs to initiate a positive impact among the consumers. In fact, there are those who collect perfume bottles that look rare and classy. This isn't a joke. In fact, the International Perfume Bottle Association has thousands of members from across the world! This association enjoys great popularity with its readers and displays its collection of beautiful and rare perfume bottles on their online gallery. So if you are someone who loves to gaze at a spectacular range spanning antiques to contemporary designs, you shouldn’t miss visiting the online gallery.

There are stunning stopper designs, unique bulbs that delivers a slight spray of scent and a great range of impressive designs that suit the current trends. The result is that the collector market is emerging as a place where collectors compete to show off their perfume bottle designs.


from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Perfume – The Secret to Good Grooming

Smelling good is one of the goals in every grooming regimen. Others are not satisfied in just looking clean. They also want to smell clean as if they carry a sweet aroma with them. Most of the time, a person with fragrant smell is attractive. What good is there if one will look clean but smells otherwise? Or smelling good but looks untidy? Grooming is all about looking clean and smelling clean.

Good thing, it is easy to smell good these days. And one of the things that can get this done is the use of perfume. Even in the early centuries, the perfume is part of the cosmetics that is applied every after bath. Perfume supplements the body’s smell after bath. Nowadays, perfume already comes in different shape and sizes. There are perfumes that can be carried along easily. With perfume, you can walk around with a sweet pleasant aroma.

Perfume comes in different pack. The bottled perfumes are the ones that usually have elegant designs. There are those that are long and sleek. Others are short and circular. There are large perfumes that are good for how many years of uses and those that are easy-to-carry perfumes that fit any handbags. While it comes in different sizes, it also comes in different shapes. There are just many shapes in perfume bottles that make it a perfect collectible item. Even though some perfume is used up already, others still preserve the bottle as collection because of the unique shape or design. Commonly, perfume colors are transparent. But there are those who have colors, depending on the ingredients. Most of the time, the colored perfumes are in light colors: pink, aqua blue, yellow, orange, mint green. Most importantly, perfume has various smells. There are those that are harsh to the nose while there are those that are subtle. People who choose perfumes usually look into the shape of the bottle and its smell.

Perfume is one of the gift ideas for different occasions. It can be a gift for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas gifts, and any family events. Although it is ordinary to own perfume, what makes it extraordinary is the smell, the shape of the bottle, and the brand. The more expensive perfume brands linger for a long time. Its ingredients are usually unique and they can be worn both in ordinary days and in special occasions.

There are hundreds of different perfumes available in the market. All are made to satisfy the smell. Nevertheless, people have certain preference on the smell that suits the taste and the lifestyle. So with hundred of perfumes to choose from, there is surely one that suits the person’s desired smell. You can buy perfumes in ordinary retail stores or in specialty stores. In ordinary stores, they are usually found in cosmetic sections or toiletries. In specialty stores, you would see perfumes for different walks of life and any age. There are perfumes for teens and perfumes for adults. Still there are those that fit different lifestyles.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Online Perfume Shopping Statistics

One of the greatest discoveries of online fragrance shopping today is Perfumes and Pampering.

In regard to what makes an online store presentable, Perfumes and Pampering succeeds in many if not all areas. Let's address some of them, shall we?

Comparing Popularity is one thing to take note of but not a deciding matter. Just because a website has abundant traffic, does not mean it's worth the purchase because they are popular. Price mostly governs the worth of the purchase. Perfumes and Pampering is not an infamous online shopping store. It seems to be progressing rapidly: High search ranking, Exquisite & Abundant collection of fragrances and all well priced for any frugal shopper.

In terms of Content, as mentioned above, the vast stock of Perfumes and Pampering tops over 7000 genuine designer brand name fragrances. I think that’s enough for anyone. Even if you're looking for a rare design, chances are you could find it at Perfumes and Pampering.

The Presentation on the website is crucial to any online business. Well done web pages with no outside content or excessive advertising are found on Perfumes and Pampering. They don't waste time filling their pages with puzzling distracting content irrelevant to the website. Easy Alphabetized and details on all the products make out for all the information you need.

Except for Frugalness. But that’s where you will find, that even with price comparison sites, Perfumes and Pampering have their products well priced to compete with any other online perfume store. Going even further, let's say you did find a cheaper fragrance somewhere else. Does it have Free Shipping AND a discount? Most probably not. Perfumes and Pampering offers both options on their products. If a shopper is frugal enough, eventually he or she will end up on Perfumes and Pampering.


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Saturday, October 11, 2008

How To Select The Right Perfume Or Scent For Yourself

Perfumes and special scents are often the first things that will be noticed when people walk into the room, so it's best to make sure you are wearing the perfume that best reflects the kind of attention your wanting, e.g. a light scent for an interview or a more powerful one on a romantic date.

There are various ways to select the right perfume for yourself. Knowing how your tastes and styles are will often decipher which perfumes are the right match for you.

Often times, many women will discover that just by wearing the right perfume that they can turn the heads of others. This is such a wonderful confidence boost for many women. To be able to captivate someone’s attention with the right scent can truly be a challenge all in its own.

Some examples of how to match the right scent for your personality: If you are adventurous and like to travel to distant lands, then perhaps a great scent to try would be something that has a very “crisp" scent. Women that may be more sensual will want something light and clean, perhaps like a baby powder soft fragrance.

A great place to test out a new fragrance is often on either on the wrists or in the inside part of your elbow. These areas of the body are the best locations to test out perfumes. Waiting for about an hour or so will give time for the fragrance to settle onto the skin, as well as gives your body the chance to react to the scent. Pheromones in women react differently to scents. Therefore, what can smell great on one woman may not be the right scent for another.

Testing perfumes out before you make a purchase is a great way for you to decide what perfumes may work without having to buy an entire vial of fragrance. It is also important to remember, when you test out a new perfume it may smell totally different on the skin versus in the bottle, so test it out on where you intend to use it.

Remembering to choose a perfume that suits your personality can make all the difference in the world when it comes to perfume.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Friday, October 10, 2008

How to Enjoy Wearing Your Favorite Perfume

You can enjoy wearing your favorite perfume without having to go broke to wear it. Whether you are interested in finding Gothic perfume oil, Victoria by Victoria Secret perfume and many other types of brand name perfumes, you will find them available in many places.

Places to find Your Favorite Perfume

Online Discount or Wholesale Perfume Websites
Beauty Supply Stores
Perfume Stores
Perfume Sales
Drug Stores
Closeout Sales
Going Out of Business Sales
After Holiday Sales of Department Stores
Estate Sales
Yard Sales

Perfume manufacturers offer perfumes at lower prices than sometimes found in perfume outlets or just about any local department or discount stores; they also offer a nice selection of different brands and types of discount perfumes for men, women and kids. Evidently, it is cheaper to order from your own home or office at an online discount or wholesale perfume store than on many other local stores or shops.

After the holiday sales, of some discount and department stores can leave you with a wealth of your favorite perfumes, simply because the packing is out dated and needs removal from the stores display shelves. You must get there quick as after the holiday sales are very popular.

You can enjoy wearing your favorite perfume without spending too much money. All you have to do is a little research to find the best discount perfumes online or in local business. If you really love perfume, you might even consider becoming a discount perfume dealer yourself. That way you can enjoy wearing any perfume you like, while earning an income by selling to different local business, in your own shop, at online auctions or simply to your friends, relatives, and people they may know who are interested in having their favorite men, womens or kids perfume.

Just make sure that you know exactly what you are getting into when buying any discount or wholesale perfume, you should be aware that there are many dishonest people who try to make a fast buck by selling bootleg copies of discount perfume. The genuine product will state on its bottles label, whether or not the perfume is genuine or if it is an imitation of a particular perfume.

Whether you are making a purchase of a discount women's perfume for your self or a friend, you will find many different types of men, womens and even kids perfume sets. As long as you make sure that when you purchase for others that they do like the scent you have chosen, you have a great gift idea to offer with discount or wholesale perfumes.

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Essential Oils and Wrinkles: Fish Oil is the Real Essential

Essential oils and wrinkles are connected only by a misunderstanding. Fish oil and wrinkles, on the other hand, may seem to have nothing to do with each other: but properly purified fish oil is a wonderful addition to good skincare.

Here's the misunderstanding:

"Essential oils" are used for their aroma. They are called "essential oils" because they carry the distinctive scent, or essence, of the plant. These oils are used in perfume and aromatherapy. Examples are oil of cloves, frankincense, lavender, sandalwood and chamomile.

They smell great, but that's it. Essential oils and wrinkles have nothing to do with each other. In fact, the best skincare products avoid fragrances altogether, because they have no value in skincare, can cause allergic reactions and too often contain chemicals that shouldn't be applied to the kin.

Fish oils and wrinkles are a different story. Fish oils contain nutrients called "essential fatty acids."

Essential fatty acids are essential to the body: they are vital nutrients your own body can't produce on its own. They must be obtained by your nutrition, either foods or food supplements.

The essential fatty acids most often missing in modern diets are the Omega 3 oils, found in highest concentrations in deep ocean cold water fish like sardines, anchovies, salmon and hoki, a deep sea fish found off New Zealand.

The benefits of fish oil are primarily due to the Omega 3 essential fatty acids DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid).

DHA is the most important fatty acid in the human brain, and for that reason has been studied recently for possible benefits with Alzheimer's disease and for depression. EPA has important anti-inflammatory qualities.

Fish with the most powerful Omega 3 oil benefits are generally not the most popular eating fish, one reason why fish oil supplements are booming. Omega 3 fish oils are wonderful anti wrinkle supplements.

Skincare products for wrinkles also should contain natural vegetable oils. They aren't called "essential oils" -- they don't carry the "essential" aromas of any plant -- they are not perfume oils.

They're just terrific for skincare!

Some especially valuable natural oils:

-- Avocado oil has naturally high levels of Vitamin E and Omega 3 and 9 fatty acids; stimulates collagen production to rebuild healthy skin.

-- Maracuja, a passion fruit extract, is rich in linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid.

-- Grapeseed oil creates an invisible film on your skin, to keep moisture in. It is especially effective for repairing the skin around the eyes.

-- Macadamia nut oil contains a high concentration of Palmitoleic acid, making it an effective antioxidant.

Also look for these other natural oils: shea butter, the wonderful emollient from the nut of a native African tree; jojoba oil, from the seed of a shrub that grows in California and Mexico, and natural vegetable glycerin.

All these natural oils are available in the best anti wrinkle skin care products -- and at least one company produces both skin care products and food supplements that include purified fish oil packed with Omega 3s.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Designer Perfumes and Fragrances

Designer perfumes are increasingly becoming popular, especially among women who are extremely fashion conscious. When women buy designer perfumes, they think that their selected perfume fragrances will linger on for many hours.

There are different types of perfume fragrances. It includes floral, woody, musky, spicy, herbal, powdery and aqueous. Apart from these, fragrances in vanilla, cherry, coffee and chocolate are equally popular. Many perfumes for women also include scent of fruits, food and other rustic aromas.

Fragrance products, i.e. best selling colognes for men and popular perfumes for women are even sold as discount perfumes, cheap fragrance and discount fragrance. Fragrance products are sold online to facilitate to purchase fragrance products on online websites and departmental stores. The main reason for the demand created for popular perfumes for women and best selling colognes for men fragrance products is that, they makes people cool, fresh, relaxed and pleasant all over the day and it also comes up with another advantage is that it can be used for any time for the seasons or occasions.

Colognes for Men

Men can select the most desired colognes required for him from the best selling colognes for men list for the prices required. Women can wear the perfume required for her either has discount fragrance or cheap fragrance or for reasonable price listed in the market. Popular perfumes for women and best selling colognes for men will be listed in the category section in each department to facilitate the customer to purchase the required fragrance products. When popular perfumes for women and best selling colognes for men are listed for competitive prices and discount fragrance, then more women and men will be purchasing the product.

Women and Perfume

Perfume and women are inseparable elements; in fact perfumes have become an integral part of women's fashion. Since the Egyptians times, women are using fragrances. In those days royal and elite females used to wear perfumes primarily to attract their companions.

Modern women use different types of perfumes for different occasion and moods. There are exclusive women's perfume for day time use, evening use, and bedtime use separately. There are also women perfumes for different moods like romance and lovemaking.

In terms of ingredients used Women perfumes are different from men's colognes.

In women's perfumes oils are used as a primary ingredient whereas in men's perfumes alcohol is the principal component. Women can choose their perfumes from different fragrance families such as floral, oriental, mossy, spicy, and fruity.

Perfume Influences Men and Women

Perfume becomes a consumable product for each and everybody around the world. Almost every human has been influenced by perfume and fragrance. Nowadays, perfume and fragrance becomes a daily useable product and it also becomes a necessary and important consumable for every one. If census has been taken place regarding the usage of perfume and fragrance in every human, almost most of the men and women will be their. This census report shows how men and women have been influenced by perfume and fragrance. From the ancient days till now, every human started using the perfume. When people started realizing its purpose and requirement, all men and women started to use perfume and fragrance.

Perfumes are categorized in to different types like woody perfume, floral perfume, oceanic perfume, greens perfume and oriental perfume. The customer can select any one of the perfume from the list. Almost in every part of the world, most of the people are influenced in usage of perfume. Perfume and fragrances becomes the essential and important in every part of life. As trend and ways of living of people are changing, production of perfume and fragrances are also changed. During the past years, most of the people do not use perfume for their skin. But when the trend changed, men and women were inspired to use perfume and fragrance for their skin. Perfume and fragrance is also said to be a skin care product. Perfume and fragrance is also used to expose the feelings of human to the opposite party.


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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Can the Internet Replace the Perfume Counter?

There is something wonderful about buying perfume in a store. That is, until you find out that the store does not have the perfume you want. If you are a perfume devotee, that happens pretty quickly. There is no store that has all of the perfumes in the world. In fact, even large department stores offer only a small slice of the total fragrance universe.

Hello, Internet.

Fortunately, Internet shopping has made it possible for ordinary people to buy obscure perfumes, retro-scents, sample the wares of new boutique perfumeries, and even try scents from foreign countries.

There are some pitfalls to Internet shopping. First and uppermost in my mind is the fact that there are many fragrance sites online that are selling knock-offs and counterfeits. Sometimes, the site will disclose this but more often than not it is only evident in the price. If you want to buy one ounce of Chanel No. 5 perfume (the real thing), the price tag is $260. Granted, sometimes you'll find some warehouse type sites that knock a bit off of the price. But if you ever find Chanel No. 5 perfume at $50 an ounce, you've got a knock-off.

A knock-off is another company that manufactures a similar scent and packages it as "just like" something else. A counterfeit is a company that manufactures a similar scent and lies about it and represents it as the original scent. One is more unethical than the other, but neither one are good perfume.

Here's why. Quality perfume, like a gourmet dessert, is made of the best and purest ingredients. It's also made to excruciating standards. Most copycats are made of cheaper ingredients and tend to be more homemade products by a no-name company. Think of it this way: if those guys could really make perfume, wouldn't they be better off making a truly new fragrance than just ripping off an existing product?

To avoid knockoffs, go to reputable sites. If you know the company that makes the perfume, see if they sell the product from that website. For instance, you can buy Chanel No. 5 directly from http://www.chanel.com.

There are also larger sites like http://www.sephora.com and others that offer a wide range of original products.

For boutique perfumes, you almost assuredly have to find the site of the perfumery. The nice thing about these places is that they often get to know their clients.

When buying online, you do not have the opportunity to test the perfume first. Sometimes you can get interested in a scent and then find a friend who has some, so you can do your own sniff test before you buy online.

But what if you want to try a new perfume? How can you do that online? There are some sites that sell samples or small amounts of their product. If you are a regular customer of a large site like Sephora, you may find that they give samples with orders. (Don't expect samples as freebies; they are perks to people who are likely to order them.)

If you know a lot about perfume and are very bold by nature, you can buy perfume unsmelled. The best way to do this is to read a bit about the perfume. Most sites will describe scents, so you should know generally if you're getting a fruity-floral or an Oriental or a light boy-or-girl kind of scent. You cannot fairly describe a perfume just by that, but I have found that if you favor a particular fragrance family, you are usually safe when buying within that family, even if you don't have the opportunity to try a perfume in advance.

Another good way to shop for perfumes you can't smell first is to read reviews. A lot of websites and blogs review perfumes. Sometimes the reviews tell you more about the personality of the writer than the perfume. The best reviews are ones that describe the scent and its attributes rather than offer subjective opinions like, "I like this" or "I hated that." I'm sure there are perfectly reasonable people who hate Chanel No. 5 but that does not make it a bad perfume.

If you are very fond of all kinds of perfumes, it's pretty easy to buy perfume online. Service and reliability are great, prices are not exorbitant (including the ubiquitous shipping and handling) and you have a wider breadth of fragrance at your fingertips. If you know what you like and what to stay away from (maybe you hate perfumes that are overly floral-descriptions should help you avoid them), you can do pretty well.

And sometimes I find that perfumes that do not wow me with the first whiff from the bottle eventually become lifelong favorites. That's why I like taking the risk of buying untested perfumes. Sometimes the scents you would have never picked out for yourself turn out to be the very best ones for you.

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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Monday, October 6, 2008

Secrets of Perfume Ingredients

Perfume today is produced mainly in laboratories but often relies on ancient ingredients. Some perfume ingredients still in use today are mentioned in ancient Egyptian texts and the Bible. Some of these ingredients had medicinal roles as well as aromatic properties which probably contributed to the belief-held until the mid-18th century-that perfume was as much a medicine as a cosmetic.

Mentioned in the Bible and other ancient texts, frankincense and myrrh were substances so valuable they rivaled even gold. Frankincense is a resin from a gum tree that is produced in shapes called "tears" when the bark of the scraggly Boswallia tree is disturbed. These trees are rare and grow mainly in arid Middle Eastern lands and require hand-harvesting, contributing to their exorbitant price.

Today, a fragrant product that uses frankincense is Love Butter by Carol's Daughter.
Myrrh, called a "bitter perfume" in the Christmas Carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are," is also used today. Myrrh is a gum resin produced from a bush-like desert plant. In Arabic, the name Myrrh means "bitter" and this burnt orange looking substance does indeed have a strong, bitter aroma. Originally used as incense, today Yves St. Laurent's Opium and Rage of the Seven Sinful Scents by Gendarme list myrrh as an ingredient.

Patchouli and sandalwood are both aromatic woods that come from Asia. Patchouli is grown in the East and West Indies while sandalwood comes from Nepal (about the farthest North it grows), India, Hawaii and Australia. While synthetics are often used today for these endangered woods, they have both been around for millennia as fragrance ingredients and have been prized for their healing properties.

The best-known patchouli scent on the market right now by far is Thierry Mugler's Angel. Mugler is a French perfumist and his unique Angel perfume is one of those love-it-or-hate-it kind of scents.

Sandalwood is used in aromatherapy and also does double-duty in the perfume world since it can serve as a fixative or anchor to other scents. Sandalwood has never really gone out of style. Today it's in lots of scents, including Dior Addict by Dior, Escada Magnetism, Hanae Mori Butterly, and the Cartier scent Delices de Cartier.

Amber has got to be one of the most surprising and unusual things that is put into perfume. People who hear that a perfume contains amber typically think of the golden resin used to make jewelry. Actually, that amber is not used in perfume making.

This amber is a short (and nicer-sounding) term for ambergris. Ambergris could be picked up along the coastline and was harvested this way for hundreds of years. It was a gray substance that beachcombers could pick up and sell to factories that used it for a variety of products. Since it had a very distinctive aroma, it was used in perfumery. Ambergris did not smell wonderful by itself, but it blended well with other ingredients and became a staple in perfume-making even before people knew what it was.

Even today, we don't really know what ambergris is, and perhaps we don't want to know. Sometime in the 19th century, it was known that this mysterious gray substance, which unpredictably appeared on the beaches of North America and other places, was associated with sperm whales. Today, it is thought that ambergris is a substance that sperm whales regurgitate after dining on their favorite meal of squid.

Be that as it may, amber in perfume today is synthetic stuff, made to mimic the scent of the original ambergris. Amber is found in Dolce and Gabbana's Light Blue, Vera Wang Princess, and Stella by Stella McCartney, to name a few.

As much as perfume relies on ancient ingredients, including plants (lavender), spices (cinnamon, cloves), flowers (roses, gardenias, honeysuckle, lilies) and fruits (orange, lemon, peach), it also relies on new ingredients.

The biggest "new thing" in perfume is the fact that today we live in a global village. Flowers indigenous to exotic lands can be easily obtained and put into perfume. We can now take advantage of Eastern spices, South Pacific flowers, North American musk, and Indian woods. Of course, much of this happens at the lab level, meaning in the form of synthetics. This helps preserve natural resources and makes perfume quality more uniform.

Another interesting new wrinkle in the perfume world occurred in the 1920s with the advent of a chemical substance called aldehyde. Aldehyde is a synthetic odor molecule but unlike other synthetics, this wasn't a fake anything. Aldehyde was artificial and not meant to mimic anything natural. It has a distinctive "sparkly" quality to it and is often mixed with florals. Probably the best known aldehyde scent in the world is the perennial favorite, Chanel No. 5. The creator of Chanel No. 5, Ernst Breaux, also created Evening in Paris, a much more difficult scent to find, but another one that uses sparkling aldehyde notes.

Today, we've added to our roster of synthetics plus we've blended more and more exotic ingredients together. Technology has also allowed us to capture unusual scents in perfume-you can find perfumes today listing "ozone" as an element or "chocolate."

from: MyDailyPerfume.com

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