How, Why and Where of Perfumes in Terms of Application

Perfumes, scents or fragrances, the nomenclature itself is so fresh, lovely and exquisite. When it comes to perfumes, there are some quotes and tweets which portray the enormity of its capacity. ‘When a beautiful lady is attracting a gentleman and vice versa, it’s the perfume which is actually showing its effectiveness.’

In addition, the famous movie based quote, ‘beauty is 50 % fragrance, natural or perfumed, whatever,’ manages to stamp the importance, utility and effectiveness of perfumes, for both men and women.

One of the most important aspects of perfumes, which unfortunately are given the least importance is the application part. Many folks, even regular users and die hard fragrance fanatics won’t be aware that there is a logical and science laden reasoning in terms of application of perfumes on the human body.

No doubt, perfumes work well everywhere, even work well as a room freshener in emergency situations, but there are certain warm spots on our body where perfumes provide their full potential. These warm spots are areas where blood flows nearer to our skin, which in turn gives away warmth of our bodies, outside.

Researchers and the perfume manufacturing fraternity call these warm spots as small to medium fragrance pumps. Thousands of fragrances for women and men utilize this aspect well.

These warm spots are located behind our ears, inner part of knees and even elbows and wrists. Also, these warm spots are located along the collar-bone on our necks. Perfumes provide an enhanced effect on these areas, but considering practical purposes, applying perfume behind our ears, wrists and cellar-bone part of neck works well.

Other major aspect of perfume application is the timeframe it will last. Whatever the manufacturers promote, even the best of perfumes provide its full potential only in the ideal conditions; overall 50 % to 90 % potential is what most perfumes manage considering condition shifts, changes and other factors.

In addition, it is seen that perfumes last longer on oily skin, rather than the general dry skin. Using a small tint of Vaseline on dry skin prior to the application of perfume will help it run for a longer show. Even external aspects like seasons influence the capacity of perfumes. Most perfumes based fragrances (including designer fragrances) are slightly more intense in summers.

Lastly while you buy men’s fragrances for colleagues or even if you buy fragrances for her, keeping the season as one of the criteria works well.




Be it designer fragrances or specially made fragrances for women, the scent works well if applied correctly and at right spots. This article provides insights into many application related aspects of perfumes, which will help buyers (even when they buy perfume online.