Tips About Perfume

With time, perfume which was once the elite luxury item of the rich has become a part and parcel of every dressing table.
Various brands and labels have come up and today we can well say that a lady is known by the perfume she wears. A Perfume is a blend of some fragrant essential oils with aroma compounds, certain fixatives and a solvent and is used to give a pleasing smell.
There are various sources of making perfumes. The most widely used sources are plants. They are used to derive aromatic compounds and oils. The sources of these compounds may be derived from various parts of a plant. The most commonly used barks are cascarilla and cinnamon. The biggest source of aromatics of a plant are its flowers like the commonly used rose and jasmine,as well as mimosa, osmanthus, tuberose, and certain blossoms like those of citrus trees.
Certain fruits like juniper berry and the much-loved vanilla are also employed to give expensive perfumes. Other sources include leaves like lavender,patchouli, violets and rosemary. Apart from this, the animal sources include Ambergris, Honeycomb and musk. Most of the modern perfumes employ synthetic means to produce various combinations of smells. Synthetic smells are usually synthesized from pine resins, petroleum distillates etc.
There are some really interesting facts about the perfume. Women are supposed to have sharper sense of smell than men and it is greatly affected by our lifestyle, our diet and medications. Believe it or not but perfumes can ctually produce different reactions from blondes, redheads and brunettes.
Perfume vapors tend to rise upwards and when you wear your favorite perfume near your face or behind your ears, then it is sure to rise and disappear before you reach the office or meet your partner. It is believed that oily skin type can retain a perfume smell better.
While trying out new perfumes, do not try out more than three smells at a time as your nose will no longer be able to distinguish between different aromas if you try too much. Wait for at least ten minutes after you test the perfume, to get the accurate smell after its reaction with your skin.
If you have invested in a branded or expensive perfume then obviously you want to make the most out of it. Here are some tips to maintain your perfume and make it last long.



 Preserve your perfumes properly by keeping it away from heat and by storing them in a cool and shaded place where they are not exposed to light. An opened bottle of perfume can keep its smell as it is for nearly a year but only if it is nearly full, as the occurrence of oxygen in the emptying bottle’s air will react with the perfume elements and try to change its character.
Perfumes should ideally be used all through the day. Even those perfumes that are concentrated will not last you for the whole day. You have to apply and e-apply your perfume after every three to four hours. Nowadays you get a wide variety of perfumes and are almost spoilt for choices. It is recommended to use different perfumes for the morning and night. Generally you should choose a light floral smell for the day and something heavy and dramatic for evenings.You can also choose a perfume depending upon your mood.

Choosing Right Jewelry

Jewelry like clothes can make or mar your appearance. It is no use having a smart well-cut choli and a beautiful saree if you will ruin it with unsuitable jewelry. What makes a woman appear pleasing and draw attention to her is her good jewelry sense. A sophisticated woman would always team a white chiffon saree having jet black print on it with either light diamond or pearl jewelry in this attire. This is to tell you that every attire requires different type of jewelry. In this way, every season, every mood and different
occasions require different types of jewelry.
In summer to feel cool and garden-fresh, you should wear light clothes in softest of shades. Soft shades should be offset with either silver, pearl or diamond jewelry. But avoid wearing too many jewels as these will make you feel hot and uncomfortable. Wear the barest amount and look cool and graceful.
Monsoon requires vivid vibrant colors glowing turquoise, rich green, deep orange to beat the grey rainy days. And with vibrant colors you require vibrant jewelry made of gold, precious stones and mina work, anything which puts a glow in your complexion should be worn during this season. And winter is the season when you can wear everything and anything and look bewitching.
Like different seasons, the different occasions require different makeup tips and jewelry. You should choose the jewelry you wear during different occasions very carefully, because badly chosen jewelry can ruin you whole personality.
For morning outings wear a simple strand of pearls, delicate mangulsutra or a simple gold chain. Ear tops or other delicate ear-rings with one or two gold bangles on the arms will look pretty.
For afternoon lunches and parties you can go in for a little more elaborate jewelry and this means delicate sets of diamond, mina or precious tones. At night, you jewelry can be mire elaborate but very heavy jewelry with elaborate diamond mina and precious stones should be worn on very dressy occasions only.
Different colors of dresses also require different colored jewelry. All the women should have two basic shades of jewelry in an excellent combination with cream, yellow, red, most greens, violet and various shades of brown. Silver looks excellent with peach, white, pale pink, blue almond green and every delicate shade. Besides these two basic types of jewelry which every woman can afford, there are the exclusive diamonds, pearls, jadau and mina jewelry. It you can afford blue mina jewelry, a pink saree would look beautiful with blue mina jewelry and a cream or black outfit would look stunning in a diamond set. If you can, buy varied type of jewelry, add to it jewelry by wearing it by rotation. In this way you will be the envy of all the women and remember jewelry is not only a great asset which adds to you appearance but is also an extremely sound investment