There’s something special about picking out a scent that elevates your mood, boosts your confidence and gets you in the spring of things. After all, you deserve to be in bloom this season, too!

Finding fragrances you love is not always instant, so what should you do once you’ve found the perfect notes that linger on your skin? We’ve got you! Pretty packaging, gorgeous scents and a guide to making your sensory impressions last that much longer. 

Clean skin

It’s essential to gently dry your skin right after a bath or shower to provide the perfect base. Perfume lingers much longer when applied to clean, open pores.

Tip: Remember not to apply scent and scented products to unmoisturised skin – it will dry your skin and strip it of healthy sebum. 

About that moisture…

When perfume is applied on dry skin, it evaporates and has nothing to cling to. Hydration is essentially the glue that will bond the fragrance for a longer-lasting experience. Opt for an unscented nourishing moisturiser that will hydrate your skin, leaving it supple without clogging your pores.

Tip: For a more layered scent, opt for a complementary fragranced lotion or cream.

Products: 
1. Paco Rabanne Olympéa Solar 80 ml EDP
2. Valentino Voce Viva Intensa 50 ml
3. Kate Spade Sparkle 100 ml EDP

Avoid misting your clothing

Fragrance comes alive from interacting with your skin, applying it to your clothing will give you a brief, overpowering scent and is likely to discolour your clothing in the long run.

Spritz your pulse points

The best spots to apply a perfume are your pulse points – they’re warm and moist because your veins are closest to the skin in those areas. The warmth and moisture will allow the fragrance notes to play with your natural scents, creating a custom version of any scent you wear.

Products: 
1. NUXE Prodigieux Floral le Parfum
2. Narciso Rodriguez Limited Edition Ambrée EDP
3. Yardley White Satin EDT
4. Issey Miyake L’Eau D’Issey Eau & Magnolia 50 ml

All products available at selected Foschini stores and foschiniforbeauty.co.za.

Words by Stefanie Titus
Photography: Pexels