Perfume Combining
A quick Google search will show you that many consumers and perfume companies define layering as using more than one form of the same scent, that is using the perfume over the matching body lotion or dusting powder or what have you. Check out the last post : How to Layer Fragrances.
What your typical perfumer means by the term is quite different and involves applying more than one perfume at the same time to create an entirely new fragrance. In other word, perfume combining. Before the layering can take place, here's a few simple application rules. Some of you might know this already but let's cover all grounds. Still, for those of you new to the game : less if always more. Discretion and common sense always is the key to success in fragrance layering : to start always choose to play with two. More only if you are confident.
1. Layering doesn’t have to be merely pairing equal-concentration scents, meaning that parfum A can blend beautifully with, say, eau de cologne B. In fact that’s often how I layer. This is also taking into the accounts that historically houses (such as Guerlain and Chanel) have separate formulations for parfum, eau de parfum and eau de toilette even within the same line.
2. Ancillary products, such as deodorants, body lotions or body creams are absolutely fair game layering with regular fragrances. Still, often they are designed to amplify and to hold onto the fragrance molecules a little longer, so please take that into consideration when layering. Nothing worse, say, a tuberose body cream with an extremely diffusive spicy 80's fragrance!
3. Layering doesn’t mean applying everything on the skin. Try misting your undergarments with fragrance X and apply fragrance Y on your skin.
4. Layering does not mean applying everything at the same time. Sometimes heavier fragrances such as the orientals or the chypres have lovely dry downs to pair with a different fragrance.
5. Layer with purpose. Most of us in the know layer because we see an improvement in the combination, not because we want to wear something nobody else has.
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What your typical perfumer means by the term is quite different and involves applying more than one perfume at the same time to create an entirely new fragrance. In other word, perfume combining. Before the layering can take place, here's a few simple application rules. Some of you might know this already but let's cover all grounds. Still, for those of you new to the game : less if always more. Discretion and common sense always is the key to success in fragrance layering : to start always choose to play with two. More only if you are confident.
Flora by Gucci Garden Collection
1. Layering doesn’t have to be merely pairing equal-concentration scents, meaning that parfum A can blend beautifully with, say, eau de cologne B. In fact that’s often how I layer. This is also taking into the accounts that historically houses (such as Guerlain and Chanel) have separate formulations for parfum, eau de parfum and eau de toilette even within the same line.
2. Ancillary products, such as deodorants, body lotions or body creams are absolutely fair game layering with regular fragrances. Still, often they are designed to amplify and to hold onto the fragrance molecules a little longer, so please take that into consideration when layering. Nothing worse, say, a tuberose body cream with an extremely diffusive spicy 80's fragrance!
3. Layering doesn’t mean applying everything on the skin. Try misting your undergarments with fragrance X and apply fragrance Y on your skin.
4. Layering does not mean applying everything at the same time. Sometimes heavier fragrances such as the orientals or the chypres have lovely dry downs to pair with a different fragrance.
5. Layer with purpose. Most of us in the know layer because we see an improvement in the combination, not because we want to wear something nobody else has.
Donna Karan's Essence Collection
To learn more, check out Fragrance Layering : Layman's Guide on How To Layer Perfumes. There are a few brands that encourage layering such as Jo Malone at jomalone.com, Donna Karan's Essence Collection at dkny.com and Flora by Gucci Garden Collection at gucci.com.
Jo Malone
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