Who would not want their perfume’s fragrance to last longer on their skin? After all, the longer the scent lasts, the better you will smell throughout the day. There are multiple factors that affect the longevity of a perfume. For example, did you know your body chemistry affects how long a fragrance lasts on your skin and how well it projects? We will also cover some tricks you can use to make your fragrance’s longevity long-lived, at least longer than it would last without them.
We can start by discussing the different factors which affect how long a scent lasts on your skin. Body chemistry as well as PH levels have a significant outcome on your fragrance’s longevity. According to an article we found by snif.co, factors such as skin type, skin ph, diet, and lifestyle all affect your perfume’s longevity on the skin. Your skin’s natural oils and moisture affect how a scent opens, lingers, and evolves throughout the day.
Other problems may arise when you don’t know which fragrance types work well with your PH levels. For example, you may be wondering why when your friend sprays on the same perfume it lasts 12 hours on their skin, and when you spray it on, it only lasts 6 hours. Knowing which fragrances work well with your PH levels will solve this issue for you. Some people’s PH levels could handle florals for longer, other people’s florals don’t even last 6 hours on their skin.
Skin pH and Fragrance Longevity
Let’s dig a bit deeper into how skin pH affects the duration of a perfume on your skin. Your skin’s pH level measures the level of acidity your skin has. What is known as the "acid mantle", which as defined by Tiarra Mukherjee at EverdayHealth.com’s article "What Is Skin pH? How to Tell if Yours Is Healthy, and Why It Matters." is “a thin barrier on the surface of your skin that helps maintain a slight pH skin acidity”, is part of the reason why perfumes last longer on certain people. If you guys remember back in your school days, pH levels are measured using a scale of 1-14. According to Snif.co's article "How Does Body Chemistry Impact Perfume?", the skin’s natural ph levels are from 4.7 to 5.75. Snif.co also points out that perfumers create perfumes with these numbers in mind.
So how do you tell the pH of your skin? Well not only did we learn how to do this while looking at this post we found at Nayelle.com, "Easy Ways to Test Your Skin pH Level", we also learned that the acid mantle we were speaking of earlier is a "film of amino and lactic acids that are responsible for keeping in lipids and moisture while blocking germs, pollution, toxins, and bacteria." So if you are wondering how can one approxiamte the pH level of your skin (getting the exact number involves too deep of a scientific process for this blog), the article I mentioned by nayelle.com has a quick and easy method for getting your answer. This method of figuring out your skin’s pH level consists of answering a few multiple choice questions… and based on the result, you will get an overall idea of where your skin's pH level resides. Go give it a shot!
Tips for making your fragrance last longer
One trick that Jean uses to make his perfumes fragrance last longer on his skin is rubbing a bit of oil butter where he will be applying the perfume. After rubbing a bit of oil butter on the area you will be applying your perfume on, you can then proceed to spraying the perfume on it. This will make the skin moist with the oil, hence making your perfume last longer on the skin as well. Remember that perfumes last longer on skins that are moist, so take this a trick to give your skin the moisture it needs while making your perfumes last longer. Other tips that we picked up from mugler.com’s article "how to make perfume last longer" include:
- Choosing the correct type of scent.
- Considering the perfume’s scent family.
- Spraying the scent directly on the skin.
- Spritzing after you shower.
- Moisturize, then apply (one of Jean’s favorite tricks).
- Apply perfume to pulse points.
- Not rubbing your wrists together.
- Using body products with matching scents.
- Opt for unscented.
- Spray and Walk.
- Mist Scent onto a hair brush.
- Keep a travel-szied bottle on hand.
- Layer your scents.
- Store your perfume correctly.
- Don’t shake your fragrance.
We really recommend you head over to Mugler’s article, “how to make perfume last longer” and give each one of these bullet points a deeper read. Not only will you be making your perfumes last longer on your skin, you will also be saving money by not having to spray so much!
