How to Make Perfume Scent Last Long

There’s nothing more frustrating than being perfectly accessorized for a special evening, immaculately dressed and freshly sprayed with a wonderfully wafting scent, only for your favorite fragrance to become flat, or nonexistent, just a couple hours later. There are a few easy steps you can apply to make that special scent remain just as potent and delicious as it was at 8:00 p.m., by 2:00 a.m.

Things You'll Need

• Baby oil
• Lotion

Instructions

1. Apply baby oil to your skin while it’s still damp and you’re fresh from the shower. Then apply the perfume to your oiled skin. Perfume loses its scent when it evaporates. The oil will keep it from evaporating so quickly.

2. Apply unscented lotion to damp skin and immediately apply your perfume to your damp skin. Like the baby oil, the lotion will help keep your skin moist and keep the perfume form drying so quickly. Lotion leaves a cleaner feel on the skin, less slick and oily than baby oil.

3. Layer your perfume with the complimenting shower gel and lotion to keep the scent fresh. As one layer wears, the next maintains your fragrance.

4. Use the perfume on your skin and the complimenting body spray on your clothes. Body spray tends to go on lighter and the fabric of your clothing will hold the scent. Always check with a small piece of the fabric first though, to make sure it won’t stain.

5. Spray the perfume’s complimenting body spray in your hair as you shake your head so the scent is evenly distributed. If you don’t have the body spray, you can also just use your favorite perfume.