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Warm Weather Perfumes for Summer Fun
By: Copyright (c) 2007 Joanna McLaughlin There are scents that were just made for summer. And why not Everything changes in the summer from the weather to our activities. Even the clothes we wear get lighter. So should your fragrance. In fact there are perfumes that are absolutely perfect for these hot and happy days of summer. Your individual skin chemistry affects how a perfume wears on you. Skin chemistry is reason that the same perfume can smell differently on two different people. The warmer months can change your skin chemistry including how much you perspire. If you shower more frequently in the summer or if you go out in the sun and your skin gets dry these things can also change how a scent works for you. The perfume you wore all winter in the house or at the office may not work as you start spending more time outdoors and wearing looser lighter or skimpier clothing. As a general rule winter perfumes tend to be heavier muskier darker while summer scents are lighter. There are lots of great ways to get some summer scents. Since summer tends to be a more frivolous social and fun time for most of us trendy fragrances are a good starting place. Think light. Great ideas for summer scents are plentiful right now with a flurry of new fragrances in the fruityfloral family. These scents take light exuberant florals and mix them with distinctive fruity notes. For some fruity floral fun sample Sunset Heat by Escada or Sugar by Fresh. If you want to get a great summer scent but still want to get something from a perfume boutique try Little Italy by Bond No. 9 (http://www.bondno9.com) which is one of the greatest citrus scents going. Another great fruityfloral line of products is available from Carols Daughter which is best to buy from a large perfume site (http://www.sephora.com). When you put on a cheery peachinspired scent like Groove by Carols Daughter you cant help but think of summer. However not everybody is going to go wild for fruity scents. Light florals are another good idea. For the highend florals test out Very Irresistable by Givenchy or Chelsea Flowers by Bond No. 9 or Goddess by Baby Phat. True you are talking girlygirl fragrances here but what is more fun for summer. If you want something a little less girlygirl there are a lot of fragrances right now that tend to be light and almost crossgender that is it might be unclear in a blindfold test whether they were cologne or aftershave. Try One by Calvin Klein for one of these scents. I think its a fabulous scent but I only wear it in warm weather. When buying a fragrance product your type of product may shift in the summer. In the winter perfumes and eaudeparfums work best; they are heavier last longer and seem a bit more dramatic. In the summer a cologne or eaudetoilette can be a better choice although you have to keep refreshing it. But since summer is an active time for most of us we tend to sweat and shower more in these warm months so you are just naturally going to need to touch up your fragrance more frequently. Its true that colognes and eauxdetoilette do not last as long as perfumes but the very lightness of these products can make your favorite scents seem more breezy and summerlight. If you cant make cologne last buy a scented body lotion or cream plus a shower gel in the same fragrance. Then layer the product on. An emollient cream or lotion (sometimes sold as butters or souffles) can be a great base on which to apply a sprayon scent to make it last longer.
Joanna McLaughlin is a fragrance and lifestyle writer who contributes often to http://www.thePerfumeReporter.com . Her favorite scent today is Sugar Blossom by Fresh. Tags: fragrance clothes groove weather little italy chemistry perfume peach perfumes fun time happy days flo
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