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  2. The Old-School Trick For Making Perfume Last Way Longer On ...

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    The Perfume Trick We Swear By. Perfume lasts longer on moisturized skin, so it’s always a good idea to hydrate before applying. However, Vaseline takes it a step further by leaving a subtly ...

  3. How to apply perfume and cologne without overdoing it: 6 tips ...

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    As French-Armenian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian tells Vogue, perfume doesn’t last long on dry skin, so lather up with either an unscented lotion or your product’s companion body lotion before ...

  4. Books of secrets - Wikipedia

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    Others, such as Giambattista Della Porta's Magia Naturalis (Natural Magic, 1558) deployed practical recipes in an effort to demonstrate the principles of natural magic. Other books of secrets, such as Isabella Cortese's Secreti (1564), disseminated alchemical information to a wide readership. Recent research has suggested that the books of ...

  5. Perfume - Wikipedia

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    Perfume (UK: / ˈ p ɜː f j uː m /, US: / p ər ˈ f j uː m / ⓘ) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. [1]

  6. Attar - Wikipedia

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    Camel skin perfume bottles from Kannauj. The bottles are for aging the perfume (the skin breathes, allowing the water to evaporate while holding in the fragrance and oil, becoming a perfume, or attar). Attar, also known as ittar, is an essential oil derived from botanical or other natural sources.

  7. Hungary water - Wikipedia

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    Similar to other herb- and flower-based products, Hungary water was also a valuable remedy, with recipes advising the user to wash with it [5] or drink it in order to receive the most benefit. [4] Other times, it was recommended to be added to other prepared distilled waters to use when washing one's face in order to help prevent irritation and ...

  8. Behind the Spritz: What Really Goes Into a Bottle of $100 Perfume

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    Manufacturer's Overhead: $15. A big chunk of the perfume price goes toward the manufacturer's corporate overhead -- everything from the salary of the brand's CEO to corporate office expenses.

  9. Fragrance extraction - Wikipedia

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    Organic solvent extraction is the most common and most economically important technique for extracting aromatics in the modern perfume industry. Raw materials are submerged and agitated in a solvent that can dissolve the desired aromatic compounds. Commonly used solvents for maceration/solvent extraction include hexane, and dimethyl ether.