How to Store Your Perfume Properly to Preserve Its Original Scent
A perfume can be beautifully made, carefully chosen and expensive, yet still lose part of its original character because of something surprisingly simple: where the bottle is kept. Many people display perfume on a dressing table, leave it in the bathroom, keep one in the car, or move bottles between hot and cold places without thinking much about it. The fragrance may still smell fine for a while, but perfume is not completely immune to its environment. Heat, light, air exposure and repeated temperature changes can gradually affect aromatic materials inside the bottle. The perfume may lose some of its brightness, smell flatter than it did when new, darken in colour or develop differently on the skin. Whether you own a vanilla perfume, a rich oud Arabia fragrance, a luxury perfume or an everyday scent, proper storage can help preserve its character for longer. That does not mean perfume needs complicated storage equipment. For most bottles, the best approach is simple: keep perfum...