Friday free-for-all

[synecdochic]

Looks like I missed last week's already. Oops :D

This post is a free-for-all for people to:

a) post links to perfume-related content they posted elsewhere (on or off DW)
b) talk about anything they want to talk about that isn't big enough for a full post
c) socialize and hang out without worrying about "off topic"
d) or anything else that comes to mind!

Comments

[teaotter]

I don't know what it is; I wish I did.

I've heard other people say that regular perfumes work on them, but the perfume oils like BPAL don't. I've occasionally had trouble with them when I visit some place drier and forget to moisturize my skin, but if that isn't your problem, I don't have any advice.

I'm starting to wonder if different companies use different fixatives, and if that's really the issue. Maybe the BPAL/oil-based fixative works well with my skin chemistry, but the alcohol-based ones don't? And you could have the reverse problem? I don't even know if fixatives could be an issue.

[jenett]

My understanding is that natural perfumes (oil base, not alcohol base) react a lot more with your personal biochemistry in how they come out, because your body will amp or fade out specific notes a lot more. With the alcohol based ones, the scent is a lot more stable, and it's a lot more reliable across different people, because it's the evaporative bits of the alcohol that are the carrier for the scent, not the individual biochemistry.

(That's why you can have BPAL oils that smell great on two different people, but TOTALLY DIFFERENT on them, too - Queen is a good example of that one: I know half a dozen people it smells great on, but it's a totally different sort of smell.)

[lunabee34]

That's really interesting and makes a lot of sense. It would be pretty imperative for the makers of a commercial scent to create consistency across the brand.

Thanks for the answer!