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Secret Formulas, Intrigue, Copycats, and Other Things at the Perfume Counter
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] The perfume industry is a big business plagued by an old problem: people trying to steal the recipe. The perfume industry protects itself with secrecy, complex formulas, and the fact that real perfume lovers can't help but prefer the original to the copycat stuff.

Shopping for Perfume for Mother's Day - Tips to Avoid Counterfeit Fragrances
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Mother's Day is perfume shopping season, but unwary buyers may be surprised to find out that in the perfume world, there are genuine products, imitation (but legal) products, and counterfeits. Knowing how to shop for perfume, how to sniff out a fake, and if and when you should go with an imitation is important. This easy guide will help you figure out how to get the real thing.

Seven Tips for Picking Out Perfume For Mother's Day
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Gifts] Mother's Day can be tough for people trying to find the right gift. Perfume is a traditional gift for Mother's Day for good reason: it's luxurious, it's appreciated, and most women enjoy it. However, a visit to the perfume counter can be a scary thing, particularly if you don't know much about perfume. Here are some tips from a perfume counter denizen to make your shopping a whole lot easier!

Secrets of Perfume Ingredients
[News-and-Society] Perfumes rarely list ingredients on their labels but sometimes will describe scents with all sorts of mysterious ingredients from ancient substances (like frankincense and myrrh) to more normal-sounding ingredients (that we still don't understand) like amber or musk. Perfumes frequently contain a lot of synthetic ingredients, sometimes analogs to real substances, sometimes completely artificial (like aldehyde).

What To Do When Perfumes Make You Sick
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] About 1% of the population is allergic to perfume and many more find it physically irritating. Actually, there are only about eight substances that provoke most of the symptoms, but most perfumes do not list their ingredients. The problem is compounded by the fact that fragrance isn't just found in perfume - it's in soap, air fresheners, foods, and even dental cement.

Synthetic Perfume Versus Natural Scents - Which Is Better?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Aldehyde is a synthetic fragrance molecule used in perfume. Despite the global trend toward preferring naturals over synthetics, in the perfume world, synthetics are preferable. Ever since Coco Chanel unveiled a completely "artificial" scent in the form of Chanel No. 5 in 1923, perfumers have been going synthetic. It's more consistent, gives a greater spectrum of scents, and saves the natural environment.

Can the Internet Replace the Perfume Counter?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Buying perfume online is increasingly popular, but there are some pitfalls to to the online shopping experience. Internet shoppers should beware of knockoffs and counterfeits. The other problem with Internet perfume buying is that sometimes you have to buy a perfume before you can smell it. But there are ways to take the guesswork out of even that.

Perfume or Cologne? Does It Matter?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] When buying a fragrance, is it better to buy a perfume or a cologne? Is an eau-de-parfum the same thing as perfume? Why are some products labeled parfum and others perfume? And what on earth is toilet water? This article provides answers about different fragrance types and considerations when making fragrance purchases that will help you get your very best deal.

Getting the Right Fragrance for Summer
[Womens-Interests] In the summer, skin chemistry and lifestyle changes can make it a good idea to re-think your perfume. Lighter products like colognes often work better in the summer than winter. If you use cologne, use a similarly scented body lotion, too, to get some oomph from the fragrance. Lighter fragrances including florals, the newer fruity-florals and even some gender-spanning scents are particularly wonderful for hot weather months.

How to Find Your Signature Scent
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Finding exactly the right fragrance for you can be a daunting task, particularly since there are so many perfumes on the market. This guide helps the perfume newbie or experienced perfume lover find ways to narrow down the field to help select that one (or those several) perfumes that are destined to be signature scents.

Scent Span
[News-and-Society] Scent span is a new term to describe how long a fragrance lasts before it fades. Contrary to popular belief, there are some easy things you can do to enhance the scent span of your favorite fragrances.

A Perfumista's Guide to Shopping for Perfume for Mother's Day
[News-and-Society] Most women love fragrances so buying perfume for Mother's Day sounds like a great gift idea. And it is! Except for the uninitiated, shopping for perfume can be a confusing and even intimidating experience. This article explains where to buy great fragrances, how to navigate the perfume counter (online or at the mall), and names some specific scents as potential gift ideas.

Mother's Day Perfume Search - Looking for Old or Discontinued Perfume Lines
[News-and-Society] Sometimes hunting down a fragrance from yesteryear can be challenging. Fragrances get discontinued, but a tenacious hunter can sometimes uncover those beloved nostalgic scents...in some unlikely places!