Warm weather helps perfume smell better because the heat aids in evaporation and it intensifies your perfume. However, wearing your perfume when going out in the sun can pose a few risks during some periods. So, you have to be careful about wearing perfume when going out in the sun.
What happens when you wear perfume in the sun?
1. Sunlight can sometimes react with certain chemicals in perfumes to cause hypersensitivity to UV light.
2. Alcohols are usually in perfume sprays and they are photosensitive too. This hypersensitivity could lead to permanent pigmentation spots.
3. A dermatologist, Chanele Rosa also revealed another risk factor for applying perfume and going out in the sun. The expert at Ellipse Beauty Clinic said that applying perfume or aftershave on your skin and going straight into the sunlight can cause poikiloderma of Civatte.
The condition is more common in women and the symptoms manifest around the décolletage. The condition is characterized by mottled hyper-pigmented or hypopigmented skin alongside broken capillaries. It causes the thinning of the skin and the blood vessels to dilate. This results in red-brown blotchy patches on the skin affected. Usually, under the skin does not change.
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Other perfumed products and cosmetics like aftershaves can also trigger the same reaction when one applies them and goes out straight into the sunlight. There is no treatment except sunscreen and reducing sun exposure in the future.
4. Even though perfume oils are usually tolerable, certain essential oils in them can irritate the skin when the part they are applied to is exposed to sunlight. Some of the essential oils with the potential to irritate your skin when exposed to the sun are lavender and citrus essential oils.
5. Some raw materials in your perfume are also more likely to cause stains on your clothes when they are exposed to sunlight.
6. Direct sunlight can break down the chemical bonds that make up a scent and this will degrade the fragrance.
How to apply perfume when you want to go out in the sun.
- You can use your regular scented lotions and just skip perfumes if you think your entire body will be exposed. For example, if you intend to spend the day sunbathing on the beach.
- Apply the perfume on your clothes instead of your skin.
- Wear sunscreen and reapply as frequently as instructed. Reapplying every two hours is usually ideal.
- If you must apply the perfume, apply it to parts of your body that will be clothed, and wear protective clothing.
- Perfume oils are a good alternative if you can screen the ingredients to make sure that there is no essential oil with the potential to irritate your skin or cause increased photosensitivity in them.
