1. Check Your Fragrance For Discolouration
A blend made with natural ingredients will darken over time, but its smell will remain unphased. Synthetic fragrances on the other hand, are not meant to discolour or turn oily. If such a transformation occurs, it’s a signal that your fragrance could lose its pleasing scent and longevity.
2. Keep the Bottle Sealed When Not in Use
Oxygen is perfume’s worst enemy. Hurrying to work or the club is a typical ritual we all go through. While you may leave behind your wallet or keys, don’t forget to cap that bottle of perfume. Leaving a bottle unhinged for even a couple hours can start to ruin the mixture’s balance and catalyze its evaporation.
3. Keep Your Perfume in the Original Box
When in doubt, look no further than the fragrance’s original box. While the cardboard may seem flimsy and irrelevant, these boxes were made to hold the aromatic elixir within.
Storing a bottle within the original box can drastically increase the life of a scent. When paired with a closet or dark cupboard, you have a fail-safe method of essence endurance.
4. Store Your Perfume in a Dark Place
Perfume bottles can be as extravagant as mini chandeliers. When the sun hits them, rainbows and crystalline visages spray across your bedroom. However, they shouldn’t be kept as a centerpiece on your dresser.
Unfortunately, the introduction of light breaks down a scented liquid’s makeup and can melt its bottle too if it’s plastic. To avoid altering the sensitive Chemical-bonds of a fragrance, store your bottle in a place free of both natural and man-made light to make your perfume last longer.
5. Store Your Fragrance in a Dry Place
Water is a force to reckon with. Similar to other substances, water damage will destroy a fragrance. Humidity affects a perfume’s make-up and can cause unwanted chemical reactions to occur.
This can be tough to avoid if you’re in a humid environment so if this is the case be extra cognizant. Have a room with a dehumidifier? This is the ideal place to store your fragrances to keep your perfume from evaporating.
6. Keep the Bottle Closed Until the First Spritz
Just like Newton’s first law states, It’s important to note that perfume will stay pristine until it’s opened. Introducing a bottle of fragrance to oxygen causes the scent inside to dilute and become oxidized. With more oxygen and less scent in the bottle, it’s only natural the smell will diffuse. The clock starts ticking after the first use, so be mindful of when you debut the new fragrance.
7. Avoid Excessive Shaking of the Perfume Bottle
While it may seem like a little shake can help jolt a perfume’s scent, it does the exact opposite because perfume is not a juice and is made of certain chemicals. Similar to our pesky friend oxygen, agitating a fragrance introduces unwanted oxidation via bubbles into our favorite scents.
Not to mention, most perfumes are made with delicate chemical bonds and intricate mixtures that can be broken easily. The combination of shaking and easily compromised formulas can leave you with an unwanted science fair project rather an attractive accessory. Shaking a perfume bottle is a no no.
8. Safely Ship Perfume With a Secure Box and Padding
If you plan on shipping perfume, you’ll want to use a proper perfume storage box to get your fragrance from point A to point B. With glass being easily shattered, consider storing your fragrance bottle in some bubble-wrap, duct-tape, and packing material like newspaper or styrofoam within a sealable cardboard box.
9. Maintain a Constant Temperature
Keep your perfume in someplace cool and constant. Make sure your bottle is in a spot free of polar temperatures. Whether hot or cold. 60 degrees is the sweet spot you should aim for.
10. Avoid Storing Your Perfume in the Bathroom
Yes, it’s called eau de toilette. No, it doesn’t mean it should be be stored in the bathroom. The most common storage mistake of perfume owners is keeping bottles in the bathroom.
One would need to store their fragrances in a dry place because bathrooms have both extreme humidity and temperature fluctuations.
The perfect blend for a perfume is graveyard. Instead, look for a closet or cupboard outside of the bathroom to store your perfume. It’ll be the best decision you made, trust me.
