First off, check out the strength of your perfume. Trawl perfume reviews, perfume blogs and perfume forums to find out what people are saying about your perfume. Key phrases you want to look out for are "major silage" and "lasting power". If from your research you gather that your perfume is a fragrant-whammy, there is big potential that you could be going overboard with your ultra-strong scent.
Another way to tell if your perfume dosage is a little too much is by reading the faces of strangers around you. It's most likely that your friends care about you. So with your sensitive feelings in mind, they're not about to openly disapprove of your perfume tastes. You need unbiased opinions to help you out on this delicate perfume matter. So, to strangers we turn. Key clues include people running for their hazmat suits, people bearing a variety of religious symbols in your general direction, and of course, people staring and scrunching their noses at you. Just be forewarned: any of these could indicate one of two possible smell-related issues, both of which are equally tragic.
These strangers could be annoyed with either your body odor or your over-the-top perfume application.
So if you suspect you wear too much perfume, you probably want to cure yourself of your perfume fanaticism. Worry not, there is hope for you yet. With time, many of us get accustomed to our perfumes. After awhile you can just simply lose the capability to detect small amounts of your perfume. But, if you can't smell anything after a spray or two, don't be tempted to grab your perfume bottle again and spray some more. Whether you can smell your perfume or not, relax and just take comfort in knowing that others around you can smell it. They're probably thinking that you smell good.
If you're trying out a new perfume and you suspect it could be a powerful scent, simply don't spray too much. A single spritz, or even a half-spritz, will typically suffice for potent perfumes. If you feel like you didn't get perfume on all your preferred perfume spots, simply dab your perfume to spread it. Don't be tempted to reach for the bottle again.
Whether you can gauge the strength of your perfume or not, for the sake of your loved ones and others in your general vicinity, just practice some restraint. Everyone will thank you for it.
For important occasions like a big date or an interview, it's extremely important that you don't use too much perfume. A case of perfume overload in these situations can be fatal. Well, maybe not fatal, but perhaps a little unfortunate to say the least. Don't take any chances in such situations. Follow all the rules above, but also include this final, important test: ask a friend or a family member, preferably one who uses perfume in moderation as well. Despite the potential for embarrassment, this added step is an absolute must in such situations. On important occasions you can't risk a case of perfume-excess.
Chris is a perfume expert, and as such he commonly reviews perfumes from all over the world. He currently works as a tester at Overnight Perfume, a Discount Perfumes online store.
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