Favorite Fragrances

Browse at your leisure for your favorite fragances and perfumes. As you do so let your imagination take you from the streets of Paris, London or New York and their modern designer perfumes to the bazaars of India and The Far East with fragrances much as they have been for hundreds of years.

Under Alternative Fragrances we include perfumes from the Middle East, India and the Far East, also included is a section on pheromones. Some of these alternative fragrances come beautifully presented in bottles that should appeal to any perfume bottle collector. There are people that buy perfume just for the bottle. There are a number of perfume bottle collectors around the world and they have an annual International convention to be held in April 2011 in
Bloomingdale Chicago, for details see www.perfumebottles.org

In February 2009 a perfume bottle of Belle Haleine from the 1920's, owned by Yves St. Laurent was auctioned by Christie's in Paris for $11 million dollars. The most money ever paid for a perfume bottle.

Hints For Buying and Using Perfume

When buying perfume always use a test strip untill you find one you like. When you have one you like test it on your wrist and let it mature for 30 minutes before you decide to buy.
Always buy fragrances that you like, not for someone elses preference.
When using perfumes apply them to pulse points such as the crook of the arm and back of knees, neck, wrist and cleavage. Also worth trying is a small ball of cotton wool soaked in perfume hidden in your bra.
Perfume can go off after a while so keep bottles tightly stoppered, out of direct sunlight and heat.

If you are given a perfume you do not like to wear you can always use it to rejuvenate any tired old pot pouri.