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Before applying the perfume, be aware of your jewelry. Either remove it or cover it with a hand while applying.

For Perfum, Solid Perfum, Eau de Perfum: Apply lightly on the pulse points, such as the back of ear lobes, wrists, the base of throat, and the back of knees.

For Eau de Toilette and Eau de Cologne: Spray it about four times while you are drawing a big circle in the air. Try to spray at each 90 degree point of the circle.

After the application, DO NOT rub the perfum with your wrist or hand. This rubbing motion breaks down the scent.

You want to get a new perfume but not sure the difference between Eau de Perfum and Eau de Toilette?

They are categorised depending on the ration of Alcohol (a liquid base of the perfum), to the perfum contents.

Their characteristics as following;

Perfum / Pure Perfume

• The purest form of the perfume
• consists of approximately 15 - 40 % of perfume concentrates
• last about 6 hours
• Most expensive
• Suitable for a big day where you don’t want to worry about reapplying perfume.

Eau de Perfum

• contains around 7 - 15 % of scent concentrates
• last up to 4 hours
• Medium price range
• Suitable for someone who want to touch up few times a day

Eau de Toilette

• contains about 1 - 6 % of the concentrates
• last up to 2 hours
• Economical
• Suitable for someone who prefers light and fresh form of perfume.

Eau de Cologne / Eau de Fraiche

• A light fragrace which is mixed with fresh citrus notes
• Similar to Eau de Toilette, slightly fresher