Preserving a fragrance

Perfume should be kept away from light, heat and air. In a cool, unopened place, it improves with time, especially if it has a high proportion of natural ingredients. I was lucky enough to smell a 50 year old Heure Bleue, it was a pure wonder.

Once opened, it is best to use it in the current year, especially if it is taken with the fingertips. In this case, the hands must be perfectly clean. Avoid the introduction of impurities that may oxidise the perfume, make it look cloudy and alter the fragrance. It is strongly recommended to apply any perfume before applying make-up (especially if, as is often the case, the woman perfumes herself by applying the cap of the bottle directly to the skin). Air travel does not alter the fragrance, but beware of leaks!

Perfumes also suffer from ageing in the same way as wine, i.e. without fundamentally changing their structure, but by evolving in their bouquet. To avoid this alteration, put your bottle back in its box, away from light, far from a source of heat, the ideal being to keep it in a cool place, why not in the bottom of a refrigerator, and handle it gently.

Sylvaine Delacourte perfumes

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