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How to wear a fragrance, slowly

Fewer sprays, better skin, the right season. A short guide to letting a scent unfold instead of announcing itself.

By HIGHER Editors1 min read

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A fragrance is built to change. Top notes greet you, heart notes stay for the afternoon, base notes linger into the evening. Wearing it well means giving each stage time.

Prepare the skin

Scent holds better on moisturised skin. Apply an unscented balm first, then fragrance on pulse points — and resist rubbing your wrists together.

Fewer sprays

Two is usually enough. If you can smell yourself all day, others can smell you from across the room.

A fragrance is built to change. Wearing it well means giving each stage time.

Dress for the season

Citrus and green notes lift in heat; woods, resins and spice deepen in the cold. Many people keep two signatures, one for each half of the year.

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