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HOW TO BUY AFTERSHAVE AND COLOGNE ONLINE

Buying your aftershave and cologne online from Perfume Plus Direct makes a lot of sense because you will save a considerable amount of money over going to a high street store and buying it there. It also saves you time, because you don’t have to drive to the high street and find somewhere to park. Furthermore, you will avoid the crowds and you can browse our range for as long as you like. Certainly, the big department stores have perfume departments and stock a wide variety of colognes and aftershaves, but you will find that we do too. Of course, when buying anything online you should check out the company and make sure it is genuine, and that goes for us as well. We would encourage you to check out our reviews on Trustpilot ( https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.perfumeplusdirect.co.uk ) or other sites to satisfy yourself that we are the real deal. Ah, but how do you buy cologne or aftershave online without smelling it first? We thought you’d never ask! Well, first of all yo...

5 Tips for Choosing Your Favourite Perfume

Buying perfumes is so much harder than people first realise. While picking up any fancy bottle currently on sale is easy, actually choosing something that matches your personality, your moods and other cosmetic products can be really hard. Understand the basics Before you even start your search or go for that same bottle of lou lou perfume you’ve enjoyed for the last few months, make sure you are aware what all the terminology means. As well as the different fragrance concentrations, which denote how strong the liquid’s scent will be and how long it will last when you use it, also research the different scent types, such as wood or citrus. Choose things you like Don’t waste time on expensive perfumes that you don’t actually like. You should choose fragrances that you love to smell all day long. Be bold and experiment with everything until you find something you enjoy more than others. Go for this scent even if you hate the bottle or the brand – in the end, the s...

A Quick Guide to Fragrance Types and Strengths

Whether your favourite scent is Anais Anais by Cacharel or Chance by Chanel, have you ever wondered exactly how fragrances are categorised? From colognes to eu de toilettes, there’s a few terms out there that have caused confusion for more than a few newbie perfume customers. For those who are overwhelmed by the options, we’ve created a quick guide to fragrance types and strengths to help you on your way. Concentration Different types of fragrances will have different concentrations. A fragrance concentration refers to the strength that a fragrance has, in terms of the amount of pure oil that is included in each bottle. Perfumes with a higher fragrance concentration, as you might guess, will contain more perfume oils and less alcohol, which is used to dilute the fragrance before it is bottled. Parfum Parfum – or perfume, extrait de parfum and pure perfume – has the highest fragrance concentration. Typically, perfumes contain between 15 and ...