How much would you spend on an aftershave?

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Drago

Drago

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Randomnerd said:
Are you serious? Your partner becomes an animal around you because of your aftershave...
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Mrs D mark 1 used to get jolly excited at a whiff of Kouross and would start tearing my clothes off at the slightest whiff. Sadly, any man wearing Kouross got the same treatment so I ended up trading her in for a younger model with much lower mileage.
 
Globalti

Globalti

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Moodyman said:
@Globalti is there a best before for fragrances? i.e. do the contents deteriorate with time and of so, how long after opening would it be deemed to have gone bad?
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It depends what's in it. A quality fine fragrance would contain 60 to 100 materials so there's not enough of any single material present to affect it if as it oxidises so it might still smell okay after two years especially if it has been kept in a fridge to delay oxidation. OTOH a cheap lemon for dishwashing liquid might contain only 3 to 10 materials and 70 percent of it might be lemon terpenes, which oxidises fast, so after a year the lemon would have gone paler in colour and be smelling quite rough.

Most perfume manufacturers guarantee their perfume concentrates for two years as long as they are kept in a cool place in a full container. Doesn't mean they expire it just means a significant number of consumers would be able to tell the difference between fresh and aged.

With an E de T you'll know it's off by the orange colour and resiny rough odour. Most materials darken with time but a few like lemon terpenes lose their colour.
 
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Accy cyclist

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Globalti said:
It depends what's in it. A quality fine fragrance would contain 60 to 100 materials so there's not enough of any single material present to affect it if as it oxidises so it might still smell okay after two years especially if it has been kept in a fridge to delay oxidation. OTOH a cheap lemon for dishwashing liquid might contain only 3 to 10 materials and 70 percent of it might be lemon terpenes, which oxidises fast, so after a year the lemon would have gone paler in colour and be smelling quite rough.

Most perfume manufacturers guarantee their perfume concentrates for two years as long as they are kept in a cool place in a full container. Doesn't mean they expire it just means a significant number of consumers would be able to tell the difference between fresh and aged.

With an E de T you'll know it's off by the orange colour and resiny rough odour. Most materials darken with time but a few like lemon terpenes lose their colour.
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I've heard it's wise to keep fragrance bottles in their original boxes,as UV rays affect the smell. Is this true?🤔 I have 3 bottles on my south facing bathroom window bottom,but they're in their boxes.
 
Globalti

Globalti

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Accy cyclist said:
I've heard it's wise to keep fragrance bottles in their original boxes,as UV rays affect the smell. Is this true?🤔 I have 3 bottles on my south facing bathroom window bottom,but they're in their boxes.
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UV light will degrade a perfume but good ones would contain a UV absorber.

Bathroom window sill is a bad place though especially if it's sunny. Keep them in the fridge or out of direct sun and heat.
 
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