Perfume Yourself

... What is a rose worth without fragrance? A beautiful face delights the eye, and a beautiful voice charms the ear; but your beauty, Madam, will not carry you to the summit unless you master the art of using perfumes.

Choose among the scents the one that makes you feel more attractive, and more deeply feminine, than before... and use it, as beautiful things deserve to be used, with the utmost lightness and taste.

And how wrong you are when you apply a great deal of scent at one time to one particular spot of the body, hoping that its effect will last the longer. The truth is that using a small quantity of perfume, distributed over certain areas of the body, has a stronger effect than the first method. Sprinkle a little behind your ears, below your forearms, on your hair, in your palms, around your neck, and under your arms... and as you pass, the breeze will carry a sweet fragrance that speaks of your personality.

And do not fear that these scents will fade after a short while: rather, carry in your handbag a little bottle, to refresh you in a moment of passing listlessness or a fleeting crisis of the nerves.

Then there are those who use many kinds of perfume at one and the same time, in imitation of others, or in the belief that "more of a good thing is better!" And this is error itself! For in mixing different scents there is much confusion, and much falsifying of your personality and your femininity.. So be shrewd always: let the prevailing scent that breathes from you be your own particular scent, the one that expresses your personality and no other...

And if you wish, Madam, to be more generous to your body with perfumes, then let it be eau de cologne, and not the strong scents, that you use. For cologne, once it seeps into the pores of the skin, quickens the circulation of the blood and produces an all-over feeling of refreshment.

And do not forget the scented powder: sprinkle it over your body the moment you come out of the bath. And do not deny yourself the delight of this exhilaration, as you touch your soft skin with your fingertips and treat your nose to its refreshing, fragrant scent.