SCENTS THAT FASCINATE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23004, 6 October 1936, Page 16

SCENTS THAT FASCINATE

Of all the many aids to beauty which modern woman has at her command, perfume is one of the most important, and certainly the most enchanting to use. It may not make up for the deficiencies of bad grooming, but it will add the touch of glamour to a woman who tends her face and person with care: and certainly no woman can reach perfection without it. There are women who will tell .vou that they don't like scent, and never use it. that is generally because they have at some time smelt (yes! no other word applies) some misguided woman who has used cheap perfume in the wrong way. She had probably used too much of it—soaked her clothes \n it a week previously, no doubt. The resultant odour is quite sufficient to make a sensitive woman neighbour go lo the other extreme, and forswear perfume for the rest of her days. This is a sad pity, because a lovely perfume, subtly applied, gives pleasure to the bearer of it, and her friends alike, because it is so faint that it never obtrudes—never quite satisfies the senses. No real beauty ever does. So. if you have never really thought about the enchantment that can lie in a scent-spray, do consider it now. and make the most of the delight it offers. It seems to me a great mistake to spend too much time considering which perfume best suits your personality. Surely the thing to do is to choose the scent you like best. The perfumery saleswoman will spray a little of this

and that into the air at intervals without engaging your interest at all, and then, suddenly, you get a whiff of something which you consider utterly delicious. . .

" How fresh," or •" exciting," or " mysterious," or how something else you will at once exclaim with delight. And that is the scent for you! Its freshness, or mystery, or other quality belongs to you. Even though you cannot describe, it, it is yours, and you will enjoy using it until one day you will find another you like even better. The scent which a discriminating woman chooses is never cheap, but some of the loveliest perfumes at many guineas a flacon are also- put into minute bottles for a few shillings each. The only way to apply it is by means of a spray, straight on to your freshlybathed skin—on your shoulders in the evening, your fingers, your ears, and along the parting of your hair, whence you can remove it next day with cottonwool and spirit cleaner. Don't put it directly on your hair or clothes, or anywhere else where it cannot be washed away after a few hours. For. like the good, perfume dies young; and stale perfume is like faded flowers, having no place in the life of a beautiful woman. —A woman's magazine.