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At The Perfume Shop, we pride ourselves on our perfume expertise! If there’s something to know about fragrances, we know it, and we’re sharing our knowledge and insider tips with you right here.

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How to preserve your open perfume and stop it going off

While you might be checking the expiry date on your milk cartons or storing raw chicken in your freezer so it keeps, you might not think your perfume can ever go off. Sadly, this isn’t the case ...

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20.04.2020

Vintage perfumes: scents from the 20s, 30s and 40s

  Vintage perfume, or a classic perfume, may be a term you hear quite frequently, but there are only a select few which truly deserve a title of this magnitude! Today, we’re taking a trip d...

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30.01.2020

What is anosmia?

  Our sense of smell is quite simply the unsung hero of all the senses. Smells have that uncanny ability to conjure up long-lost memories from the darkest corners of our minds. Our sense of smell...

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31.10.2019

What is Olfaction?

  Everyone has a favourite smell, whether it’s the smell of rain after a storm has passed or freshly cut grass in the warm summer months. Smells make up so much of our everyday life –...

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22.10.2019

What Is Maceration?

  Have you ever wondered how a flower is turned into an ingredient perfect for a perfume? Well, one of the methods is called maceration. Discover everything you need to know about this extraction...

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15.10.2019

What Is Tonality?

  When choosing a new perfume or fragrance, it can be quite the task and one you shouldn’t rush. Fragrances can evoke amazing memories, so your next scent could be one worn on your first da...

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08.10.2019

What is a tincture?

  Have you ever wanted to capture the smell of nature in a bottle? There’s something refreshing and invigorating about natural scents. There are many ways to create a beautifully smelling f...

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03.10.2019

What is Rhizome?

  The perfume world is home to lots of weird and wonderful ingredients, and one of those is rhizome! Now, you might be thinking what is rhizome and what does it have to do with perfume? Well, you...

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21.09.2019

What is Civet in perfume?

In perfumery, there are some ingredients that we all know about such as essential oils and alcohol. Then there are others that, if you haven’t heard of before, we bet you wouldn’t be able ...

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19.09.2019
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