Songket Melaka Adds Prestige to Historical State
According to history ,Srivijaya governed the Southeast Asian sea route from the 7 th century – lured merchants from the east and the west to trade under well-organised and protected conditions. Vague evidence seems to suggest that Srivijaya’s rule began to crumble in the 13 th century, this gave other trading ports the opportunity to divert merchant ships with promises of trade opportunities. One such port was Melaka, which swiftly took charge of the trading route down the Straits of Melaka. Traders exchanged goods at the port, shipping basic necessities such as rice, sugar, pottery and luxury items such as silk yarns, gold and silver for ivory, tortoiseshell, resin, waxes, sandalwood, spices and other jungle products abound in the region’s rainforest. Textiles were brought in to trade or as gifts for the Sultan and his entourage. It is noted that the royal court clothed in textiles were very much influenced by Indian weaving and design methods. The courts’ controlled the textile trade and by the 15 th century, Melaka was trading in a variety of luxurious textiles including fine silks, gold threads and brocade. Weavers were no longer restricted to the use of local materials.
The adoption of silk led to many changes to the local weaving technology. Although the back-strap loom was capable of producing intricate designs and motifs, the use of fine silk threads required greater control. By the 16 th century, the Europeans had colonised many parts of Southeast Asia including Melaka. The frame loom was probably introduced from West Europe. The Malay weavers added to the frame loom, a fine comb where the warps could be passed through and separated but kept evenly spaced. This modified method meant that it was much easier to set up a plain silk warp and create patterns with the weft threads. It must have encouraged the creation of the songket especially in decorating the fabric with gold threading.
Image of bunga kesidang
Traditionally, the songket, the luxurious textile hand-woven in silk or cotton and intricately patterned with gold or silver threads, is an exclusive artwork from Kelantan and Terengganu.
Now, Melaka, a state in the west coast, aims to be part of the songket’s legacy with its own unique brand of songket bunga kesidang.
The songket is the brainchild of Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, who wanted to ensure that Melaka had a songket of its own. In fact, the songket is already most commonly associated with the state.
The motif chosen for the songket was based on the bunga kesidang (Vallaris Glabara), the bread flower, which is also the state’s official flower.
These small pretty flowers are commonly used for decorations due to its fragrance. It is the perfect plant to decorate the garden in temples , churches and wedding venue.It is often used to adorn locales of various functions as well as other events and celebrations .
Traditional Malaccan women, the Malay women, Nyonya ladies and Chitty women use bunches of these tiny, white flowers to beautify their hair at bridal rituals and special occasions as it serves as natural perfume for them.
The fragrance is light and lingers in the air creating a magical feeling. These tiny flowers are often mixed with other perfumed plants for the preparation of bunga rampai. Bunga rampai is the local pot-pourri used mainly at Malay weddings during the merenjis ceremony.
Whie the Peranakan put the bunga rampai on their wedding beds to create a romantic atmosphere for the first night! The flowers, just like the small sized Melaka, though small, its beauty and fragrance will capture your senses just like the Historical State of Melaka capture your hearts with its friendly multiethnic people and unique culture.
In 2004, the Institut Seni Malaysia Melaka (ISMMA) was tasked with designing the songket using the bunga kesidang motif and ensuring that it qualified as the Songket Melaka.
The institute was also entrusted with ensuring that Songket Melaka was on par with the songkets from Kelantan and Terengganu.
ISMMA’s manager, Noor Azlina Yunus, told Bernama that the institute started designing the songket about six years ago using the expertise of two cultural icons, Malaysia’s Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Tapa and Bapak Tenas Effendy from Indonesia.
She noted that the songket basically has four parts: a body, head, kapit and legs. Both experts, she said, decided on the most suitable design for each part.
“Each part of the songket has its own motif and reason for why it is there,” she explained.
Azlina revealed that the work of designing the patterns on the songket took about a year before a ‘prototype’ was made for the approval of Mohd Khalil.
After getting the nod from Mohd Khalil, ISMMA searched for the best weaver to ensure that Melaka entered the world of songket-making in style.
ISMMA compared the work quality of weavers from Terengganu, Indonesia and Selangor. After a thorough scrutiny of woven work from the three states, a company in Selangor was awarded the task of weaving the songket.
“It is not that ISMMA did not want to weave the songket itself; rather, it was done to ensure the highest weaving quality and we wanted the skills of an expert weaver before taking on the task ourselves,” she said.
ISMMA is currently learning the art of songket weaving to create high quality songket bunga kesidang.
In pursuit of this goal, ISMMA has sent some of its staffers on an exchange programme to a weaving handicraft agency in Indonesia.
“We always send young staffers on such exchange programmes. We want to expose them to the art of songket weaving, as well as ensure that this art form is handed down to future generations,” she explained.
So far, two types of songket bunga kesidang are available, namely the samping (short sarong worn over the trousers) for men and the textile set, and sash for women.
The hand-woven songket made of silk can sell for RM 2,500, while the one made of polyester material fetches RM650. However, a machine-made songket is much cheaper at RM250.
A hand-woven songket made of silk, in the form of sarongs and sashes, can sell for RM3,000.
Since 2009, ISMMA has been promoting the songket bunga kesidang locally, starting with official state government functions.
“Currently, members of the public are encouraged to wear the Songket Melaka at official state events, like the investiture ceremony,” he said.
ISMMA has plans to market the songket overseas. In addition, the Malay Islamic World Secretariat (DMDI) has been identified as the agency with the capability to market the songket on the international stage.
On 6 Dec, 2008, Bollywood star Datuk Shah Rukh Khan wore the samping Songket Melaka sponsored by ISMMA when he received the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) award. The award gives official recognition to songkets unique to the state.
Source: Star Newspaper
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Review of Very Hollywood, by Michael Kors, Fragrance For Women
I adore free samples of newly released fragrances, and one of the newest freebie samples of perfume I got my hands on was a vile of Very Hollywood, by Michael Kors.
Something about the name of this one I did not like, perhaps it was the fact that a males name being attached to a female fragrance. Granted the perfume designer could have just left it alone, with just the name Very Hollywood, I figure maybe this fella is well known round the globe or something, and his name alone sells the fragrance? No clue really, as I have never heard of him until this scent happened to land upon me for free.
Well he can keep his name on this one, because it smells fantastic, and any man that can impress a woman with his taste in fragrance is my kind of man. Kudos Michael Kors, Very Hollywood is simply scrumptious.
The Scent:
I was expecting Very Hollywood to smell like a rich deep mushy musk, something one would imagine a celebrity would smell like. Alluring, deep, powdery, but overdone.
Very Hollywood smells entirely different to my assumptions though. This one gives off a beautiful gardenia fragrance that is strong and powerful at first. Immediately I was not impressed because I have tons of gardenia scented fragrances, and frankly I was sick of them. However this one quickly melts into a fresh floral arrangement, with a nice uplifting chime of what smells to me, like grapefruit. It then transforms into a more dewy gardenia musk, which is really nice, and those nectarine/grapefruit like hints peep through every so often, which transform the scent in and out as the day goes on.
The Last:
Now most dewy florals do not pack much when it comes to long lasting fragrance, but Very Hollywood is a perfume all its own, giving off beautiful notes of its lovely self throughout the day. The last here is phenomenal.
The Bottle:
Very Hollywood comes packed in a really pretty bottle. Sadly I got a sample vile, but when I do actually run out, and go out and buy the bottle, it is definitely a bottle I would keep around even after the perfume runs dry. You see, this bottle is standard, with a standard square shape to it, but the very pretty details on the bottle are what sets it apart from its boring square friends. This bottle has crystals on it, large ones, and the overall color is of course, pink. It goes perfectly to be honest, as the scent has this pink clean floral about it.
Overall:
Very Hollywood is a winner in my opinion. The scent is delicious, it transforms and it lasts a very long time. It is definitely a scent worth picking up, even if florals are not your thing, there is something about this one that may just change your mind.
You see, this bottle is standard, with a standard square shape to it, but the very pretty details on the bottle are what sets it apart from its boring square friends. This bottle has crystals on it, large ones, and the overall color is of course, pink. It goes perfectly to be honest, as the scent has this pink clean floral about it.
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Leave a commentReview of New Jennifer Lopez, Love And Glamour, Fragrance For Women
Love and Glamour is one of Jennifer Lopez’s latest fragrance releases, not to be mistaken with her Glow collection or fragrance Love at First Glow. I know, it is easy to mix the two up, but once you see the newest
bottle, making any mistakes would be impossible.
On my Christmas list this year I had both this fragrance and LA Glow, which is part of the Glow collection. LA Glow sadly was impossible to find in stores so I was given Love and Glamour, with a promise of some LA Glow at a later date. I am fine with that though, because Love and Glamour smells simply delicious, but there is something you should know. This newbie fragrance is far from original. In fact it smells like a scent I have sniffed time and time again.
Firstly, and oddly enough, Love and Glamour has some notes that smell a lot like Love at First Glow. It has a clean after rain type scent going on with amorous fruity notes like peach and melon. Love At First Glow had this similar rain dew like after flavor going on that you will recognize if you have both bottles to test side by side.
Love and Glamour smells nice enough, but unfortunately it will not wow perfume connoisseurs out there enough to become a mainstream must have fragrance like her original Glow.
Glow however has something going on, something that Love and Glamour missed the mark with, and that is the most important feature when it comes to perfume; last.
Love and Glamour starts off wonderfully, with a dazzling clean fruity fragrance, which mellows out into a more fuzzy clean peach and fresh nectarine. After that though, and I am talking moments after that, the scent just fizzles away to nothing.
The bottle itself is collection worthy, with a neat twist on her original Glow bottles, which were designed to be shaped like a woman’s body. Love and Glamour follows suit with a more detailed woman’s body, only this time it seems to be wearing a weird pointy type dress. The shape suggests so anyway. Granted it is not a beautiful bottle, it is one that perfume bottle collector’s would want to keep around.
All in all though, this particular perfume by JLo misses the mark. It’s last is not worth its price.
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Article by Collinor
Versace has been one of the trail-blazer in the fashion industry ever since Gianni Versace established this Italian label in 1978. Through the years, Versace has been known in the industry for its creativity and outstanding quality. Similar to its fashion line, perfume produced by Versace has also demonstrated a strong trait in these areas. Even though the retail price for a bottle of Versace perfume is steep, with the quality of perfume that you will be getting, it is definitely money well spent. However, it is not always necessary to pay through your nose to get a bottle of the perfume. There are a lot of deals out there that are able to provide you with a bottle of the perfume for less.
There are three steps that I always follow when it comes to buying a perfume from branded labels like Versace. By following these three steps, I am able to get the perfect perfume that I wanted, and at the same time saved some money from the discount I got. I will share with you today how I manage to find deals that allow me to buy designer perfumes for less.
The first thing I do when I decide to get myself a bottle of designer perfume is to visit the perfume retail counters at the mall. A visit to the mall allows me to experience the scents of the perfume before I buy. This will reduced the chances of getting a perfume that does not go with my body chemistry. Perfumes when applied react with our body natural scents and different people will react differently with the same bottle of perfume. So it is always advisable to try it out yourself before making the decision to buy. If you find the perfume matching, do not buy your perfume at the retail stores, as you will be paying at a premium.
Once you are satisfied with the perfume, next is to visit perfume review site or forum to know more about the characteristic of the perfume. Gaining additional knowledge of the perfume will help when it comes to selecting the perfume for the right occasion. Besides gaining more knowledge, you may also get feedback from reviewers on where you can get the perfume for less. More often than not, you will be able to get information on websites where you can visit for the discounted products. If I am still not able to get the information I wanted, I will next search the internet for the offer price of the perfume. And before I checked out of the stores, I will also search the internet for discount coupons that I can use to reduce the price further.
These are the three steps that I always followed when it comes to buying designer perfumes from famous label like Versace. And one of the website that I always visit for perfume reviews is Perfume and Cologne Guides. One perfume review I like best from this site is Versace Bright Crystal perfume review. After reading this article, I believe you should be able to find deals where you can get yourself a bottle of designer perfume for less.
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Vintage Continues in 2011
Vintage clothes and accessories continue into 2011, but attention to detail is placed on environmental issues. Such clothes and accessories should be organic and natural as well as fake fur and pleather. These vintage pieces, which are refurbished from past eras, are incorporated into six particular styles. The Elegant Vintage, Artsy Vintage, Trendy Vintage, Sexy Vintage, Sporty Vintage, and Sophisticated Vintage each give vintage pieces a modernized look.
This season, the Elegant Vintage woman will wear a cropped jacket with cropped sleeves, but in fake fur or pleather, over a dress from 20s to 60s eras. A small purse made from fake reptile skin has the look of a reptile’s skin but it is actually pleather. Add a brooch or pin to decorate a dress, sweater, jacket, coat or beret as well as a pearl chocker. Shalimar or Chanel is the preferred perfume for this woman. The colors are kept at neutral beige tones.
The Artsy Vintage woman is about expressing herself as she is having fun being herself. A pleather motorcycle, aviator or bomber jacket has some fake fur trim, usually on the collar, but can be on other areas of the jacket. This jacket can be worn over a 50s or 60s-style bodice dress. A small red purse with a long braided chain handle holds her basic necessities, such as cell phone, red lipstick, keys, and driver’s license. A gold cuff and red lipstick are her preferred accessories to decorate her look. She is never seen without her journal, where she continues to express herself, whether writing or drawing. Her accent color for accessories and makeup is red, but worn with black clothes and gold jewelry.
The Trendy Vintage woman is always on the go. She is active and busy that she doesn’t have time to shop. She prefers to pick up a few trends each season in order to update her look. Since she loves the nightlife and the city, she often dresses in shiny sparkles that resemble the colorful lights at night as well as the bright stars in the sky. A asymmetrical one-shoulder, bubble dress with shiny sequins, a small box-like purse in shiny gold metal, bib necklace with fringe and diamond drop-beads, and nail polish that has sparkling glitter all make up her trendy look. Because she is so busy, she is never seen without her iPhone, which has its own glittery case. She prefers makeup in rosy pink, gold, and metal tones of pewter, silver and bronze. Her preferred jacket is the cropped jacket with cropped sleeves but in trench coat style. Her favorite perfumes are usually the little, compact samples that she grabs at the cosmetic counter on her way through in her busy lifestyle.
The Sexy Vintage woman often has the style of Old Hollywood. She loves satin robes, camisoles, or shirts, lacy clothes, and short pleather or fabric gloves. Dangling vintage earrings and a fake fur wrap will dress up her outfit. Her preferred jewelry is a silver cocktail ring with a large gem. Her compacts and lipstick holder are also decorated with colorful gems and antique designs. Sensual perfumes from nature include floral and fruity scents. She likes to seduce through the senses.
The Sporty Vintage woman is often too casual and earthy. She loves sports as well as just going out and living life, not just dreaming about what she wants out of her life. She prefers wearing simple and basic clothes in primary colors. She really doesn’t like to shop or even go to a mall. A customized letterman jacket that personally identifies her personality with her specific trait or hobby is the preferred jacket for this woman. The only jewelry she wears is a simple necklace that has her name or initial as well as a bright-colored all-purpose watch with a plastic band that has time, date, second hand, alarm, shock resistance and water resistance. Her life is all about being practical and having fun because, after all, life is too short to be wasted. The only bag she carries is a cute and colorful gym bag, which she throws in everything she needs that can be used for work as well as evening hangouts. Her preferred makeup is lip-gloss with a subtle tint. But she has all the tints for her many moods and different occasions. Occasionally, she will wear some mascara and eye pencil to define her eyes, if she needs to dress up her look. Her favorite scent is natural soap, with ingredients derived from the earth, nature, and ocean.
The Sophisticated Vintage woman dresses in minimalism, where her clothes and accessories have simple and clean lines that often look modern but dramatic. Clothes have simple styles but with some modern cutouts, giving the clothing a certain edge for a dramatic look. Cocktail rings with colorful gems dress up an outfit. Clutches in velvet as or exotic fabrics help to better accessorize her outfit by bringing out her personality. A well-fitted jacket for active-wear has clean and smooth lines, but shows off her feminine figure without making her look drab and casual, like an athletic person. Rather, she looks more cultured, and prefers to look like a dancer or performer. Her makeup tends to be in warm tones to soften her minimalist, modern and edgy look in order to make her more relatable and personable. Her preferred perfume is the scents of exotic herbs.
Selecting a Womens Perfume that Sweeps Her off Her Feet
Article by Huey Flores
All women want to smell as good as they look and with the right women’s perfume you sure can also turn out to be an irresistible femme fatale who is ready to catch every male’s eye. Just one whiff of the designer perfume and the fragrance will spread leaving a sweet smelling trail around you.
There are many different brands of women’s perfume that you can buy as gifts from the discounted online stores for your loved ones on special occasions like ‘Thanksgivings’ or ‘Christmas’. This way you can still get quality perfumes at an affordable price without creating a hole in your pocket. Choosing the right designer perfume for your girlfriend is not an easy job as there are many factors that you need to consider. All women are different from one another and so you have to pay special attention to their personality and style before you start to buy the best one.
Women’s perfumes are available in a variety of fragrances including the Eau de Perfumes and Eau De Toilets. Eau De Perfumes is the purest form of perfumes as it contains high level of alcohol and is usually used to make expensive brand of fragrances. Eau de toilets on the others hand have a lower level of alcohol and usually come in spray bottles which are easy to use.
Designer Fragrances and Signature perfumes are a big hit among the females nowadays as the movie stars endorse emerging brands in the designer perfumes industry. Many have lent their names for specific brands of perfumes making them their Signature brands and this sure are more appealing to the stylish and trendy women of this modern age. The famous Signature Perfumes are Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears and they can turn out to be the best Thanksgivings gifts for your loved ones as they are considered valuable perfume brands.
Women’s fragrances are designed in appealing tones such as combinations of sweet, sultry and floral tones that really end up creating a sexy aura around the females. The basic idea in buying the best perfume for your woman is choosing the women’s perfume that has a good smell and reflects the stylish personality of the modern trendy women. You should be careful while choosing the perfect perfume as different scents react differently to different body temperatures and the one that works for you may not work as appealingly for your friends.
For the best appealing effect you need to spray perfume on your pulse points as it spreads around quickly. Plus to make the perfume bottles more appealing the designers are trying to create improvised unique shapes for the perfume bottles so that they turn out just as attractive as the fragrances that they hold. You should always buy scents from reliable fragrance stores as this way you sure will end up with the original brand of women’s perfumes and will not be taken for a fool and given a fake one for the price of the original.
Analysis of classic luxury perfume bottles – perfume bottles, perfume – hairdressing industry
Article by hi joiney
“I have to create the ultimate unique luxury works, idle, I naturally thought of you.” ChristianDior writes. Project marked the beginning of this great man, and his chosen designers are FernandGuerycolas, considerable potential for the artist, most recently in 1946 into a suitable tide ChristianDiorParfums. The women’s designers hope that Perfume Business, business image and fashion line. He needs to bottle perfume, fragrance flavor. Looking for a special decoration and display. This article comes from the largest Glass bottle Chinese bottle net trading site. Creator. Perfume just ChristianDior hobbies; He also is a charming and elegant it as a key part of the hidden jewels; to be as high as need be uniform manicured, perfect creation. 60 years later, re-launch of Dior’s new fragrance line distinguished extraordinary 11 LaCollectionParticuliere. Three new perfume conference as senior fixed uniform clothing rainbow display Ella, followed by number, to the great fashion and perfume designer and luxury, pay tribute to 60 years. Hundreds of bottles of limited editionInitially produced only a few hundred bottles of perfume. Released in late 1947, they comply with specific refined French luxury details: Exact location adhesive wrapping paper; gold embossed, not printed decoration; extremely delicate, high-quality materials must be handled with care; luxury version of Baccarat crystal material used ; and consistent quality of excellence. ChristianDiorPamms first in Paris RueJeanMermoz, and fashion companies Dior Avenue Montaigne where the closely related, so ChristianDior consider themselves a higher status as a designer perfume designer in Women. The Master carefully examined every detail, from the quality of raw materials as well as perfume bottle labels printed with the fringe options bump. ChristianDior insist on the choice of the shape into the greatest degree of attention, so to review the design or RenGruau FemandGuerycolas advertising design to cancel. 30 Avenue Montaigne flagship store’s interior designer VictorGrandpieGe fragrance designed for those dramatic, beautiful and noble festival booth. 1949 , ChristianDior business in the field of women’s right-hand man RaymondeZehnacker recommendations. Dior store will be the pearl gray for the second paragraph of perfume Diorama. MitzaBricard is another of the women’s masters loyal assistant, and she sprayed perfume on the way within the shop has developed strict rules. She also proposing to incorporate the perfume bottle in the handbag, leather goods and Christian Dior perfume in creating a correlation between. Completely extravagant comeback Dior’s loyal supportersalways working to improve the product, attention to quality and excellence, creating the raw material. However, senior Dior perfume business is not unique. After the war, economic slump. First of all, ChristianDiorPamms directors must struggle for one year, they can be loaded on the phone! French everywhere in the strike, with rationing of raw materials. Coal shortage means that the glass and crystal manufacturer’s factory could not give full play to capacity. Poor quality paper and ink. In this crisis, ChristianDior boldly play the trump card: It is completely luxurious. In 1947 how he plans to implement such a bold? ChristianDior meet his expectations of all involved in the business. Too early to consider the construction of production plants, but after following the NewLook great success, you do not need to waste time waiting. Production by the LeGalion perfume perfume company, spray bottles from the MarcelFranck studio production, but well-known paper is to focus on business Fournier * the production of packaging and labels. In 1949, ChristianDior hope the ultimate luxury precious works, to customers impressed. This is entrusted to the dream crystal Baccarat.
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Posted in Designer Perfumes | Analysis, Bottles, Classic, hairdressing, Industry, luxury, Perfume | Leave a commentOutspoken by Fergie
Hummmmm, I´ve tried it, this new Fergie promoted fragrance by Avon International Cosmetics. After all their other designer fragrances I was pretty curious to test it, when they brought it on the market. But actually I was surprised. I expected one of that sweet and cheap teenager perfumes that you can’t stand anymore after a few days. The advertising campaign announced it with “say it like you mean it”, which means revealing the outspoken. And I can tell you: it is quite daring! It is feminine, sexy, expressive and powerfully attractive without being too intense.
The classification describes it as flowery-fruity, and it really is. The campaign announced it with “say it like you mean it”, which means revealing the outspoken. And I can tell you: it is quite daring! Feminine, sexy, expressive and powerfully attractive.
Some ingredients are starfruit, passion fruit, jasmine, tuberose and vetiver, you are going to set yourself back into your teenage time and that sweet little dreams you had, when you were still a teen, but almost a lady. I felt funny and sensual at the same time.
The top note, which you perceive immediately after spraying it on, is starfruit and red fruits (a lot of blackberry) and a little wild saffron, which makes it stimulating.
The heart note is compound of jasmine and passion fruit that bring seduction.
The base note which appears after 30 minutes is leather and smoky vetiver, and will express your sensuality.
The fragrance was created by the experienced perfumer Laurent Le Guernec, IFF – International Flavor and Fragrances.
Even the package is attractive and glamorous, like Fergie: you are going to purchase a sophisticated transparent black glass bottle decorated with a silver scrollwork painting. The silver cover was designed by Fergie herself, who got this idea on her wedding day and it’s shaped like a faceted crystal. I know, that one should always keep the perfume in its original package, but I liked the decorative bottle so much, that I put it on the shelf.
The bodylotion is a pure temptation, as is brings out the seductive-sweet stimulating fragrance of the blackberries, which will cover your entire body like a sensual silk scarf all day long. It lasted from 6 in the morning until night. Most of the fragrances of lotions come off in 4 to 6 hours. This one stayed longer. You’re going to love it, cause it makes you feel desirable. So, raise your voice and say what you’re thinking, or…there is better way now to bring out your unexpected personality: just spray on a bit of provocative outspoken to express your sensuality and feel the heads turning after you…
Bottles of Perfumes
When it comes to buying perfumes these days, there are so many brands and names to buy that it can become somewhat of a minefield! With celebrity perfumes taking the centre stage such as the hit selling Coleen McLaughlin perfume and the Beckham range, the old favorites such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Chanel seem to be taking somewhat of a back seat. One thing still remains to be true from this however and that is that many people are just as fascinated by the packaging of the perfume as they are by the fragrance itself.
The thing that you need to ask yourself is why the fascination with the packaging? You hear so many people talking about the perfume bottle design of this perfume and that perfume but is this what is really important? After all, you are not wearing the bottle!
Many women think of perfume as somewhat of a collector’s item.
I personally have a long line of perfumes on my dressing table, all in pretty bottles and some in not so pretty ones. The perfumes that I tend to be drawn to in a store are the ones with intricately designed bottles and boxes; the ones that will really stand out from the rest in my collection. I have even been known to buy a bottle of perfume that I couldn’t stand the smell of just because of the attractive packaging!
The thing is that everything these days is judged by the way it looks from new televisions to clothes and shoes and now even to things as insignificant as perfume. When it comes to designing a bottle of perfume, the packaging and the bottle is now to be considered as important as the fragrance itself and to realize this, all you need to do is look at the many perfume reviews on the internet to see that the outside of the box is just as important and a contributing factor to whether or not the perfume is bought.
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Affordable Perfume In A Bottle
Article by Taisha Grant
When it comes to designer perfumes, there is no doubt that they can be quite costly. Anything of high quality normally comes with a hefty price tag. It’s the same case with perfumes as well. Because of this, perfumes make great gifts for special occasions like birthdays, Christmas or anniversaries. Another thing about perfumes is that they are hardly ever on discount. Yes, this is true but only if you don’t seek hard enough. Today it is possible to buy expensive designer perfumes at a discounted price. In fact, there are other options as well to get these perfumes at a discounted rate.
The best place to look for discount perfumes is undoubtedly the internet. There are virtually hundreds of stores online, which offer great deals on the internet for a whole of designer perfumes. The reason why they are much cheaper online is that they do not have a large overhead to spend. They do not operate from a store where they need to pay for rental or stock up on their merchandise. They provide online and just have to order your goods only when the order comes in. You have to be extremely sure of what you want though because you will not have the benefit of testing the perfume and keep in mind that you need to pay for shipping.
If you do not mind paying for shipping, then shopping for perfumes on discount stores online be good. Another option to buy discounted perfumes is to buy the perfumes that are no longer in production. If you are one those who are not into buying what is the latest and don’t mind wearing a perfume that has not been around for some time then purchasing discontinues perfumes at discounted prices are definitely a great cost saver. Most of the perfumes have a short life span therefore when the demand is not there the price normally dips. You can have a designer perfume without putting much strain on your wallet.
Imitations are also hugely available in the market. Most imitations have really good scent and may have the fragrance just like the real thing but not quite. The price is highly affordable and you can still have a good perfume just minus the designer label. Who knows you might like it more than the real thing.
If you do not mind wearing an inexpensive perfume then you should keep your options open especially when you do not have much to spare. Wearing a perfume is all about finding the scent that you like best. So what if the perfume does not have a famous label on it. As long as it smells good and lasts reasonably long, there is nothing cheap about wearing inexpensive perfumes. The idea is to smell good so it really does not matter how or what.
However, if you still insist on having a designer perfume and you are not so fond of online shopping, then the only other option left is to wait for the right time to buy. Holiday seasons are the best time with plenty of discounts available in most of the stores. Sometimes in a certain time of the year when the stores are doing some clearance to usher in the new stock, there will be plenty of discounts so that they can finish their current stock.
Perfumes are meant to make you smell good and feel good. So what if you are wearing a discounted perfume, the chances are not many will even realize and it is definitely far better than wearing none.