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To want to be a lady that wafts.

34 replies

Whiningatwine · 02/08/2025 16:08

Ok, I'm the otherside of 40 and feel like I'm missing a trick. I have as long as I can remember used a nice perfume, but I can never smell it. I can smell it when I spray it on, but that is it. Am I blind to it because I have used it for so long, or am I missing a trick?

I always notice that some women smell lovely and it wafts around them. Are they just bathing in the stuff? Is there something else?

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Flightsoffancy · 02/08/2025 19:10

Lovely word, wafting! I spray perfume in my hair and brush it through in the hope of a spot of wafting. Agree with others about good quality.

keepingonrunning · 02/08/2025 19:08

Cross post.

keepingonrunning · 02/08/2025 19:07

Yes to expensive perfume.
I’ve heard the key is to layer the scent using the matching body lotion, eau de toilette and maybe a small shot of parfum.
I prefer fresh air but if I do use perfume I only use one spray for a hint. Rubbing it in ‘bruises the fragrance’ apparently. I am conscious of not being that person wearing the overpowering variety or quantity.

swampwitch0 · 02/08/2025 19:03

Layering is the answer.
1.Bath/shower product
2.Body lotion
3.Perfume/body mist
(Doesn't have to be the same scent, but within the same scent family e.g. floral)
Some perfumes really lend themselves to layering.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 02/08/2025 18:58

After you've finished applying your perfume in the usual way, spray once on the nape of your neck. A tip given to me by a much-missed great aunt 🤫

ShebaQueen · 02/08/2025 18:50

Ah, I thought this post was going to be about wafting around in a kaftan or floaty dress! I am not a wafter, clothes or perfume-wise, but I'd like to be, so I'm following for tips

TizerorFizz · 02/08/2025 18:39

Classy perfume is the answer! It must be perfume that doesn’t overpower. Cheap copies are the big overpowering chemical ones. Try something exquisite and you get a better result.

youreactinglikeafunmum · 02/08/2025 18:37

I want this too but dont know how to achieve it 😔

Tagyoureit · 02/08/2025 16:56

I cant stand it when people reek of strong perfume or aftershave, its foul, so I never want to be that person.
A couple of sprays is all you need.