Avoid sniffing the perfume immediately after you spray it. If it has alcohol in it this may assault your senses. Wait a while. Most perfumes will go through three stages called the top, middle and base notes. You cannot judge a perfume simply on its top notes.

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Base notes: The scent of a perfume that appears after the departure of the heart notes. Base Notes bring depth and solidness to a perfume. Compounds of this class are usually the fixatives used to hold and boost the strength of the lighter top and heart notes. The compounds of this class of scents are typically rich and "deep" and are usually not perceived until 30 minutes after the application of the perfume or during the period of perfume dry-down. Musk, vetiver and scents of plant resins are commonly used as base notes.

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