Better after a bath: frags and water

[davidcalgary29]

Over the years, I note that some scents smell immeasurably better to me after brief immersion in warm water. I had a great experience with Le Labo Santal 33 on my first application, but tried to repeat it a few days later without immersion, and was just left with woody-spices notes emerging after an unpleasant cucumber opening. The rose in Paris-Paris is almost entirely stripped away, leaving a soapy, citrus freshie. And Gucci Guilty Oud mellows out completely.

Some frags, such as Oud Minerale, are refreshed: I had sprayed my wrist earlier today, and it had faded away to nothing, but was then revived pretty strongly afterward for an hour or two.

Does anyone do this to strip away top notes or "refresh" their applications?

 

[hednic]

Does anyone do this to strip away top notes or "refresh" their applications?

Would never have thought to do something like that.

 

[Bonnette]

Would never have thought to do something like that.

Nor would I. Topnotes fade away so quickly that they'd probably already be gone, by the time "rinse to refresh" rolled around...anyway, it makes me sad to think of purposely stripping away any part of my perfume. Nothing wrong with it, of course, if that's what works for you! To refresh, I just spritz again (but then, I like topnotes).

 

[davidcalgary29]

I don't do it immediately; this is more like a nighttime bath/shower situation after I've enjoyed the scent in typical application earlier in the day.

 

[cacio]

Interesting!
Heat improves diffusion, so a warm body certainly helps. And I heard that humidity also increases perception (it's harder to smell things when it's very dry). so perhaps that's why.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Interesting!
Heat improves diffusion, so a warm body certainly helps. And I heard that humidity also increases perception (it's harder to smell things when it's very dry). so perhaps that's why.

From a personal viewpoint alone, tending to also second that both humidity and/or increased skin as well as bath water temperatures might have a marginal, even moderate improving effect on the respective fragrance (s) applied.