What Is The Right Way To Store Handmade Perfume?

So you love the collection of perfumes at your home and recently you have invested in a new handmade perfume and let's be honest it's not at all cheap and you want to preserve it for a long time. Unfortunately, there are a lot of guides on how to buy perfume or how to select a signature perfume, and so on, but they hardly have any instructions on how to keep your perfume as long as possible. Because once you buy it, it's you who have to wear it on figure out where to store it. But if you will not store it properly then the perfume degradation can happen with time and your costly investment will go into vain. So in this article, we will tell you some important tips on how to store and preserve your handmade perfume for as long as possible.

Read the article below to find out some of the useful tips!

Keep perfumes away from direct sunlight

Make sure when you have bought the handmade perfume or even have made it yourself you have to store it away from the direct sunlight. Because in sunlight there are chances that the fragrance will get affected and in fact, the perfume can change its colors. Although any type of light is not good for perfumes but sunlight is definitely not the one!

Keep it in a dark, cool, and dry place

One of the most simple and practical tips is to keep your handmade perfume in a cool, dark, and dry place. It helps in protecting the perfume from three main aggressors which are heat, light, and humidity. Even if you are keeping it in a cabinet that is near the heater will lead to the degradation of the perfume.

Some people think that bathrooms are a good place for keeping their perfumes because, for them, it's logical to keep them there. After all, when they are getting ready for the day it's easily accessible to them. But let us tell you that due to the temperature changes and also the bathroom has high humidity it's never a good idea to keep it in a bathroom.

Check your perfumes lifespan

Whether handmade perfumes or artificial ones all have a general lifetime. And there are a lot of websites where you can check what is the shelf life of that particular scent that you have brought. Well, depending on the perfume and its composition the average lifespan of the perfume is three to years.

In making natural handmade perfume, one of the main challenges that come is having a clean and non-toxic formula that doesn't deteriorate quickly and is long-lasting on the skin. There are a lot of brands that are transparent regarding the ingredients they are using and making the perfume and thus even with the help of the ingredients you can track if you need extra precaution to store the scent because of that ingredient present.

Storing the perfume in the fridge

Although it is debatable whether the perfume in the fridge is safe or not. But the majority of the expert says that it's perfectly fine to keep your fragrances in the fridge because the fridge always maintains its stable temperature and is a way from the light and heat. This helps in removing any oxidation or chemical degradation happening in the perfume.

Even though there are a lot of debates going around about the freezer which we consider an extreme to keep your perfumes but there are experts who say that if your perfumes are made from really rare ingredients like Extrait de Parfum and have a heavy price then storing them in extreme temperature like freezer might be a good idea.