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The Benefits of an Essential Oil Diffuser

23/02/202426/02/2021 by Pairfum

What Is An Essential Oil Diffuser?

An essential oil diffuser releases essential oils into the room. They are commonly used in Aromatherapy.

They tend to work in one of two ways. Some essential oil diffusers convert essential oils in to vapours, while others facilitate the natural diffusion of essential oils.

Here are two examples:

Aroma Diffuser: a heated electronic device which either diffuses a mix of water & essential oils or neat essential oils.
Reed Diffuser: a decorative bottle containing an oil scented with essential oils.

Essential oil diffuser are affordable, relaxing, healthy and becoming increasingly popular around the world. Some of their benefits are anti-mosquito, anti-mould, stress relief and other aromatherapeutic effects!

What Are Essential Oils ?

Essential oils are fundamentally plant extracts.

They are produced by pressing, steaming, distilling or extracting different parts of a plant (e.g. fruit, leaves or bark) in order to capture aromatic compounds.

It can often require several kilograms of a plant in order to produce a single bottle of essential oil. As well as being incredibly fragrant, essential oils have other functions in plants as well.

What Are The Risks ?

Essential oils must never be applied directly to the skin and must always be diluted. For example, with water (if this is possible without solvents) or with a harmless carrier oil (e.g. almond oil, olive oil, coconut or sunflower). The typical ratio varies but should generally be only a few percent, e.g. a few drops of essential oil to one ounce of carrier oil.

When performing an allergy test, dilute the essential oil in the carrier oil to twice the planned concentration and apply the mixture to a small area of your body that is not visible. Then wait for on 24-48 hours and check for any reactions along the way.

Never ever consume or swallow essential oils. If ingested orally, these oils can damage the liver or kidneys. Also, keep them away from any sensitive areas of the body, such as eyes, nose or genitalia.

How Should You Use An Essential Oil Diffuser ?

Both an Aroma Diffuser and a Reed Diffuser should be placed in an area of the room from where they can easily fill the room with their scent.

1. Aroma Diffuser:

An aroma diffuser releases a fine mist to spread the essential oil around your room.

The fill them, lift the lid from the top of the diffuser.

In the versions that use water, put water at room temperature into a small measuring cup or glass and add 3 to 10 drops of essential oil. Then pour it directly onto the water storage tank.
For the versions that diffuse pure oils, one literally just places the essential oil bottle into the diffuser.

Replace the top of the diffuser.

2. Reed Diffuser:

These are much easier to use:

Simply open the bottle, insert the reeds and the Reed Diffuser is ready to go.

It is also worth noting that Reed Diffusers do not require a nearby power point and there is no danger of forgetting to switch them off.

3. Essential Oils in Candles and Room Sprays?

Just to avoid any confusion, essential oils can easily be used in candles and room sprays.

Both candles and room sprays are ideal for diffusing essential oils:

perfume candles: the heat of the molten wax is an ideal medium to diffuse and vapourise essential oils.
fragrance room spray: the fine mist of an alcohol based room spray can volatilise even the most difficult essential oils, making it another perfect diffuser of essential oils.

The Benefits of an Essential Oil Diffuser?

Eliminate Odours

Diffusing essential oils can help to eliminate unpalatable odours or smoky and musty smells. Aromatic oils can kill bacteria and fungi, the cause of unpleasant smells, to purify the air.

Tobacco smoke is one of the most difficult odours to eliminate because it penetrates all the objects within the room even when it is ventilated. The best oils against of tobacco malodours are:

Eucalyptus
Guangxiang
Lemon Grass

The musty odour caused by mould and mildew is not only disagreeable, but can also harm your respiratory system or cause a series of health problems. The best natural anti-fungal essential oils are:

Lemon
Grapefruit
Clove

When cooking, the smell in the kitchen can become overwhelming, and the residual smell in the whole house is equally as unwelcome. To eliminate these types of odours in the kitchen, we recommend the following:

Lemongrass
Verbena
Vanilla

Complements Medical Treatments

The National Cancer Institute found that aromatherapy helps to manage the side effects of cancer treatments by sending messages to the brain that affect a patient’s mood via the smell receptors.

It may work for adults suffering from dementia.

Save Money

Using an essential oil diffuser can help to save some money.

When anti-viral, insect repellent or stress relief solutions are integrated into a safe product, an oil diffuser used with the appropriate oil will prevent purchases that may be needed to treat annoying headaches, sleep disorders or anxiety.

Pain-Relief

Although most people will tell you to apply essential oils directly to your body to relieve pain (diluted with carrier oil, of course!), you can also use an essential oil diffuser to extend the effects.

This method is an excellent way to combat persistent pains, such as headaches, joint soreness or muscle fatigue.

Relaxation, Reduce Stress & Improve Sleep

Dispersing oils with relaxing properties can help people of all ages fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly.

Not only can diffusers mix and match different oil blends (try lavender, Bulgarian rose, and Roman chamomile blends to help with insomnia), they can also run with a gentle buzzing sound, helping to relieve restless minds. Many devices also come with an automatic shutdown function, once you fall asleep, to help save oil.

Several laboratory studies have confirmed that the diffusion of essential oils such as lavender can reduce stress and help relieve anxiety in medical patients. Preliminary research also shows that oil dispersions can help relieve symptoms of depression.

Elevate Your Mood

Just as diffusers can help to reduce stress, they can also be used to create vitality and mood in your home.

You can use a diffuser to stimulate cheerful feelings during the holiday season, create a positive atmosphere in the office or social gatherings, help to a ‘spring to your step’ on a slow morning, and even create a romantic atmosphere for that special person in your life

Combat Bacteria & Mould

When essential oils diffuse in the air, they can break down free radicals that cause the growth of harmful bacteria. For this, eucalyptus, thyme and tea tree oil are particularly useful.

The same applies when it comes to fighting against the threat of fungal yeast. Pine and red thyme essential oils are best for fighting yeasts, such as mould.

Cooling Sensation from an Essential Oil Diffuser

During the hot summer season, running the air conditioner all day and all night is a way to ensure that electricity bills are sent through the roof.

Instead, try to spread your favourite refreshing, cool peppermint essential oil in the rooms where you spend most of your time and create a cooling sensation against the heat, perfect for those blistering hot days.

Mosquito & Insect Repellent

No one likes mosquitoes !

However, fighting mosquitos typically includes the use of a repellent full of DEET, a toxic chemical that is particularly harmful to children. This is an unwelcome trade-off.

However, scientists have shown that oil diffusers can be used as a safe and efficient mosquito repellent. Studies have shown that diffusing an oil mixture containing clove essential oil and lemongrass essential oils will repel the Aedes Mosquito, the carrier of the Zika Virus, at a rate of 100%.

Appetite Control

Like chewing gum, essential oil blends can help stimulate the senses by suppressing appetite.

New research shows that dispersing peppermint oil can help suppress appetite by created the feeling or state of being satiated in the body and it has also been shown to increase energy.

Isn’t this a much more pleasant alternative to a diet?

Improve Cognitive Function

Using essential oils in a diffuser is an efficient way to help overloaded brain cells.

This effect works on multiple levels:

First, many essential oils have adaptable properties, which means they will soothe you when you are under stress, but they will also give you a refreshing feeling when you feel depressed or sluggish. By balancing emotions, the oil in the air will help you focus.

Second, there are several essential oils that are known for their powerful ability to balance human hormones. With regular use, these oils can actually help heal the root cause that hinder cognitive function.

The Most Common & Effective Ingredients

Basil Essential Oil is used to increase concentration and relieve certain symptoms of depression. It can relieve headaches and migraines. Avoid taking it during pregnancy.

Bergamot Essential Oil: recent scientific research indicates that bergamot essential oil can reduce inflammation, lower cholesterol and increase positive mood. When mixed with Eucalyptus Oil, it may help to relieve skin problems, including problems caused by stress and chickenpox.

Citronella Essential Oil is a relative of lemongrass and can be used as an insect repellent.

Clove Essential Oil is a topical pain reliever or analgesic, usually used for toothache. It can also be used as an antispasmodic and antiemetic to prevent vomiting and nausea, and it can also be used as a fragrance to prevent gas in the intestines. It has antibacterial, antioxidant and antifungal properties.

Eucalyptus Essential Oil can help relieve respiratory discomfort during a cold or flu. It is often combined with peppermint. Many people are allergic to eucalyptus, so be careful.

Geranium Essential Oil can be used to treat skin problems, reduce stress and act as a mosquito repellent.

Jasmine Essential Oil has been described as an aphrodisiac. Although scientific evidence is lacking, studies have shown that the smell of jasmine will increase beta waves, which is related to alertness. As an irritant, it may increase blood flow to the penis.

Lavender Essential Oil: commonly known to promote calmness, wellness and to reduce stress, nervousness, anxiety, mild pains and the severity of menstrual cramps. It is also said to relieve headache and migraine symptoms. Lavender essential oil is highly recommended as a sleep aid, for people suffering from insomnia or other sleep disorders.

Rosemary Essential Oil can promote hair growth, enhance memory, prevent muscle cramps and support the circulatory system and nervous system. Some people believe that sandalwood oil has aphrodisiac effect.

Thyme Essential Oil is said to help reduce fatigue, nervousness and stress.

Next Steps?

Choose the essential oil from the list above that suits you best and head over to our fragrance descriptions to select a perfume that includes the oil with the therapeutic effects you need.

Then select in our online perfumery boutique a Reed Diffuser, Fragrance Candle, Room or Pillow Spray with the scent you have chosen.

Now, … sit back, relax and enjoy.

Men’s Skin Care Routine | A Simple Guide

23/02/202418/02/2021 by Pairfum

The Importance of a Men’s Skin Care Routine

A foundation of good grooming is a religiously adhered to men’s skin-care routine. It brings with it less redness and irritation, less breakouts, and – best of all – less visible signs of aging. It is irrefutable that a daily ritual that takes care of yourself also improves how you feel about yourself before you head off to work or simply a wonderful way to start the day.

But where do you start ?

For the uninitiated, the vast array of oils, serums and exfoliants can lead to ‘paralysis by analysis’ to leave you feeling overwhelmed. Ironically, everybody always speaks about how relaxing men’s skin care is supposed to be.

In this article, we will provide you with a guide, detailing six simple steps to an effective men’s skin care routine. Although, before you start with any routine, there are a couple of factors that you should take in to account.

What is your skin type ?

According to the AAD, there are five types of skin, as detailed in the table below. This list is by no means exhaustive, but its a good, general guide, as you tend to have one of these five skin types.

Skin Type

Symptoms

Key Skin Care Tips

Normal Skin

No sensitivity with very few (if any) breakouts or blemishes.

Fine pores and a smooth texture.

Stay hydrated and healthy.

Wear Sunscreen and wash or cleanse your face before you go to bed.

Oily Skin

Large or open pores.

Greasy to the eye and prone to breakouts.

Stay hydrated and regularly moisturise.

Wash your face twice a day

(do not over-wash).

Dry Skin

Itchy, flaky and rough skin.

Has an uneven texture and will likely feel tight.

Regularly moisturise your skin to maintain softness and hydration.

Wear sunscreen to prevent dehydration.

Drink water but avoid spending a lot of the time in the shower.

Retain the natural moisture of your skin with a humidifier.

Combination Skin (Combination of dry & oily skin)

Oily T-zone and breakouts on the forehead chin and nose.

Oily & sensitive cheeks.

Have a different skin care routine for your T-zone and the rest of your face.

Wear sunscreen.

Apply gentle cleansers.

Exfoliating is important but as with any skin type, be gentle and do NOT exfoliate daily.

Purchase ‘Oil-Free’ Products to avoid blocking pores.

Sensitive Skin

Skin feels itchy and tight (particularly while wearing tight clothes).

Will become red after hot water or after heating spicy food and becomes oily in the summer.

Skin becomes dry in winter or when exposed to the cold.

More prone to reaction from Skin care products.

Don’t be excessive – e.g. use mild sunscreens, moisturizers and cleansers.

Always conduct a patch test – even if a product is advertised to be allergy friendly etc.

Do You Have Any Skin Concerns ?

‘Skin Concerns’ include anything that is happening on your face that you would like to address, e.g. irritation, hyperpigmentation or acne. You will likely have seen that there are products that are often labelled as being effective against specific skin problems. Although if it is a serious skin problem, you are better off having a consultation with your GP.

Five Steps to a Comprehensive Men’s Skin Care Routine

Step 1: Cleanse

We are all washing our hands more due to Covid-19 and the same should apply to our faces.

For most face cleansers (sometimes referred to as face washes), a small amount should be applied on a wet face for 30 seconds, followed by a splash of warm water and a pat (not a rub) with a towel. The type of cleanser you should use (as previously mentioned) depends on your skin type.

Step 2: Tone

You will likely all too often often skip this crucial step. This skin care technique is best explained with the metaphor of painting a canvas. Before you start painting, first you have to clean the canvas (cleanse) ad then you have to apply a primer (tone).

We recommend that you cover a cotton pad with your toner and then rub it all over your face and neck. However, if you prefer, you can apply a small coin-sized amount of toner on to one of your palms. Finally, put your palms together and continue to press the toner in to your cheeks, neck and forehead.

Step 3: Serum

What has serum got to do with a man’s skin-care routine ? An individual may be more likely to associate serum with spy films than a skin caret. But in the ‘real-world’, the term ‘serum’ refers to something that has a high concentration of performance ingredients with the consistency of a light-lotion or a gel.

You only need to apply a couple of drops on to your finger tips before rubbing your hands together and applying the serum to your forehead, the bridge of your nose towards your cheeks and finishing with your neck and jawline.

Step 4: Eye Cream

This part of a man’s skin care routine requires a lot more care and attention because apart from the lips, the layer skin under your eyes is the thinnest on your face. Therefore, we advise that you use your ring finger to apply it for it is the least likely to cause tugging or pulling in that area.

Ideally you should apply a pump (or a half pump) on to the end of our finger and then tap along the outsides of your eyes moving inwards. Be sure to keep tapping in the eye cream until the product is at least mostly absorbed.

Step 5: Moisturise

In reality the fifth step of any men’s skin care routines should be split in to two because you need to apply different types of moisturisers. One for when you wake up and the other for when you go to bed. Nevertheless the application is the same.

You want to put a penny-sized quantity on your fingertips and then rub your hands together. After that you simply rub the moisturiser in quick motions across the foreheads, cheeks and along the neck until it has been absorbed by the skin.

In the morning you will want to use a lighter product, ideally with a minimum of SPF 30 before going outside to protect yourself against sun damage.

Before you go to bed, you should finish your routine with a rich moisturiser that can soak in to your skin while leaving your pores able to breath.

Step 6: Perfume

This step is placing the ‘cherry on the cake’. For us here at Pairfum London, it’s what we enjoy the most.

While we would of course recommend our Eau de Parfum range, you might prefer to discover first the fragrance that truly reflects your style and personality using our Perfume Experience Box. It allows you to experience each fragrance in your own time, without distraction and for a few days before you decide.

We should point out that Eau de Parfum is not the same as Aftershave or Cologne. For more information, please have a look at our FAQ page.

What About Shaving?

You may wonder why we haven’t mentioned shaving.

In this routine, the step of shaving in the morning or evening (before you go out) comes before our Skin Care routine starts, with the emphasis on ‘care’.

The ‘Perfect Shave’ is a subject in its own right and deserves its own article with our favourite tips & tricks.

What Next ?

As we briefly mentioned before, we are washing our hands more frequently, leading to dry, rough and sometimes even cracked skin on our hands.

It would be a pity to neglect them.

We invite you to browse two of our Skin Care products that might be the solution for you:

Pre-biotic & Organic Hand Lotions: Made using organic and natural ingredients to strengthen the micro-flora of your skin, they leave your skin soft, pampered and gently fragranced.
Organic Hand Wash & Oil: This product moisturises your skin with natural oils as you wash and it is naturally antibacterial / antiviral.

For men, we would recommend one of these fragrances: ‘Cedar Noir’, ‘SPA’ or ‘Pink Grapefruit’.

This is it: the fundamentals of what the ideal men’s skincare routine should look like.

If you are looking for a more advance routine, you may find this article from Esquire an interesting read.

Sleep Hygiene | The Top 6 x Tips For A Better Night’s Sleep

23/02/202429/01/2021 by Pairfum

An Introduction To Sleep Hygiene

One of the easiest ways to set yourself up for a great night’s sleep is to pay attention to your sleep hygiene.

Good sleep hygiene requires you to both have a regular routine and an optimised environment to facilitate healthy, uninterrupted sleep. Many steps can be taken to achieve the perfect sleep. While you should ensure that your bedroom is comfortable as well as free from distractions, a commitment to a calming and relaxing nightly routine and sleep schedule is also essential.

Your sleep hygiene can also be improved by creating other healthy habits throughout the day.

Tip 1: Go To Bed At The Same Time Every Night

For those with a more hectic lifestyle, it can become more difficult to be pinpoint accurate with your bed time. This effect is compounded as your biological clock is fantastically conditioned to anticipate sleep as the sun sets and everyday dusk arrives either slightly earlier or later than the night before.

However, it is vital that you keep to your sleeping routine with military precision, even if you find yourself waking up in what might feel the middle of the night.

Tip 2: Avoid The ‘Snooze’ Button At All Costs

Moving on from our first tip, even if you are in complete darkness, the snooze button should not be an option, should you want to regularly sleep well at night.

In fact, consistently oversleeping is not only poor sleep hygiene, but it has a strong causational correlation with depression, diabetes, fatigue and heart disease.

Especially when the clocks are wound back you may be tempted to sneak in an extra hour, but we would advise against it.

Tip 3: Enjoy The Sun – Whenever You Can

Sunlight is essential in preserving and maintaining not only your metal but also your physical health.

This isn’t to say that you have to walk around with a sun lounger, a simple stroll or jog would be perfect. The exposure to the sun and the wind can not only provide a new perspective, but the Vitamin D3 your skin will produce is something that many people lack despite it being an invaluable micronutrient.

In regards to your sleep, as our bodies are designed for you to be asleep at night, we are equally very much configured to be active during the daylight hours.

Try to work with your body clock, not against it when it comes to sunlight.

Tip 4: Avoid Screen Time Before Bed

Disconnect Electronic Devices!

Try to create 30-60 minutes of buffering time without any electronic devices. Phones, tablets, and laptops cause mental stimulation that is difficult to shut down. The screens also produce blue light, which can reduce melatonin production.

If your partner or roommate is less cooperative and still has their screens activated, then you may also want to invest in a sleep mask for your eyes.

Our bonus tip: you way wish to lightly scent your sleep mask using our pillow spray for a more calming experience.

Tip 5: Reduce Your Alcohol And Caffeine Consumption

If you wish to maintain your sleep hygiene, we recommend you moderate your consumption of alcohol and caffeine before you got to bed.

You may fall asleep quicker with alcohol, but you won’t sleep as well. It is best to stick to less intense levels of drinking, or even better, to avoid it alltogether in the evening to prevent your sleep getting disrupted.

As for caffeine, you are likely aware that it is a stimulant, rather than a relaxant. Try to avoid consuming it later in the day and especially just before you go to bed.

It is also worth noting that if you are drinking large amounts of coffee to start or get through the day, a far better solution could be found in simply improving the quality of your sleep.

Tip 6: Keep It Fresh When It Comes To Sleep Hygiene

After many months of lockdown and many more hours spent indoors during the summer months, it is important to optimise your living spaces, particularly your bedroom for a better night’s sleep.

You may wish to buy a fresh throw, add new cushions and pillows or purchase a new pair of bedsheets.

On the other hand, we would very much like to recommend that you should also try a deep sleep pillow spray. They are perfect for lightly scenting your pillows but also ideal for your linens and bed sheets.

Your sense of smell is much more potent than your sight and the perfect fragrance can set the scene for a perfect night’s sleep.

More Advice For Excellent Sleep Hygiene

There are many other tips to improve your sleep hygiene:

Avoid napping during the day, where possible.
Don’t eat before you go to bed.
Create calming aromas with a linen spray
Soak in a bath as part of your nightly routine or as a wind down from a more hectic day.
Wear socks when you go to bed. Warm feet send a signal to your body & head that it is bedtime, according to the National Sleep Foundation.
Learn a meditation technique you can practice while lying in bed, such as Autogenic Training.

Now you are much more equipped with the techniques for a good night sleep, there is nothing left to say other than …

Sleep Tight and Sleep Well.

The Top 70 x ‘Love Messages’ For Your Partner, Wife or Husband

23/02/202404/07/2020 by Pairfum

Love Conquers All

Why fall in love with your partner, wife or husband once when you can fall in love with them over and over again by simply sending love messages to show everyday what they mean to you.

This could be anything from leaving a written love message on the pillow, in the car, the briefcase or even the purse. You might even surprise with a new sweet message by text when they are at work.

On that special day (perhaps many years ago), the magic words of “I love you” and “I do” cemented a bond between the two of you to form a very sacred relationship.

It was a message of love when two of you vowed to show complete devotion to each other for the rest of your lives.

Love is the most important element in your life, it gives meaning to everything you do and puts everything else into perspective.

Surprise Your Partner

While the Bond remains true, its expression and manifestations can change over time.

The once powerful “I Love You” might have now become a routine remark, when in reality your feelings towards your partner have grown much deeper over time.

In fact, often our feeling of love is impossible to express with mere words, as our emotions as complex, faceted and continuously evolving and deepening.

Whatever we say, it always seems that we fall short of what we actually feel and would love to express.

Not Just At Christmas

Why wait for a specific occasion to share some love messages to demonstrate to your partner how much their love means to you?

Expressing your love and buying beautiful gifts for each other on days such as Valentine’s Day, your Anniversary, Birthdays and Christmas, are the most common situations.

All relationships require continuous effort and there is nothing easier than sending a short message of love for no other reason than because you love your partner but what do you write?

There is no doubt that 21^st century life is busy and hectic which makes it difficult to carve out the time and patience for the muse in your heart to find the right words to express your feelings.

What do you do?

The Right Words

If you are struggling to find the words that are just right and still poetic, then let Pairfum London lend a hand.

We have put together a list of beautiful and romantic love messages that will allow you to bring out what your heart knows to be true. Discover new ways to say “I love you” that your partner will never forget.

Sincere and personal expressions of ‘True Love’ will always trump expensive clothes, flowers, holidays or jewellery.

Be creative and varied when sharing your feelings of love in many different ways and gestures.

Online Gifts

Visit our online boutique for inspirational gifts to go along with your message of love.

A unique niche perfume, fragranced candle or reed diffuser will express your love not just on the day you present your gift but they will able to ‘scents’ it over and over.

For your convenience, you can combine these with beautifully rich and crisp tissue paper and a luxurious gift bag.

On the other hand, our Large Luxury Gift Set is a gift that is convenient to buy when you are looking for ready made gift that can’t disappoint when you present it.

Our 70 x Favourite Love Messages

Read through our love message, pick out your favourite and then don’t delay but seize the moment.

Use your phone, write a card or send your love message in a way that is personal to you.

Here is a most unusual way of writing your love message:

Get one of our Perfume Experience Boxes, pick up a little piece of white chalk and write your thoughts on the inside of the lid. The rich black paper is uncoated and your message in chalk will look classy. It will be a wonderful surprise to read when your partner opens the box.

Now, … don’t let us delay you any longer and instead choose your favourite Love Message that feels right for this moment.

I shall only confess to you my wife, you are the secret to my happiness and success.

You have given meaning to my life, the woman of my dreams that turned our beautiful family into reality.

With the bright colours of your love I can paint the sky and make the clouds disappear.

I love you my beautiful wife, since our wedding day I see you are my life’s true meaning.

You are the angel from the heavens that turned our house into a beautiful family and home.

When I first saw you, a feeling of happiness and peace filled my life and since then it has only grown stronger.

Looking in your eyes, I feelings of impatience but yet admiration are overwhelming.

You are reason for everything good in my life and the fuel to push me through anything bad, you are the most precious gift I have ever received.

My gratitude for what you have done for our family and my love for your soul will last for eternity.

Through these many years of marriage, my desire to grow old together has only grown stronger and not even death will keep us apart.

My dear wife, the many reasons for being still crazy I life with you is the reason for the smile on my face.

As the years go by, may we spend ever more at each others side and our marriage grow stronger through the bad and the good times.

You are the rose that brings beauty to my life and I love you more than anything.

No matter your needs and wants, I will always be there for you and I shall never let you go.

Being your husband is my most honourable and proud achievement of my life.I will never be able to put in to words the feelings I have for you, the woman who will fight to the bitter end to keep our family safe and sound.

In my darkest moment, you are often my sole motivation to keep fighting and never give up. For that I shall be forever grateful.Loving you for these past years has been the air in my lungs and the perfume that keeps my life sweet and pure.

My wife, my love for you will always shine bright for you are the most beautiful flower on this planet and I the luckiest man.

I find myself praying for you as my greatest fear is losing you and the family that I hold most dear.

One touch, one kiss or even a single thought of you can fix my heart, bring peace to my soul and make me smile.

You, the woman of my life, for whom my love for her runs like a poison through my veins, with no cure for eternal love.

Before you became the wife and best mother for my children, the idea of being a husband or father was nothing but a dream on the horizon.

You are my motivation to endeavour to seize the day, become a better person and grow in to the husband and the father that you and our family deserves.

Holding you, takes me back to the heartbeats of when we first met which will never fade as our love lasts forever.

It is hard to put my feelings in to words, so I shall say I am extremely proud of you and you are my everything.

Loving you is greatest game I could ever play, keeping you safe and warm while you surprise me is the joy of my life.

Our marriage is a quest of love and trough the highs and lows, the fire still burns bright.

I thank the universe everyday for my wife, for you make the impossible seem simple and the dark become bright

Any dark feelings or moments in my life disappear with just the smallest thought of you and your smile.

I send you all my love for life with you as my wife is like a rollercoaster that I wish would never end.

You are the woman of my life and the princess of my dreams; I will always love you.

Your love leaves me speechless, on my needs with my eternal gratitude.

How you are able to stay by my side through all my decisions, good or bad, is my greatest wonder.

Many years ago, I made you, the woman who means everything to my life, my wife.

I feel nothing but happiness and pride when I think of the woman who made all my dreams come true.

When I say “kindness”, “love” or “Happiness”, know that I am referring to best part of my life, which is you, my lovely wife.

I will always the appreciate the great fortune I have been given for you being the mother of my children and the love of my life.

PERFUME TREND SINGLE PINK AND WHITE FLOWER

Perfume Trends: Perfume’s Return To Power In A Post-Lockdown World

15/06/202005/06/2020 by Pairfum

As we remain confined to our homes for weeks on end, we are beginning to yearn for the natural freedom to go outside and to make an appearance in society. On those rare occasions that we do venture outside many of us will have our faces covered. How will this new world affect perfume trends? How will we use fragrances? How will perfume brands be able to tackle these issues ?

While makeup or even our faces may no longer allow us to express our personality or emotions, perhaps our best alternative comes in the form of perfume. To overcome any garments we may be wearing as a precaution after the lockdown, perfumeries will look to experiment with different perfume strengths and intensities.

In this article we will explore how perfume brands can take advantage of this and provide us with new innovative ways of presenting ourselves to society.

What role will perfume have and how will perfume trends change we move forward post-lockdown?

Once before, perfumes were a trigger to sparking desires and curiosity in others where we could explore ourselves, our overall wellbeing and even ourselves. In a post-lockdown world perfume can return to being a means to enhance our emotions.

How can perfume brands move away from simply offering a “standardisation of fragrances?

Fragrances naturally have their own strengths and virtues that can influence our overall wellbeing and how we feel physically and mentally. If perfumes contain fragrances that have the allow us to express ourselves the way nature intended, the soothing and energizing effects on our mood would be irrefutable.

Memories of reassurance and intimacy can be invoked through particular vibrations that are generated from different aromas. During the development of new perfume, the creative strategy must be focused on the fragrance at its heart.

It is also likely that boutique perfumes or niche perfume will becomes more available to the consumer.

How can a fragrance stand out without having to be bespoke ?

The characteristics that lead to a perfume becoming unique are as distinctive as they are numerous. The best perfumes contain essences with a variety and a range of powers.

They can invoke regressive nostalgia and intimacy or they can portray astonishing radiance.

The problem perfume brands face is proposing signature and ‘true’ perfumes by following their creative intuition rather than solely depending on industry trends.

In the art of perfumery, the trick is to experiment with combinations such as floral bouquets and over-dosing ingredients; all the while, ensuring that beautiful materials are chosen.

When it comes to perfume it is advisable to focus your attention on fragrances that resemble nature while still remaining addictive and reassuring.

Rather than simply using aromas to aid their packaging and branding, the best fragrance houses have their perfumes at the heart of the business model.

How can perfume brands ensure their fragrances stand out while consumer behaviour and perfume trends are changing ?

Since the lockdown, the fact that perfume bouquets reveal emotions and reflect personality has become much more apparent to the consumer.

It is likely that perfume brands will include exclusive and original perfumes within their collections and invite the consumer to experiment with doses to explore the effects that new spices have on themselves and those around them.

It is very possible that many perfumery houses will create hybrids between their existing ranges of perfumes and other aromatic ingredients such a soliflore essence, perhaps even several notes.

The consumer has become much more sensitive to fragrance since they have been confined during the lockdown.

Therefore, there is a need for fragrance houses to rediscover their love and passion for perfuming.

Perfume brands will also need to look at other factors such as our activity, times we are outside and our relationships with others as well as ourselves.

One such example to consider would be that fragrances become much more powerful through movement. How much we move will depend on the potency required from the applied perfume.

The Perfume industry will change forever but what will remain the same for perfume brands ?

One part of the business which perfumery houses may change will be the packaging. They will become much more responsible and document their own unique convictions, generosity and even history on bottles and packaging.

But while many things will change, core principles such as the commitment to sustainability and transparency will continue.

For niche perfume by Pairfum London we invite you to visit our online perfume boutique.

St George Magazine Making Scents June 2015

Fragrance Layering Tips For Your Home

23/02/202411/05/2018 by Pairfum

Introduction

Many will have heard about fragrance layering or combining perfumes but there are very few fragrance layering tips published for the home.

In this article we present how the concept of combining scents can be applied in your home.

Layering in Fashion

Layering is a concept that has been around for a while in fashion and many of us are experts at layering and combining clothes to create our own, ‘personal look’, whereas the concept of layering perfume is still relatively new. Regardless of whether you are speaking with catwalk designers or high street boutiques, they all talk about layering.

Playful layering is always on the style agenda, especially when navigating the changeable weather conditions of the Spring and Summer Seasons. We can indulge our creative sides by mixing different textures and fabrics with a variety of lengths and colours and then accessorising them with scarves and jewellery. Now, men’s fashion is also turning to luxury layering and it could be seen at recent catwalks in Paris.

When we are not yet entirely sure of the weather, when one week we are basking in tropical temperatures, to running for cover from a mini-monsoon the next, we have all become dab hands at the tricky art of combining our clothes to be prepared for different conditions.

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Fragrance Layering

Layering is not only associated with one’s outfit but can also include our perfume. The latest trend is taking the skill of layering clothes and adapting the principles to our skin, by layering our perfumes and beauty products for a more dynamic and unique scent.

The key to mastering layering is knowing which notes work well together and how they enhance each other. It is all about incorporating the right scents into your beauty routine to make your perfume work harder for you.

Pairfum Natural Niche Perfume Home Fragrance Olfactory Triangle Layering Chart

Fragrance Layering Chart

When thinking about layering or combining perfume it is important to remember that fragrances have top, heart and base notes.

Above is a graphic of olfactive pyramid or diagram that you can use as your fragrance layering chart to guide and inspire you when combining perfumes.

Here are fragrance layering tips from our perfumer:

• For Spring and Summer, the best perfume combinations are created when you combine light with heavy fragrances. For example, you can adapt your typical ‘winter’ or ‘evening wear’ fragrance for summer use by layering a fresh, light scent over the top.

• Take one of your ‘classic’ perfumes and layer something ‘trendy’ over the top.

• Start your journey towards professionally combining fragrance by using perfumes or oils which are as close as possible to single ingredients, such as the very trendy ‘soliflorals’.

• Alternatively, use fragrances from the same fragrance family to start with, such as floral, oriental, herbacious, citrus, wood, etc. Once you are pleased with your results and become more confident, you can combine perfumes from contrasting families, such as layering citrus over oriental, floral over woody, herbacious over musky.

• Begin with the heavier of the fragrances you plan to combine and use them sparingly, as they may overpower the lighter notes you have in mind. You may have to use more of the lighter fragrance to counterbalance the impact of the heavier perfume.

• Blend by combining different applications. Fragrance oils will naturally bind with the oils in your moisturiser or body oil. This insight allows you to layer a light, fresh eau de toilette over a heavier, rich body lotion.

• You can also layer by applying fragrance to different parts of your body. For example, start with fragrance on your pulse points (wrist, elbow, neck) and finish with a different fragrance for your hair. Alternatively, a fragrance on your wrists and elbow easily combines with another fragrance for your neck or under your arms.

Be prepared to share your secret, when you receive a compliment. The compliments may come from the most surprising directions.

Fragrance Layering Kit

Have you tried already our Perfume Experience Box?

It offers a wonderful palette of perfumes that are an ideal fragrance layering kit:

to combine or layer fragrances, you don’t always need the full-sized flacon
it offers you an instant library of fragrance layering oils to immediately start combining with your existing perfumes
you can keep a few in your bag and use them throughout the day to change your perfume profile as the day progresses.

Enjoy this fragrance layering collection by Pairfum London and start combining perfumes to suit your taste.

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Fragrance Layering Tips for Your Home

The concept of layering can also be adapted to scents in our home and the same basic rules apply and here are simple fragrance layering tips.

Many real estate agents are known for warming bread in an oven for open houses or preparing fresh coffee to welcome the visitor to a viewing. Smells send out subliminal ‘welcome’ or ‘comfort’ messages when you open the front door.

This is exactly what you do when you welcome people into your home.

Take this a step further by combining various perfumes in your home to provide a multitude of sensorial experiences when walking from one room to the next, as fragrance layering can really enhance the ambience of your home.

What would you like to your ‘House Blend’ to communicate?

A perfumer’s approach to combining fragrances in your home

One of the reason’s why we struggle to perceive the perfume we apply to our skin during the course of the day, is that our noses get used to our own fragrances. They literally get ‘saturated’.

The mistake in layering fragrances at home is consequently to use scents which are ‘too similar’. Imagine you have just been in your bedroom which has a beautiful floral fragrance, and then walk into the corridor, also with a floral perfume. It is likely that your nose will have difficulties noticing the difference.

Instead, we suggest that you distinguish between the ‘spine’ of your house and the ‘outlying’ rooms. In the spine of your home, which are corridors, hallways or any other central room in your home, you should have a distinctly different fragrance from the connecting outlying rooms, such as bedrooms, living rooms, and bathrooms.

For example you could use heavier fragrances from a similar ‘olfactive range’ in the entrance hall (for example a vanilla fragrance) and then entice your visitors into your living room with a lighter floral perfume, such as a beautiful rose note. Equally, you can do the same and contrast ‘herbal’ fragrances with ‘fruity’ or ‘floral’ perfumes.

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The Spine

Here are a few suggestions for the ‘spine’ of your home that combine well with many different perfumes:

Innocent Vanilla: A rich white floral top note of Louisiana magnolia invites you into a soft, enveloping heart of white musk, infused with crushed vanilla pods and resting on a base of sandalwood. This is an ideal, heavier ‘base’ fragrance for your home, as it combines exceptionally well with other fragrances.

SPA: A beautiful aquatic note with a tangy, effervescent top note of bergamot, mandarin, rosemary, lavender and fresh violet leaves. Radiation from heart are sea salt and mineral notes, with aerial and translucent flowers (lily of the valley, jasmine) and accents of green tea. The fond is layered with vibrant woody (cedar, patchouli), ambery and mossy accords (oakmoss). This is a lighter, fresher ‘base’ perfume, around which you can easily layer other perfumes in your home.

Outlyers

The following are some fragrance suggestions for the ‘outlying’ rooms of your house, as they will contrast well with the two afore mentioned perfumes:

Black Orchid: An exotic fragrance with rich top notes of Anjou pear, dark cassis and orange slice. The heart is elegantly floral with notes of black orchid, powdery violet, olive leaf, freesia and ginger flower leading to a sensual base of musk, copahu balm and vanilla pod.

Trail of White Petals: A delicate and yet sparkling white floral note infused with jasmine blossom, interlaced with lily, white rose and ylang-ylang. The top note has a hint of apple and the fond rests on a base of precious sandalwood and musk.

Pink Grapefruit: A vibrantly pink grapefruit fragrance with added complexity from mandarin, lime and bergamot. Floral notes of jasmin and lily lend a feminine touch and deep sophistication comes from a sandalwood accord in the base note.

Neroli & Olive: The distilled fragrance of the Mediterranean: a sophisticated accord built around the vibrant citrus notes of neroli, pomelo and lime and yet softened with jasmine petals. Vertiver, patchouli and leather add depth and complete the sensation of walking through an olive grove on a warm, sunny day.

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Accents and Base Notes

Another form of layering fragrances at home is contrasting continuous ‘base fragrances’ with sporadic ‘accents’.

For example, imagine your bathroom with a continuous, beautifully warm vanilla fragrance but then you come home and prepare a bath and would like to add a relaxing lavender scent. Alternatively, you have a wonderfully floral fragrance in your living room but in the evening you may wish to add something ‘light & fresh’ to compliment a soft balmy evening, or ‘warm & comforting’ to keep the winter chills at bay.

Does this sound familiar?

Combining fragrances in these situations is similar to layering perfumes onto your skin: you use a base fragrance and then add an accent over the top.

The ideal product to give your rooms a base fragrance is a reed diffuser. Products that can add an accent are natural perfume candles or room perfume sprays.

Another suggestion is to use a bouquet of beautifully fragrant flowers for the base note, for examples ‘lilies’, and combine these with a luxurious fragrance candle to give your room the desired atmospheric accent when your visitors arrive.

There are many other creative ways how you can think outside of the box for a base fragrance, and an accent in each room.

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A Final Note

Using our Fragrance Layering Tips you can arrange the scents in your home, as you would on your skin.

The PAIRFUM London Collection offers you healthy and luxurious options for base and accent fragrances to suit your rooms. The PAIRFUM Collection is designed to be displayed proudly in your home and will fit perfectly into any interior style, regardless of whether this is ‘minimalist’, ‘country cottage’, ‘funky’ or ‘palatial’.

The sophisticated yet subtle blending of the perfume notes in the fragrances makes them a welcome addition to any home.

The PAIRFUM London collection is available online in our boutique.

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Trend: ‘Amber Wood’ In Perfumery

23/02/202403/04/2015 by Pairfum

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Amber already has a long history in fragrance. However, more recently many leading couture perfume houses have included it in their fragrance creations. It can be said for some time now, ‘Amber Wood‘ seems to be everywhere!

‘Amber Wood’ Is A Perfume Trend

‘Power’, ‘intensity’ and ‘longevity’ are three attributes associated with the olfactory wave of ‘amber wood’ making its way in perfumes. It can be found in many recent fragrance launches, in both small and larger concentrations.

‘Amber Wood’ differs from true ‘ambergris’ in being more woody. Ambergris has sometimes being found to come across as a ‘little dry’ and ‘tobacco-like’. As a reminder, ambergris is a natural excrete of the sperm whale found floating in the sea. After prolonged exposure to sun and salt water, it develops it unique scent: warm, aquatic, salty, musky, animalic.

‘Amber Wood’ can be used to enhance oriental or gourmand scents but is also included in floral notes, including white flower accords. It may be surprising, but it is not just reserved for men’s perfumes but is also used in mainstream women’s fragrances.

These ingredients are great fixatives and can last for several weeks. Hence, they are frequently used in fabric detergents and softeners, to produce a scent and ‘feel good factor’ that lasts long after the laundry has been washed & dried.

In fine fragrances, it may be included in perfumes in very high dosages: upto 30% in women’s fragrances and upto 40% in men perfumes.

‘Escentric Molecules’ even offer a perfume, ‘Molecule 01’, where it is the only note !

Couture Perfumes

Among couture perfumes for women, Repetto (by Repetto) beautifully uses the ‘heat’ of amber wood.

In Chanel’s Bleu for men (eau de parfum), it is an almost velvety note.

In ‘Musk Oud’ by Kilian, the wake or fond is saturated with a dry version of it.

‘Myrrhe Impériale’ (Armani Privé Collection) and ‘Invictus’ by Paco Rabanne reveal wood amber in long-lasting or ‘substantive’ background notes.

‘A Magnetic Night’ (by The Different Company) has wood amber at its heart or core.

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Sea Salt, Sage & Amber

Here at Pairfum London, we offer “Sea Salt, Sage & Amber“, an Eau de Parfum Intense. This is a wonderfully unique and fresh note where Amber and Wood add depth and summery warmth but also the longevity to this accord.

In many ways, this is a new type of Aquatic perfume.

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Trends

Beyond the quality of the fragrance note itself, consumers are searching for performance: strong top notes, intensive diffusion, long-lasting and high quality. On the Internet (e.g. Fragrantica), many consumers are complaining that fragrances do not last long enough.

In a market where new product launches are too numerous to count and too similar to a previous generation, the public is waiting for fragrances which are noticeably better and different.

The success of amber wood is part of wider trends in society:

the modern shopper has an appetite for items which are ‘sustainable’ and which have a ‘visible effect’ (notably within skin care),
items which highly unique and individual,
they are on a quest for intense experiences and surprises, for example when trying perfume inside the store itself, i.e. at the point of purchase.

By allowing perfumers to create very long lasting or powerful fragrances, ‘amber wood’ perfectly matches the expectations of modern consumers.

Cedar Noir by PAIRFUM

Here at PAIRFUM, we are proud to introduce our perfume ‘Cedar Noir‘ in our Home Fragrance Collection which uses ‘amber wood’ in liberal amounts.

Pairfum Large Reed Diffuser Tower Signature Cedar Noir

‘Cedar Noir’ is available in the following Luxury Perfumed Candles and Natural Reed Diffusers:

Reed Diffusers (petite, classic and large size and in the bell, cube and tower shapes)
Reed Diffuser refill oil
Snow Crystal Candles (classic, large and tin)
Flower Wax Candle
Message Candle

Fragrance Description Cedar Noir Vetiver Juniper Leather Frankincense

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London Fashion Week: Networking Tip

02/09/202418/02/2015 by Pairfum

In this brief article we present a simple Networking Tip for women.

Everybody will be preparing for the sharp lenses of photographers during the London Fashion Week by having to hand everything needed for a quick renew: perfume, eyeliner, lip gloss, hairspray … !

You will be looking your best and will want to mix with the key people in the industry. Your handshake will be your first contact and introduction.

Our Networking Tip: have you thought of taking along a travel size ‘hand sanitiser’, ‘hand wash’ and ‘hand moisturiser’ ?

The ‘liquid soap’ dispensed in public facilities often leaves behind an unpleasant scent on your hands.

Your hands will treasure the little bit of extra attention from your own hand sanitiser, wash & moisturiser and you will enjoy their fabulous perfume.

Make it a habit to pack a travel size of your favourite hand sanitiser, wash & hand moisturiser.

Are you ready for networking ?

#LFW

Tweet us here at #pairfum and we will promote your networking event, after-party, gala or show during the London Fashion Week !

Thank You For Visiting Us At Top Drawer Spring 2015

02/09/202414/01/2015 by Pairfum

We would like to thank all customers, visitors and friends for visiting us on our stand #S52 during Top Drawer Spring 2015 (11th – 13th of January at Olympia in London) to enjoy our new line of natural reed diffusers and luxury scented candles.

We enjoyed meeting all of you!

You made the show a fantastic experience for us. Thank you.

We already look forward to seeing you at the next show.

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Happy New Year 2015

02/09/202401/01/2015 by Pairfum

We would like to wish all of our customers, friends and partners a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year 2015!