Hello and welcome to my fragrance-cologne-perfume resource site. WQ3.net will develop as time passes and visitors show more and more interest. This current blank-ish design shall not remain for all eternities, or so I hope.
My one and only intent by creating this site is to create a credible, reputable, spot where scent fans from all over the world can gather and find answers to their questions. I am hardly knowledgeable enough to provide answers myself, and that's why I gathered the best resources from all over the world regarding these questions. I hope you have fun and enhance your understanding of perfumery.
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è Find the best resources for fragrance here:
General: I strongly suggest that in order to get in shape you would be scanning http://cologney.com , http://frgrnc.com or http://www.perfume.org/ the mega sites that let you read about different perfumes, give out general information about the vertical, or allow you to buy perfumes for cheap prices (could go as low as 50% off retail price).
Finding your own scent: http://www.squidoo.com/mens-fragrances and http://www.squidoo.com/womens-fragrance listed down many of the top perfumes nowadays. If you were looking for recommendations in regards to which fragrance you should be wearing, they are two excellent resources. Other resources include: http://beauty.about.com that has many pages regarding hot or new fragrances that has recently come out, and NS this, a household name in perfumery, that offers a list of new perfumes.
This ebay guide will show you exactly how to match your gift to the person's personality.
How about amateur perfumery?
If you want to make your own perfume: you can read about it here and get recipes, or you can watch here on youtube, or you can choose your ingredients and buy it here at scent design.
I would suggest that prior to a stage where you feel confident about choosing your own ingredients and shaping your own perfume you should be looking here and read about the ingredients here.
What about celeb perfumes?
This is a rather complete list here in wiki mentioning all celebrities who had either sponsored a perfume or actually create the scent. Here are reviews on some of them - http://breezymama.com/2011/03/08/celebrity-perfumes/ or this one focusing on one of my personal favorites – USHER FOR MEN.
Here are some news items regarding fragrance and celebrity deals for that fragrance - http://atlantapost.com/2010/06/14/behind-beyonces-heat-and-urban-celebrity-fragrance-deals/, http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-eau-de-george-clooney-10-strange-celebrity-fragrances/, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/31/entertainment/la-ca-bieber-perfume-20110731. Here is a place where you can acquire these fragrances – please note I am not affiliated with this store and have not previous experience with them, so I can't vouch for them and only show you the address.
What about the science that lays behind the perfumery industry?
First of here are some industry stats, to explain to all of you what is the fiscal meaning of this industry.
Now, here's a short article about how perfumes work at ehow and here's a little sarcasm issued towards the subject via a caricature.
The latest occurrence in the cologne-perfume-fragrance industry is that some companies have claimed to have pheromones-based colognes that are meant to be strong in their attraction. Here's one site about it.
A short advice about the sun and how to take care of your skin
The sun’s rays are
getting more potent and powerful than ever because of the ultraviolet rays that
is coming through the ozone layer. It is very hard to
determine what the rating or safety level is each day before you decide to go
to the beach. You can go online to
determine what the safety level is but when you’re in a hurry and want to get
to your current destination it seems that many people do not have the time or
the patience to check the levels. This is why sunscreen is
so important during the summer months. Now it comes time to ask
the age old question and that is should I wear sun block?
If you’re looking to
protect your skin from the UV rays that the sun produces than it might be a
good idea to check on the rating of the sun block that you’re going to be
using. The stronger the rating
as on the sun block that you’re going to use means it will be able to block out
stronger harmful rays from the sun. This is very important
when it comes to children and having them play outside because you do not want
to let them get skin cancer do to overexposure of the sun. This is one of the
leading causes of skin cancer because people do not block all the harmful rays
and they sit in the sun too long.
You should use sun block
if you’ll are going to be out in this on longer than 15 minutes.
On a hot 90° day and the
sun shining with all its power you are going to want some protection on your skin
that is exposed so that you do not get sunburned or expose your skin to the
harmful rays.
The more protection you
have the better off you’ll be to eliminate your chances of getting skin cancer
due to prolonged exposure to sun.
Content provided by TopSkin.org and their best sunblock cream article.