The Moth Man has gorgeous skin.
Caramel is its ground state, he looks sun-kissed even after prolonged solar
avoidance. By contrast, the Moth Woman is pale verging on pasty.
Colour is not the only point upon
which our skins differ though. The Moth Man's skin does for fragrance what Victoria’s Secret angels do for lingerie.
Every scent wears magnificently on him, becoming more effusive and acting the
way its creator intended. Everything has so much longevity on him. My skin, on
the hand, eats alcohol based fragrance. Most things fail to linger around long
enough even to evolve. Only those scents with reputations for formidable
staying power, such as Opium, survive me.
Formula affects longevity. Alcohol
based fragrances, once the initial evaporation has occurred, cling to the skin
effectively but fade over time, sometimes quite rapidly. Oil based on the other
hand don't cling well but they mostly do not fade much either.
This is why I tend to wear perfume
oil. Even on my skin, oil based fragrances can last for twelve hours or more.
There is a trick to applying them for maximum longevity though. You need to
choose locations where they will not be inadvertently wiped off during routine
activities. These vary somewhat from the application sites typically recommended
for alcohol based scents. The following are the places I find work best in order
of usefulness:
- cleavage
- creases of the elbo
- anywhere from the suprasternalnotch to the chin
- behind the ears
- earlobes
- navel
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