Valkyrie is a parfum in Faberlic's women's range. Its notes are set out in the catalogue; this page is about application, which matters more at this concentration than at any other.

The quantity problem

Your nose stops registering your own fragrance within about ten minutes. This is olfactory adaptation, it happens to everyone, and it is the reason people overapply.

At parfum concentration the consequences are larger. Two extra sprays of an eau de toilette is a small difference; two extra of a parfum is a very noticeable one to everybody except you.

Decide the amount before you apply, and do not revisit the decision an hour later when you can no longer smell it.

How much

One application point, or two. For a parfum that is genuinely enough.

If it has a dab applicator, a light touch at the throat and one wrist. If it is an atomiser, one spray, from about 15 cm.

Where

Pulse points, where warmth releases fragrance steadily: the base of the throat, behind the ears, inside the wrists, inside the elbows.

Not the chest under clothing, where it will build up under a jumper and release all at once.

What not to do

Do not rub your wrists together. The friction and heat break down the top notes and rush the development.

Do not layer it over a strongly scented body lotion unless they are from the same line. Two fragrances competing is worse than either alone.

Do not reapply during the day. A parfum does not need it, and reapplying over an existing application is how a pleasant fragrance becomes an overwhelming one.

Where it suits

Evening, cold weather, occasions. Parfum concentration is generally too much for a shared office, however carefully applied.

Testing

On skin, and allow longer than usual — parfums develop slowly, and the character you will live with arrives well after the opening.

The full note structure is in the Faberlic catalogue.

Storage

Cool and dark, in the box, away from the bathroom.