你对香水了解多少？

Everything You Need to Know About Perfumes

Everyone likes to smell good. The best way to do this, in addition to bathing and brushing your teeth, is to wear perfume. The act of wearing some sort of fragrance is a trait that men and women share.

每个人都喜欢让自己闻起来香香的。除了洗澡刷牙，喷香水也能给人一种优雅温和的感觉。俗话说：爱美之心，人皆有之。美现在已不是只停留在视觉上了,味觉很重要而且比视觉更加原始，所以无论男人女人都要用香水来增加自己的魅力！

Selecting the Perfect Perfume

选择完美香水

Because there are so many perfumes on the market trying to pick the one that best suits you can sometimes seem like an overwhelming task.

市场上香水品牌繁多，如何选出适合自己个性、气质、并能使自己精神舒爽、增加魅力的香水呢? 

Buying perfume is something that you really have to do in person. Until you know if you like a scent you really shouldn’t order it online or from a sales catalog. Once you have picked a scent you know you like, feel free to place an order.

选香水纯属个人的事。如果你不知道自己喜欢什么味道的香水，就不要在网上购买。一旦你确定了你喜欢的味道，那你就可以随时订购了。

When you are at the perfume counter you should take your time and sniff several different kinds of perfumes. If you find one that you like, you should spray a little on the inside of your wrist and walk away from the perfume counter. Because there are so many different smelling perfumes in one place, it can be difficult to distinguish one scent from another. By spraying a little from a tester bottle and than walking to another section of the store, you can really get an idea about how the perfume truly smells.

当你买香水的时候，应该花点时间游走在各个香水柜台前，试用几款不同的香水直到你发现你喜欢的味道。你可以在你的手腕上喷一点香水进行试闻，试闻的时候要离柜台远一点，否则在众多香味前很难分辨出你选择的是什么味道。

Don’t assume that just because a perfume smelled nice on someone you know that it will smell the same when it is on your skin. Your personal body chemistry has a lot to do with how the perfume smells.

别人身上香水的味道未必适合你。每个人身体的化学反应跟香水散发出的味道有很大关系。适合自己的才是最好的！

Storing Your Perfume

贮藏香水

When you get your brand new bottle of perfume home you should store it in a place that has a moderate temperature. Perfume does not do well when it is exposed to constantly changing temperatures.

当你买了一瓶备用香水后，要把它放在温度适宜的地方。如果把香水放在变温的环境下，它的香味就会消失了。

Wearing Your Perfume

喷洒适合你的香水

If you use a scented shower gels and lotions you should make sure that the scents match the scent of your new perfume. You really don’t want the two scents to clash.

如果你使用的润肤剂或润肤乳带有清香味,一定要使它们的气味与你香水的气味相搭配。

When it comes to perfume, having oily skin can actually work in your favor. For some reason people with oily skin tend to absorb the scent better than dry skin.

香水很受油性皮肤人们的青睐。因为油性皮肤吸收气味的能力比干燥皮肤强。

 （听力课堂网Kris翻译）