Best perfume 2018: Find your perfect scent with the best perfumes from £36 | Custom Perfume Bottles

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Sportswear luxury brand Moncler has collaborated with its fellow Italian export Valentino to create a capsule collection of cool, graphic and practical outerwear. The down jacket that is synonymous with the Moncler brand has been reimagined with Valentino’s signature high-gloss glam. The perfect fantasy gift for yourself that goes well with that fantasy ski trip in the Alps you’ve been dreaming of.—DM

For sure. It did the job, is cruelty-free and, in theory, way better for my skin and overall health. Also, the clear bottle looks way more Insta-worthy on my dressing table.

(Please note: We’re talking about the US-based PerfumeEmporium.com, NOT the UK-based Theperfumeemporium.co.uk, which went bust in 2010. They are unrelated sites and PerfumeEmporium.com is still running.)

Check the concentration. Eau de parfum has a higher concentration of oils (up to 20 per cent), so will last longer than the cheaper but weaker eau de toilette (usually around 10 per cent). Of course, if you’d prefer a more subtle scent, using EDT can be the perfect way to dilute an overpowering fragrance.

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Without the budget to splash thousands on expensive toiletries, it seems some cash-strapped bloggers are resorting to buying empty bottles instead. 

Its founder, chief executive and perfumer Gauri Garodia, 44, says: "Perfume is a very subtle and versatile means of communication and consumers are shifting towards highly artistic and expressive labels."

Lately, I’ve been on a PJ-HP and the diff between the original and the HP is marked. It ain’t gonna baby you quite so much but it ain’t gonna buck you off either. For the stubbornly intermediate surfer who might go backwards even ten surfs or land one air in every twenty, and who is missing a few too many sections on the original, it’s a pleasing improvement.

Yes and no. I was a little suspect of the cream-to-powder texture and expected it to feel sticky, aka not great when you’re already sweaty, but I was pleasantly surprised. The powder finish stayed true to its promise and had a matte feel. Always nice when you’re feeling a little sweaty. I would say it didn’t last ages, and that was just sitting in a warm-ish office, so the more active women out there would need to reapply.

It’s so easy to blend these choices that you can make four or five different versions of the same scent. These custom scents are hard for people to imitate and miles cheaper than most services that do the same.

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