Therefore a lot depends upon the type of sprayer on the bottle. Generally the average would be around 10 sprays for every ml. Feb 16, Gupts have pretty much explained it nicely in detail. I'd agree and say around sprays from personal experience.
Mar 25, I know I'll be tried of most scents before I use up an ounce. I don't find it necessary to buy larger bottles. ChuckW Well-known member. Aug 21, It's been years since I actually finished a botle of cologne, no matter what the size. I either sell, swap, or give them away long before they're done. Kind of odd, really.
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Clarissochka Aug 30, Items for Sale. Replies 7 Views 3K. Nov 5, Clarissochka. Zephyr Nov 3, Items for Swap. I then further divided the perfumes into usage categories — perfumes I spray 3 times per wearing, perfumes I spray 5 times, and perfumes I spray 10 times per wearing I rarely use less than three sprays or more than 10 per use. After measuring the contents of all my perfume bottles many bottles were only partially full , I had the equivalent of approximately nineteen 50 ml bottles and eight ml bottles or 1, ml of perfume.
However, I was shocked to realize I have enough perfume to last years and years. I, with only the equivalent of 27 full bottles of perfume, have enough cologne to last me 5, days — This figure does not include the hundreds of samples I will wear each sample takes up one full day or the contents of minis and decants in my collection. Do these figures shock you? If you have the nerve, see the guidelines at the bottom of this article to figure out the years your current perfume collection will last.
When I first did these calculations, I spent several days in a semi-depressed state. Knowing my powers of self-control, how could I resist buying more perfumes? I end up using many perfumes as room sprays or I tuck a mostly unused bottle of fragrance in my bag and, during my day, abandon it — in a restroom, a lunch room, on a ledge at a restaurant, in a classroom.
Everyone wastes money on something. Note: image is Made of Light by der sich den wolf tanzt at flickr ; some rights reserved. Leave a comment , or read more about commenting at Now Smell This. Here's our privacy policy , and a handy emoticon chart. Oh God, this article is me. Now I'm considering a bottle count! I've finally decided there are no more purchses for this year.
I have to be brutal and start burning through the stuff! SFLizbeth: I was shocked myself…to the point of wondering if I should wear one perfume on my legs, another on my torso, another on my arms and one on my neck…all in the same day. Just face the fact you'll probably NOT drain every bottle. How funny! I was contemplating doing this same sort of exercise to figure out how long my perfume would last, but you've done all the hard work for me.
Although the years of perfume I have bottled up is shocking, it does bring me some comfort. I know I can spray with abandon, spray any lucky in my mind friends who visit, and give away decants and samples freely. No need to be stingy. In addition to what I purchase myself, I receive fragrance as gifts.
I've always adored and collected makeup and perfume! Quite a harmless habit but not inexpensive in the great scheme of things. I wonder if I have the nerve to figure out how long my supply will last? I have been adding to it with wild abandon this summer, with samples, decants and FBs. About 15 years ago, I went crazy with AG scents and being an amatuer and naive aromatherapy perfume blender, I pretty much mixed the different scents together hoping to make new and improved scents big eye roll.
Not thrilled with the results at the time, I went back to playing with essential oil blends. Those AG blends have been sitting in my bottom bathroom drawer all this time. Many times I thought about just chucking them all, while my hubby grumbled about the lack of storage space, but TG I didn't. I pulled one out this morning just to give it a try and found out it still smells good. In fact, it smells really great!
This gives me hope that even if it takes me another 15 years to go through my supply, my bottles may still smell great.
There is always hope, isn't there? Now to ponder the question of facing the reality of my collection while I sit here and enjoy this scent…. Great article! Do you think perfumes should be dispensed in smaller bottles, so we can add more variety to life? It'll probably be more expensive to buy in smaller quantities, but I think it'd be better for someone with a limited budget like me. I can't even remember the last time I used a perfume bottle in its entirety, either, before it either went bad, or before it becomes banned into the depths of my closet, never to be seen again.
That's incredible! Thank you so much for breaking this down. I had no idea how many sprays I'd get with one bottle. The number is astounding! The thing that strikes me most — for the amount of enjoyment that perfume provides, it's really a cheap form of entertainment. If a 50ml bottle provides you with 5 sprays for each of days, what's the cost per wearing? Not a bad deal! I'm similar to you, Kevin, with the fickle love one scent today and another one tomorrow.
If I get as far as emptying a bottle, I rarely repurchase. The times that I've repurchased, I've regretted it cause I rarely use up the second bottle. I end up giving away the scents I don't use up in order to make room for new scents.
But looking back, I now regret some of those giveaways and wish I still had the scents. What if 3 years from now I want to go back and smell one of them? If I had a half-empty bottle hiding at the back of a drawer, I could do it! But I'm not going to run out and purchase another bottle. And we have to try them all!!!! How can we not??? And what about all the old ones that everyone raves about that we've never tried?
In the past 10 months, I ramped up my perfume collection from around 5 to about I have some really great scents that I enjoy wearing…and I'll never wear them if I don't stop scouting out new fragrances. It's not easy, believe me. I have to say, I do love those smaller bottles, though. The life of perfume addiction would thereby be much much easier….
And it really ticks me off when a niche brand ONLY issues ml bottles! Good advice, Kevin. Why ruin my esctasy by facing silly ol reality…at least for today.
Do you think the smaller bottles are not available here in the US because the retailers have the mentality that we only want one signature scent?
One one of my numerous trips to Sephora recently to procure some free samples, the SA said something like, you can come back and get more samples until you find the ONE you like. Are you serious? BTW, I heart Sephora's free samples! I try to avoid those that give you only a few sprays. I think my collection will last at least 15 years.
But I can promise myself that I'm gonna stop buying fragrances rsrsrs. I wonder if American's buy larger sizes of perfume overall? I need to buy a marketing report on US fragrance…should be interesting to read. I don't have the courage to count. I don't even count my bottles… I'm in my forties and with over of them make that , most likely , even if I live as long as my grandmothers well over 90 , I think there'll be enough left over to embalm me. Cheering thought.
Especially since there are new additions every year. But, as your boyfriend says, if it makes you happy… It does! CC: forget embalming! This article is all about me too!
But really, I never really dared to calculate all of this… I knew it would shock me, so it's better to pretend that I don't know how much perfume I own.
This article just screamed the truth, I finally HAD to hear it. Yeah it is shocking, but at the same time… I love perfume, I love it, I enjoy it. I hardly ever buy jewelry, I shop for clothes at higher-end stores as well as discounted places. I know how to save money when it comes to other things in my life, other than perfume of course. So when I think about how much I do enjoy perfume, I feel a little better, but just a little…. IrisNobile: the power of our minds when faced with such truths…I think perfume has made me give more money to charity….
Oh argh. I keep telling myself that one month I am only going to wear one perfume, then next month another for the whole month, for however long until all my perfumes are gone; But I can't even stick with a month, how can I use them all up?!
That look does not work on me. Let's put it this way: If my nieces and nephews won't grow up into raging perfumistas which I have every intention to encourage and enable , they're going to have one heck of an estate sale after I've gone to the great perfume counter in the sky. I have actually estimated these numbers before, and that's why I'm so incredibly reluctant to buy full bottles I've only ever bought four. Serious self-denial is involved. At least it was 50ml.
Well, with about bottles, you can imagine how long that supply will last — far into eternity! But I don't feel guilty, I get enjoyment out of each purchase and I rotate different scents every day, so I figure I got my money's worth.
Sorry can't help getting all obsessive about exactness. Though I already know some of those I won't necessarily finish I'm considering accidentally letting Britney Spears sit on a sunny window sill, I still want the bottle…. And, Kevin, I think that you use perfume more than once a day, not just in the morning, so maybe it's not as bad as it sounds:. Veronica: oh it's bad alright…but thank you for trying to cheer me up.
There ARE some fragrances I put on more than once per day…but they are in the minority. Thank you so much.
The calculations totally appeal to my OCD tendencies, the philosophical bent appeals to my rationalizing addict's mind. Oh, yes. Now that Chandler Burr has pooh-poohed the cold-is-bad theory, we need to face facts.
So empty your vegetable crispers of all broccoli and carrots and your fridge shelves of silly things like food, and do right by your scents. You betcha I practice what I preach. I'm the bashful owner of plus full-size bottles, and the only thing besides fragrance in this gal's Fridgedaire is a bottle each of soy sauce and hot sauce. That's all that'll fit. Oh thanks Robin! I have a somewhat less then reliable fridge in the garage that would be perfect for storing my bottles.
Do you keep them in their boxes while in the fridge? Don't like to mention this, with your OCD tendencies and all! These people said old fridges with their constant vibration can break down the oils quickly same with champagne apparently. Choose not to believe that and live happy is my suggestion…HA! Keeping perfumes in their boxes is a good idea it's nice if you give it away to have the box…or if you ever want to swap or sell it and it keeps out light. But it's a pain in the arse to open a box if you have less than 20 bottles going at one time.
Maybe I'll just go with a drawer or get a light tight storage box. I live in the Bay Area which rarely gets too hot and we use AC when it does. Then again, I could continue on my decadent path and buy a new fridge just for my scents…giggles. As a professional wine reviewer, I can say bollocks to that champagne idiocy — vibrations indeed!
And box, shmox; once the door is closed, the light goes off. The boxes get damp anyway and it's a pain to boot. Sheeesh and double sheesh! We have made a list of all sizes of spray bottles in millimeters ML , along with how much spray you are going to get and the expected days to last.
Depending on the perfume brand and your method of use, the number of sprays and the expected days may vary. Among all the above-listed bottle sizes, the standard one is the 1ML, as it is easy to use and carry everywhere you go.
Moreover, you get 15 sprays at a reasonable price which indirectly lets you try several perfumes simultaneously. What more you can wish, right? The other small-sized bottles, such as 5 or 10ML, are also quite similar to 1ML in terms of use.
These are convenient for use in small outings. All sizes of perfume bottles are designated to serve a particular purpose. It may seem that the bigger come are out of reach. But if you compare their no. If you are still feeling confused, let me help you understand it. The larger the size, the more in the quantity you will get. In truth, old perfumes from Hugo Boss might get about 4 sprays per ml. This type of large atomizer spray capacity is mostly seen in Creed fragrances today which get around 8 sprays per ml.
Neroli Portofino is an exception as it requires 15 sprays to fill a 1ml perfume sample. If you apply 5 sprays from a perfume bottle of ml, you would get enough perfume for days. Most perfume samples are about 2ml. You can test out the number of sprays per 1ml by spraying your perfume directly in an empty sample bottle.
My tests show 24 sprays of Roberto Cavalli Uomo per 2ml, which equates to 12 sprays per 1ml.
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