Add A Touch Of Glamour With Fendi Eau De Parfum

By Nancy Brown


A great way to bring some luxury into your life is to invest in a little something by a famous designer. It can be a dress or a blouse or a pair of killer heels. Even a designer scent, for example a Fendi eau de parfum, can make you feel like a million dollars.

Adele Casagrand had a shop selling fur and leather goods, which she started in Rome in 1918. When she married Edoardo Fendi in 1925, they changed the name of the store to reflect their last name. Their business grew into what would become one of the world's most famous designer brands, especially after fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld started working for them in 1965.

Today the fashion house is renowned especially for its leather bags, including the Baguette. This small handbag became all the rage after it was featured on the popular television show 'Sex and the City'. While they produce ready-to-wear fashion collections, it's really accessories that the brand specializes in and you can buy exquisitely crafted shoes, watches, sunglasses, scarves and jewelry sporting the company's instantly recognizable geometric logo.

In the 1980s, many leading designers launched their own fragrances. Fendi followed suit, launching their first perfume in 1985. The scent, which simply bore the company's name, was created to be ultra-feminine with top notes such as bergamot and rosewood slowly fading into a bouquet of floral scents in the middle. At the base was an earthy, slightly Oriental smell consisting of amber, musk, patchouli, cedarwood and other scents. The perfume was so successful that it paved the way for more fragrances to follow.

An eau de parfum is a stronger version of a scent. Also known as an EDP, it is normally made up of around fifteen percent of scented oils in a base of alcohol and water. It tends to be more expensive but because it is so strong, you use much less of it and a bottle of fragrance will last you longer.

Even cheaper than EDP is an EDT, or eau de toilette. Containing around 10 percent of the oils that make up the fragrance, this is also a lighter version of the fragrance. However, an EDT's scent fades more quickly than that of an EDP so you will go through a bottle more quickly.

A refreshing EDT is a wonderful choice for warm weather or for wearing every day. When temperatures drop or when you want to dress up and make an impact, however, an EDP is perfect. You need to take care though that you don't apply too much of it. If you spray the scent above and in front of you and then simply step through the fragrant mist, the tiny drops will settle on your hair and body and cover you in their subtle aroma.

The Fendi fragrances released before 2006, including the original fragrance, were discontinued when LVMH took over the company. Even though the brand has released many new fragrances since then, fans of the earlier creations can still find their favorites. Buying it through online auctions can be expensive but if you're lucky, you may come across a bottle at an estate sale or even in a goodwill shop.




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