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"So you may be wondering why I am in France. I actually have the folks at Axe to thank--they&amp;#x27;ve flown a few beauty writers over here to tell us all about how they develop their fragrances. And the steps behind Axe is no joke--they use more than one major perfume house to come up with their complex body sprays. And this week they took us to two of those perfumeries (International Flavors &amp;amp; Fragrances and Firmenich) along with fragrance designer Anne Gottlieb to learn a little more about it all. Here were 6 little bits of trivia I jotted down:* AT IFF&amp;#x27;s Perfumery School, perfumers get 5 to 7 years of training to hone their craft. * Your sense of smell is like a muscle--the more you use it, the stronger and more discerning your nose becomes. * For many years the hot ingredient in perfume was civet, an oil from the sex glands of a particular type of cat. * One of the best places to put your scent? Gottleib loves dotting it on her temples. That way when someone goes in to kiss her cheek hello, they get a lovely whiff. * If you&amp;#x27;re doing a lot of perfume sniffing all at once and need to cleanse your nasal passages between scents, taking a deep sniff of your arm skin (in a spot without perfume, of course) will do the trick. * Ever notice that scents smell different on different people? Well, perfumers say that&amp;#x27;s because your body chemistry can &amp;quot;push&amp;quot; certain notes in the fragrance thanks to genetics or what you&amp;#x27;ve been eating. All pretty interesting no? Anyone know what scents they tend to &amp;quot;push&amp;quot;? Have you ever heard of civet before (I hadn&amp;#x27;t!)? Go spend some time in the comments. Looking for more fragrance fun? Play &amp;quot;Match the Star to the Celeb Fragrance.&amp;quot; *** More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage FREE Beauty Stuff! Enter for your Chance to Win a New Prize Every Day! Photos: ThinkStock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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