First and foremost, she advised, it’s vital to apply fragrance on clean skin. Then, she recommends lathering the skin with unscented body lotion, because “hydrated skin will better lock in the fragrance and will insure it lasts for longer.”

Josephine’s second strategy is to apply fragrance to clothing — albeit, at a safe distance so as to not stain the items. //

Lastly, she recommended dousing a hairbrush in perfume and running it through your locks.

“This will ensure that the fragrance gets onto your hair without having the drying effect of alcohol,” she added. //

Fragrance fanatics have touted Vaseline as the key to a long-lasting aroma — applying it before perfume, in theory, would make the smell stick around. According to the Guardian, the low-budget hack actually works, one journalist reported after testing a fragrance on a bare wrist and on another slathered with petroleum jelly.