Sultry and sunny summer days call for grilling, picnics, long drives, and frolicking at the beach. No matter what your favourite summer pastime, your best accessory is going to be your perfume. Heres what you need to know about summer perfumes.

Perfumes are fun to experiment with and are an integral part of dressing up (or down) these days.

Lebanon-born designer Elie Saab was 18 years old when he launched his fashion label in Beirut in 1982. Elie began sewing at age 9; later, as a gifted teenager, he would sell his creations to neighbourhood women.

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It is not difficult to make a perfume. The trick is to select the essential oils that suit you and to put them together in the correct manner.