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Estelle Roth's Tropicana Perfume Shoppes, Inc. stocks perfumes that for years and years have been known and loved. These hard-to-find fragrances include: How do you choose a perfume? Mrs. Roth answers that question in several important and professional ways. "First of all you need to know what you are buying ... everyone wants to make a wise choice," she says.

Tropicana's perfume selections are predominantly produced in France where there is a difference in the purity of the fragrance between those made "on the Continent" and those combined in the United States. "Yes, there IS a difference in the scent of a fragrance made in France an that same fragrance bottled in the States," says Roth. "Customers sense this difference and confirm what their noses know!"

Because the United States Food and Drug Administration requires that certain specifications be met with regard to the water and alcohol content of perfumes, the scents the customers appreciate from perfumes made in France are different from what they sniff from US perfume bottles. "This is why a purchase of your favorite scent at Tropicana is different -- purer -- than buying that same scent in the States," Roth emphasizes, and goes on to add that there is a hierarchy of fragrance quality that every perfume customer needs to understand.


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