As we wear a perfume it is also important to store it properly. It is because the fragrance compounds in it will degrade or break down if stored improperly in the presence of light, heat, oxygen and other organic materials. Appropriate preservation involves keeping them away from sources of heat and storing them where they are not exposed to light. A bottle that is opened will keep its aroma for up to a year, as long as it is filled, but as the perfume level goes down, the existence of oxygen in the air that is enclosed in the bottle will begin to alter the smell character, in time distorting them.

Fragrances are best preserved when it is held in light-tight aluminium bottles or in their unique packaging when not used, and refrigerated at a fairly low temperatures between 3-7 degrees Celsius. Even though it is hard to remove oxygen completely from the headspace of a stored flask, instead of rollers opting for spray dispensers "open" bottles will minimize oxygen exposure. These sprays also have advantage of isolating fragrance inside a container and preventing it from mixing with dust and other particles which will degrade and vary the quality of a perfume.