Optimal Habitat Fragrance Enhancing Primer
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2024 Hypebae Beauty Awards Winner
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Your fragrance’s missing foundation
Meet Optimal Habitat Fragrance Enhancing Primer—clinically proven to double your perfume’s wear time, lasting 16 hours (vs. 6 hours without it).
Designed specifically for fragrance, Optimal Habitat works with your skin’s moisture barrier, pH, and microbiome, the key factors that impact how scent lasts. This lightweight mist fits seamlessly into your layering routine. It is powered by ceramides, prebiotics, and peptides to hydrate, nourish, and create the ideal environment for fragrance to bloom to its fullest potential.
Amplify your scent. Unlock its true wear time.
Join the many who have discovered the lasting impact of our award-winning primer. Be sure to follow its usage instructions (below). If it doesn’t transform the way you wear fragrance, we’ll happily offer you a refund.
In a clinical trial, expert odor evaluators found Optimal Habitat Fragrance Enhancing Primer dramatically extended perfume longevity by 266%:
- With Optimal Habitat: Fragrance still detectable after 16 hours, even 24 hours later.
- Without primer: Fragrance disappeared after just 6 hours.
The study followed 35 men and women who applied their favorite fragrance with Optimal Habitat on one shoulder and fragrance alone on the other. Professional scent experts tracked the fragrance strength over time using a scientific rating scale.
The verdict? Optimal Habitat significantly increased fragrance performance at every checkpoint (6, 8, 10, 16, and even 24 hours later).
Independently verified by MyMicrobiome Standard 18.11 Face / Body to be microbiome-friendly, respecting the microbiological diversity and balance of the skin.
Optimal Habitat Primer has unique usage instructions….
- Spray directly on skin and rub it in
- Give it about 30 seconds to ensure it dries completely
- Then spray your favorite scent on top
- Reapply after working out or exposure to sweat, as ingredients are not waterproof
Key Ingredients:
Aeonome
A marine biotechnology ingredient known for moisturizing, hydrating, skin soothing by reducing oxidative stress, skin microbiota regulation, and overall healthy skin maintenance.
Ceramide NP
Ceramide NP is one of several types of ceramides found naturally in skin. The “N” stands for the type of normal fatty acid correlated to this ingredient and “P” stands for its phytosphingosine base. Overall, it contributes to supple, resilient, hydrated skin.
Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1
This is a biomimetic to marine collagen– a biological match to marine protein without animal
inputs. This peptide is also known to demonstrate skin-restoring abilities, and can help skin appear younger by nourishing and helping to revitalize both its moisture and antimicrobial barrier, also known as the skin’s microbiome.
Full Ingredients:
Water, Glycerin, Squalane, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Heptyl Undecylenate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Bacillus Ferment, Ceramide NP, Sr-Hydrozoan Polypeptide-1, Arginine, Citric Acid, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol
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CLIMATE TRANSPARENCY:
We are a climate-first brand focused on reducing our footprint. Our partner in emissions tracking, Bluebird Climate, calculates each product’s footprint using Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which considers emissions from materials, ingredients, manufacturing, transportation, and distribution. A product’s waste footprint is calculated by examining its recyclability and degradability.
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Optimal Habitat Fragrance Enhancing Primer
How it works
Spray and rub into skin at your pulse points on your wrists, neck, behind the ears, and in the creases of your knees and elbows and allow 30 seconds to dry before layering your favorite fragrance on top.

Microbiome Friendly
Results for Optimal Habitat Primer
- The product is Microbiome-friendly.
- The product leaves the skin microbiome intact.
- The product respects the balance of the skin microbiome.
- The product is gentle on the skin microbiome.
SHOP THE SURRECTIONS
- Corinice W.Verified BuyerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 starsAmazing!
I love the fragrance enhancing primer. Just this week, someone commented my perfume. Great Purchase.
Was this helpful? - Georgia W.Verified BuyerRated 3 out of 5 starsprimer
I spray it on prior tp my sent of choice and I am not sure it really works. Sad as that is I want my sent to last all day & I hoped that that was the purpose of the Primer, much like a makeup primer is for makeup to stay. I am a bit disappointed.
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- EvelynVerified BuyerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 starsUnreal
My favorite perfume is a completely ephemeral scent by another company. It’s literally gone in less than an hour and yet, I’m so I love with it. I decided to try this just to see if it could actually work and extend the life of my perfume. The first thing I noticed upon spraying my scent on top of the primer is that my favorite scent smelled stronger, more concentrated right off the bat. It’s like my scent got dialed up which is amazing. Then, to my great amazement, it truly did last. I kept checking back every hour or so and I continued to smell it. I remembered and checked one last time before falling asleep and it was faint but still there. I’m so impressed! This primer made my 30 minute dream scent last at least 9 hours.
Was this helpful? - DianaVerified BuyerRated 3 out of 5 starsDid not work for me 🥲
I am sad to report that the optimal did not extend the use of any of perfumes, body mist or oils. I literally tried my entire spectrum of cheap to very expensive perfumes and everything in between, and I did not see a change. I’d be happy to take recommendations on how to make it work better for me, but I tried it all: post shower, pre shower, damp skin, dry skin, oily skin. But sadly, no change to the length of my fragrances. Beautiful packaging and I love the fem in stem! 😊
Was this helpful? - Cari S.Verified BuyerI recommend this productRated 4 out of 5 starsLongevity?
Followed directions with the primer and honestly didn't do much to help sustain the scent longer.
I noticed that putting the scented lotions on first then the fragrance made it last longer.
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