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On the Scent
Water color illustration by Marta Spendowska
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Coco Mademoiselle!
Classic.
Nope, never.
Never ever?
4711 eau de cologne (from Cologne, Germany)…like the women before me. 😉
The inheritance of scents. I like that!
Opium and only Opium.
What first drew you to it?
It’s the perfume that smells best on me (I have tried to branch out over the years, but nothing smells as good on me as Opium–the original–does. And I have received compliments on it.
I don’t wear it everyday, however.
I’m assuming your BF likes it.
Chanel Bois des Iles or Serge Lutens Chergui. I love unisex scents.
My mother was Chanel all the way.
I love fragrances. I have several that I rotate through, depending on whether I’m just going to work or a casual lunch date (Issey Miyake) or something more formal (Chanel No. 5 or CoCo). I am cautious to never wear too much b/c I believe that someone should not smell you walking into a room. But I can’t help but say that I love the romantic idea of someone cuddling into your neck and asking what you’re wearing. 😉
I’ve enjoyed Issey Miyake’s fragrance. I find it very sophisticated.
Nectarine Blossom by Jo Malone. People stop me on the street in NY to ask what it is.
I adore Jo Malone. Years ago, when it was still small company before it was sold, my friend bought me a set of the moisturizer and fragrance. Lime blossom. It was one of my favorite gifts.
Yes, I still like some of the old (pre-sale to Estee Lauder) scents the best — grapefruit, etc. They do come out with special, not overly-cloying Christmas candles each year, and I give them as gifts to some of my better female referral sources. Always a hit.
I also like their graphic design