Rising up, I used to be all about fruity, recent scents. In highschool, my go-to perfume was Ralph Lauren’s Ralph (the blue bottle) with notes of inexperienced apple, tangerine, and pink magnolia, described as “enjoyable, colourful, and joyful” on the web site. In faculty, I used to be drawn to Dolce & Gabbana’s Gentle Blue, primarily as a result of I studied in Italy and it jogged my memory of the cobblestone streets in Florence. It has comparable prime notes as Ralph: granny smith apples and Sicilian lemon, with a base of cedarwood.
After I received pregnant in 2018, my sense of scent was heightened and intensified, and I couldn’t stand the scent of most meals or perfumes. I rapidly ditched any scents I had been carrying to that time. After I gave beginning in 2019, I didn’t need perfume irritating my daughter’s delicate, delicate pores and skin, so I skipped it. As my child turned one in March 2020, we went into lockdown. I used to be house with nobody to see and nowhere to go, and my shelf of scents I’d amassed as a magnificence editor began accumulating mud.
I’ve all the time been a Swiftie — I first met Taylor Swift once I was a teen journal reporter in 2009—and just lately, I learn that she is finest identified for carrying two perfumes. The primary is Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf. I’ve tried this fragrance earlier than, and I believe it fits me: it’s a fantastic daytime perfume, a really fairly floral with notes of peony, Centifolia rose, and freesia.
“Female, floral, and flirtatious,” says Sue Phillips, a New York-based perfume knowledgeable who has created scents for Tiffany and Burberry, amongst many others, and is the writer of The Energy of Fragrance. “Flowers are the quintessential image of femininity,” provides Phillips. “This beautiful, complicated floral mix embodies ardour and real love, a mix of florals reflecting ALL the aspects of YOU—mild, easy, caring, easy-going, sublimely sensual, and unique.” Ooh la la.
This perfume makes scents…sorry, sense…for me (I needed to). I’m “girly” in all methods. I really like pink, sequins, and bows, so this was a beautiful re-discovery for me.
What I didn’t count on was to fall in love with Taylor’s different reported favourite perfume: Tom Ford’s Santal Blush.
Santal Blush is heat, woodsy, and earthy. Described as “unique spices enhanced with luxe ylang ylang, heat cinnamon, and luxurious woods…earthy and woody”—this didn’t sound like something I had worn earlier than and never one thing I might be instantly drawn to.
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