Some perfumes smell clean, with a mixture of lemon and lavender, a typical combination of divine French Provence, says Mari Rodríguez Ichaso.
Editor's Note:
Mari Rodríguez Ichaso has been a contributor to Vanidades magazine for several decades.
She is a specialist in fashion, travel, gastronomy, art, architecture and entertainment, film producer and style columnist for CNN en Español.
The opinions expressed in this column are solely his own.
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(CNN Spanish) -
Whenever my life gets complicated - and I tell you about my experience and that of many friends - I change my perfume!
And leaving behind the most intense, sensual and mysterious, I feel a great attraction for colognes and perfumes that smell clean.
Soap and water!
To simplicity.
And if they have a citrus touch, then much better!
Uncomplicated perfumes, like the very life we long for.
And on a recent “recognition” trip to various New York perfumeries, I saw that the general trend seems to be the same 'object of my wishes', and there are even new perfumes from famous brands based on lemons, grapefruit, tangerines and oranges.
What a delight to find them!
Others also smell clean, with a mixture of lemon and lavender (a typical combination of divine French Provence!) And others mix a touch - very light, yes - of lilies of the valley and jasmine.
What exquisite purity!
They do not believe?
The employee I spoke to (at the Sephora near my home) confirmed that many clients asked for exactly that kind of perfume;
something light, smooth and with lemon or bergamot tones.
Something feminine, but simple.
And according to a Business Insider report, perfume sales are up an impressive 45% in the first quarter of 2021. How the use of masks kept lipstick from increasing sales, which always broke records in times of war or world trouble. , Now it's time for perfumes to have their big moment!
Very interesting to note that tendency to desire simple perfumes, like rays of light in the field, with the smell of freshly washed sheets, of happy and uncomplicated days.
And super-famous brands - known for their intense and sexy perfumes, such as Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Nina Ricci, Bvlgari, Dior, etc. - have launched very light and sparkling colognes and perfumes with the fragrance of oranges and lemons, such as the from Hermes, Joe Malone, CK from Calvin Klein, 4711, Dyptiqye, L'Occitane and the new (and very expensive) Meteor from Louis Vuitton, which supposedly smells of the beach, days of pure relaxation and the charm of the holidays!
Don't you just love smelling so many delicious things and running away from worries?
Well. To me, yes!
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