You see at the time my mother was getting ready to open her
perfume store and I thought I would help out by finding the best smelling
fragrances there was. Despite the fact
that I was only sixteen, Secret Wish made the inventory list and this was the
start of my perfume obsession.
I am quite passionate about perfume as it is so
personal. To each person their favourite
fragrances are influenced by memory, by climate and environment, body chemistry
and personal tastes. I believe in the power
of a good signature scent. The signature scent is the one where you enter the
room, leaving a lingering luscious smell behind. The signature scent is when the wind passes through
and you catch a whiff of someone’s special fragrance and wondered what it was
and who it came from. It’s the kind of
power that has people following you around the shopping centre. This scent becomes ‘your smell’ and the great
thing about perfume is that it can smell wonderful on one person and completely
different on someone else so it does remain ‘your smell’ as perfume alters to
your body chemistry.
About two months ago I embarked on an overseas trip with a friend I barely knew (it had been about six years since I had seen her as well) for a trip of a lifetime around Western Europe. As a budding actress and a beauty/fashion blogger, this friend, Emma lives her life to the absolute fullest. To be honest I was envious! Envious, that she was doing exactly as her heart desired. I don’t think I was envious of being an acting student, though who hasn’t wanted to be in a movie? I think there was a stage where I wanted to play Alice Cullen in the Twilight saga (my sister agrees she says I’m the right shade of white). I was definitely intrigued with the blogging though.
As a child I would write short stories, poems and news
articles (one was even published in the school newsletter, what a proud eleven
year old I was!) and so the nature of blogging definitely appealed to me.
So after my crazy world wind adventure overseas I promised
myself to live out my most heartfelt desires, my secret wishes. That, coupled
with my perfume obsession is what this blog is about.
A Secret Wish, A Secret Sniff…
(Also check out Emma's blog La Vie, Style et Beaute`)
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