Current obsession - collecting perfumes ; I love exploring how different notes evolve on the skin, how fragrances can shift with mood and style. I love the concept of perfume being an invisible signature, but most of all I love how they preserve moments and memories (at least for me). One inhale can bring back a specific time in life, be it good moments or bad memories. Im not one to keep photos or dwell on the past, but perfumes are different. Somehow, each bottle is a chapter of my life preserved forever.
2016 - Victoria secret's (love is heavenly) and (bombshell) my first ever perfumes - smells like a summer garden with mandarin blossom, blackberries, peonies and a whole bunch of flowers. I remember using bombshell only for evening outings. These scents reminds me of my earlier Sydney days. Weekends were carefree, weekly brunches in bondi beach after morning walks, moving in and living alone with no friend group yet. Navigating the loneliness that seems to exist only in the early days of uni, when everything is new, everyone is a stranger and the school just feels so big and unfamiliar. To be honest, I cant stand the smell now.
2017/18 - Marc Jacobs (Daisy Eu so Fresh) (Daisy), Dior ( Blooming Bouquet) (Miss dior cherie) - these few scents smells like the later years in sydney - cinemas with my sister, shopping at mecca, sleepovers at her apartment. It also reminds me of something special - the beginning of my relationship with my husb. Marc Jacobs were gifted by my sister as my birthday gifts and for two years it was my daily companion. From first dates to midnight malas and fancy anniversaries. I remember thinking life was so good! I came across Dior perfume at Myers and bought it on a whim just because it reminds me of the miss dior ad in paris directed by sofia copolla. I use it sooo sparingly.
2019/20 - Annick Goutal ( Le Jasmin Goutal), Versace (Bright Crystal) - Honestly, not a lot to talk about these perfumes. Not my favourites, and did not really remind me of anything. This was the year I did not really pay attention to my fragrance collecting. It was the year I was busy with starting a new job, being involved a new business and re-navigating life back at home. Being proactive in work and starting something new, being out of my comfort zone. I do remember really liking the Versace one at one point - with notes of yuzu, pomegranate and musk, it feels different from the ones I usually use. Honestly at the top of my head 2019 feels like a blur.. just a lot of adapting, growing, planting seeds and lots of challenges in work.
2021/23 - Hermes (Twilly), Giorgio Armani (Si) - Another year of random purchases, just because one is the 'it perfume' at the time, and the other was endorsed by Cate Blanchett. I also explored a lot of local brands but none really felt right.
2024/25 - Dior (Jadore) (Rose Kabuki) , Jo Malone ( Wild Bluebell) (Sage and Sea salt) (Peony and Blush Suede),
Replica (Flower Market) - The year I re-ignited my fragrance collection hobby and was more intentional in choosing perfumes. Intentional in everything (its a work in progress but im proud of where I am right now). Also the year I got engaged, became a wife and started gravitating towards clean and fresh fragrances - although I still cant get away from floral notes. In a few years I will look back and know exactly what these scents represent.
I still dont have a signature perfume, and that is exciting for me - it only means I still have a lot to explore.
Or maybe I will continue this tradition, one perfume for each milestone ❤️
