Posted by Robin
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10 May 2010
Today we’re helping Ines, who is getting married in London at the end of May. She’d love to find a new perfume that would “make her day eternal” and that she could happily go on wearing after the wedding. She’s willing to pay premium if she can find the right scent — and the right scent should be subtle and elegant, but still make a statement. Here is what we know about Ines:
She’s in her late 20s, and her area of expertise is business development, marketing and sales.
She loves to write and she keeps several blogs. She’s also a big fitness fan, and she likes to try new things.
She recently moved from Madrid to London. She loves languages and speaks five at the moment.
She says she is a reasonable and considerate person, but also makes swift decisions, and isn’t always good at establishing interpersonal limits.
She loves meeting new people and is sociable most of the time, but she also likes to be on her own.
Ines’ first perfume was Anaïs Anaïs at age 6…
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Posted by Robin
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22 February 2010
Denise, who says she is an “amateur perfumista at best”, is getting married in early May:
It will be a late afternoon Catholic mass in a beautiful chapel, followed by a reception at an inn built in the 1700s. So, it will be traditional but not super formal, with whimsical touches.
She wants to find something that will make her feel classic and elegant. It should be substantial but not overwhelming, and although she has a number of perfumes in her current rotation, she wants something new and special for her wedding. She can pay up to $200, and she lives in New York City so has excellent access to perfume stores. Here is what we know about Denise:
She’s in her late 20s, and doesn’t like to go to bed on time…
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Posted by Robin
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25 January 2010
May (who comments here as perfumegeek) is getting married in April. It will be an intimate morning ceremony on the beach (you can see her wedding dress after the jump) in Florida. She’s thinking the temperature will probably be in the low 60s. She wants a perfect perfume — something she loves and will have as a keepsake — and is willing to pay up to $200 to get it.
Here is what we know about May:
She’s a chemist (the kind that plays with lasers, strong magnets and colorful compounds) in her 20s.
She’s a bookworm (she loves Jhumpa Lahiri and Neil Gaiman among others), a music lover (Chopin, Debussy, The Shins, Brandi Carlile), a museum freak (The Victoria and Albert in London, Georgia O’Keefe in Santa Fe), and an outdoorsy woodsy girl (hiking, snowshoeing, fishing)…
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Posted by Robin
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9 October 2009
Several people have requested a wedding perfume poll, so here it is. Say whatever you want about wedding perfumes: what you wore to your own wedding, what you wished you'd worn, what you'd wear if you ever had a wedding, the worst perfume you ever smelled at a wedding.
Note: image is Lavender Wedding Cupcakes [cropped] by clevercupcakes at flickr; some rights reserved.
Posted by Robin
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14 September 2009
The Monday Mail is back after a long summer vacation, and today we’re helping Denise. Denise has two great nieces (first cousins to each other) who will be flower girls in a wedding next March, and they need appropriate fragrances. It will be a large evening wedding with 350 guests, but Denise says it will be “more linen than silk”. The wedding will be held in the South — the weather could be hot, or it could be cool.
The young ladies are both 5 years old, and they’ll be wearing long dresses. They’ll have wreaths of flowers on their heads and will be carrying flower balls…
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