Life’s been busy but this year I bought myself birthday perfume. This used to be a tradition that I had for myself for a long time, and then it got lost somewhere along the way. At one point, I thought I had enough perfume so I couldn’t justify buying more.
I took out Cinabre to wear on my birthday and realized that I would miss it when my travel size was gone, so I got online and bought a nice big bottle and I’m sure it will last me the year. I already have amazing scent memories with it. I took it on vacation with me last summer and wore it after swimming in the lake. I went to bed wearing it, listening to the whirr of the ceiling fan, exhausted after a day in the sun.
Maria Candida Gentile is hand-made perfume. The bottles are gorgeous with embossed labels and beveled edges. They spray a nice diffused mist.
Cinabre opens with a spicy sweet crystallized ginger, morphing into a rose and settling with a natural incense. It’s very unusual and not a safe blind-buy, which makes owning and wearing it a bit of a coup.
A triumph, which is what a birthday should be.
Do you buy yourself birthday perfume? What did you get?
