Because of its limited distribution – you can only find the perfumes at Celine stores, or high-end department stores – Celine perfumes still seem to be under the radar, and not much known about. The good news is that they sell samples sets on their website, so you don’t have to go in blind. Although they get compared to Chanel because of the packaging and price, they are very much their own, aside from having some twists on classics.
Nightclubbing might be polarizing but it’s still my favourite from the brand – cigarette ash, powder, vanillic warmth. It’s bitter but not unhappy. It’s that older woman you work with who has seen it all and knows it all, but she still greets people with a smile and isn’t afraid to laugh and learn. It’s that food that’s an acquired taste, and you like it because someone cool introduced you to it ages ago. It’s appreciating the past but also living in the present.
Can you pull it off?
