Esxence was the perfect reset. It made me leave my house and be immersed in the perfume world that I love for a few days. Since I’ve been back, I’ve barely worn any perfume to start my day because I’ve wanted to keep my nose clear to smell all my samples. But today is Sunday and the sunshine is asking for me to take out something for warmer weather. Boy is my summer Les Exclusifs, an easy-to-wear blend of lavender, powder, and musks, class in a bottle, easy-to-love like all the Chanel.
This makes me think of wet skin even though my brain knows it’s lavender and then a simple vanilla amber accord that I can smell in Coromandel and maybe in other Chanel perfumes too. There’s a thread, or even more than one that holds all of the Les Exclusifs together and it’s possible to smell it if you’ve worn these perfumes a lot.
Regardless of what the ingredients or the actual notes are, when I wear Boy, my gut, or maybe my heart, sees wet velvety skin, soft and warm.
