While we as humans have a tendancy to emphasise our sight over all other senses, we forget our sense of smell is strong enough to evoke its own form of déjà vu, namely, feel-good sensations of love, joy and happiness of years gone by. Our brain’s olfactory system sees a pathway linked to other parts of the brain which are closely associated with emotion and memory.
And so begins the search for that signature scent to reissue feelings of vitality, happiness and wellbeing, daily. With shelves crammed with endless rows of new florals, orientals and woody perfumery, the thought of actually stopping to smell the roses may turn you right out the door.
The Solution: They’re non perfume wearer’s perfume; wellbeing fragrances are the ideal choice for the woman who finds her self surrounded by a sea of scents that don’t speak to satisfy her needs.
First launched in 1987, the iconic chypre fragrance, Clarins Eau Dynamisante spray (still) will enhance feelings of vitality and freshness with added skincare benefits. Lightly scented with ingredients such as patchouli, ginseng and rosemary, lemon and cardamom, it’s ideal for long car drives, plane trips and weekend getaways.
RRP: $65 available at leading department stores, select salons and pharmacies nationally
Spray away your daily stress with the La Prairie Cellular Energizing Body Spray. The spray features a veil of light moisturisation teamed with aromatherapeutic fragrance oils of ruby red grapefruit, cardamom and verbena to uplift the senses and renew the body – in more ways than one.
Belinda Besant, La Priarie head trainer says, “Body treatment fragrances do more than smell great, they have a dual purpose, as one part skincare and one part fragrance. Cellular Energizing Body Treatment Fragrance features aroma-therapeutic fragrance oils. Ruby Red Grapefruit (Detoxifying), Cardamom (made its way into Ayurvedic medicine as a treatment for depression) and Verbena (stimulating). Begin your uplifting experience for the body and the mind, as an invisible veil of light moisture mists your skin and sprays away stress.”
RRP: $155 selected David Jones and beauty salons nationally
A new fragrance launch may read like déjà vu but the just-launched range by Valeur Absolue offer fragrances with an incomparable difference. The fragrances harness the formula Areaumat PerpetuaTM, to stimulate the release of beta-endorphins.
Rescu. Recommends: Harmonie features essential oils of relaxing bergamot and orange flower with potassium and manganese for energy. Harmonie soothes with perfume with floral, musky and amber notes, calms with néroli bigarade and Earl Grey tea blends harmoniously with the full vanilla finish.
Fragrance developer Marie-Aude Bluche said Harmonie is, “like wrapping a cashmere shawl around you. It acts just like a cocoon. And with the addition of Earl Grey tea, it’s evocative of the calming ritual of taking tea.”
And for the visually stimulated, the semi- precious amethyst stones in the bottle provide the relaxing visuals of a snow globe.
RRP: $105-$145 available exclusively at selected Myer stores
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