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But above all, isnβt that what we need?
To freeze the moment we love so dearly, to keep them closest from the heart?
And what it is, if not greed,
To wish for a pause, in which nothing will ever be apart?
β LUCEDALE.CO, 2009
LUCEDALE FOR CHANEL NΒ°5
In 2021, Chanel nΒ°5 will be celebrating her 100th birthday. We can only hope to be so lucky βbut what made her so special?
Coco Chanel. Born as a Leo, the fifth star sign. Back in time, when perfume was made only with a single ingredient (mostly a flower), Mademoiselle Coco wanted to create a different one to describe the new, modern, sophisticated woman she visioned throughout her creation. Something more than βsmelling like a flowerβ. Fate connected her to Ernest Beaux, live close by in Grasse, who presented 10 samples for her to try in bottle number 1-5 and 20-24. As if destined already, she chose nΒ°5. With a revolutionary use of aldehyde and heart of May Rose, a special flower which only blooms once a year for a period of three weeks in May βmarking the birth of a modern, complex, multifaceted fragrance as we know today.
I almost named my daughter Rose when I learn that she expected to be born around the end of April. Primrose, to be exact βthat means the βfirstβ rose, one of the first flowers that bloom in spring. But she wanted to be born in May, and stayed inside my belly for another week until it was May the 3rd.
We ended up naming her Frances Dia, but she is then, as she has chosen herself, a true May Rose in our family; breathing, alive. And this beauty nΒ°5 will be the first bottle of perfume that Iβll pass down to her when sheβs grown.
Do you believe in lucky numbers, or do you have any of your own?
LUCEDALE FOR LA MER
THERE'S AN IMMEASURABLE BEAUTY ON THE VERGE OF KNOWING JUST ENOUGH. AND IN ACCORDANCE, THE GRATIFICATION WE GAIN FROM BEING FREE OF UNSUBSTANTIAL KNOWLEDGE COULD BE ESSENTIALLY LIBERATING. (IN ANOTHER WORDS: NOT BEING THE ONE WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME WILL NOT MAKE US LESS WORTHY.)
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Iβm usually pretty good when it comes to writing a letter. Itβs an old ritual for me: a piece of paper, a comfortable pen, maybe some coffees or songs by the speaker (if I want to spoil myself). And Iβve missed it a lot lately. I know - why donβt you just send letters then, Clara? Well I did, actually. Iβve written letters for my best friends, some love letters for my husband, introduction letters to some readersβ¦ birthday cards, congratulation cards, get-well-soon cardsβ¦ grieving cards. The last one is often too hard to send out, but it has become more necessary than before; you know, since the pandemic came into our lives. And maybe that is why (among other reasons) I couldnβt just easily feel confident with any new post in this blog since the beginning of 2021. Giving birth to a new blog post has always shared a similar quality (and satisfaction) as sending out a written letter in the mail. So naturally, I often assume about what kind of reaction the receiver of such βletterβ would be. Would the letter is polite enough and considered thoughtful? What if my writing is just me throwing out complaints and being an ungrateful brat for feeling negative despite having my obvious privileges around, right? What if people want me to write a good, reflective, positive, in-depth learning about a certain phenomenon or a certain, I donβt know, life lesson? Wisdom? Pieces of Advice?
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