Perfumes have this magical power to make us instantly travel, to cheer us up and comfort us. We were curious what your perfume experience was during lockdown period. Sylvaine Delacourte wrote the following message that we sent to all of our customers:
“Hello,
During lockdown, I brought out my perfume vials planned for the next Collection to evaluate and smell them with a new nose. It truly enchanted and stimulated me.
Certainly, perfumes are not a necessity and are not considered essential, but to me, spraying my favorite perfume feels like a ray of sunshine passing through the window. A good perfume reminds you that sweetness is essential to life and I realized that we are more than ever a community sharing delicate pleasures in life.
Sharing is a way to restore optimism and to look at the future differently. That is why I would love for you to share your olfactive lockdown experience with us. We want to know your feelings and impressions on how perfumes and smells may have affected this period in a positive way. Maybe you wore a Sylvaine Delacourte perfume and it gave you a smile.
Personally, I have been wearing cosy and soft fragrances, especially Florentina and Dovana. They healed and soothed me, these perfumes were very comforting during the difficult time.
You can reply to this email with a few sentences on how perfumes and smells helped you stay positive. We would love to hear from you and share your answers with the rest of the Sylvaine Delacourte community!
Love,
Sylvaine Delacourte”
We were very pleased to see so many of you sent us your olfactory testimonials. We enjoyed reading all your stories and we are happy to to share your messages with all you the Sylvaine Delacourte Community.
Here are the stories on how perfumes affected your lockdown experience!
Fragrances made you travel and brought you positive memories
Missha
Self care is very important for the soul. I might not be able to wear a lot of makeup during these times, due to the mask I am wearing to shop for my family. But after a stressful day, taking a shower and experiencing the magic of memories triggered by a scent is just a blessing. Being able to trigger a moment in time, the comfort of my grandmother’s company. My mother’s hugs. My time as a student. Maybe a party. A trip to Ireland. Places and people I can’t visit in person, but surely can within my heart, all because scents have that kind of power. And that, is what gives me comfort during these hard times.
I have a strange perception of time, in which everything seems to have happened yesterday. It gives me the ability to remember things with detail. However, when the memory is supported by a scent, it makes it quite vivid and wonderfully re-experienced. Almost like literally traveling through time. So even if the memory was truly yesterday, or over a decade or two ago, it is truly a powerful gift. Thank you for your art.
Anonymous
Adding a spray or two of perfume each day has always been apart of my daily routine—it brings me a sense of confidence and makes me feel ready to tackle the day. During this difficult time, I have been wearing fragrances that remind me of a happy time in my life when I wore the scent. It instantly brings back a flood of positive memories and brings me comfort during such a stressful time. I cannot wait to try Sylvaine Delacourte fragrances! Fragrances uplifts my mood and puts me in a different mental space. Fragrances are very emotional for me because I allow the story that they tell take me on a trip.
Olga
During the lockdown perfumes were the only new impressions I could afford. Usually I travel a lot, I love sea, but this year it has gone totally wrong. Luckily a beautiful fragrance is able to create a travelling inside my head. I always seek for perfumes that speak to me, that may create a “movie” in my imagination. So when I received Vanilla collection I felt so happy and so alive. Each scent made me see its own story. I can hardly say which one is the best for me, but Valkyrie has become my signature scent for sure. I don’t smell any citrus there – only smoke and ashes of a battle and smooth softness of gentle feathers. If Valkyries existed in reality they would smell like this – 100%
Caryn
Normally I wear Dovana every day. I love it, the scent is so soft on me. However, since quarantine, I have put it away, because life doesn’t feel « normal » anymore. (Although I will probably put in on for my wedding anniversary, as it is my husband’s favorite.) As being secluded becomes more normalized, I might bring it out again. Instead, I have been switching between wearing pure lavender oil, for its relaxing properties, and an osmanthus body lotion, which I bought as a souvenir on vacation, and reminds me of being able to travel.
Joanne
Yes, I did enjoy spraying my Florentina on my shawl, it was comforting. While watching my Brilliant Friend on HBO, I sprayed Lilylang and it reminded me of summer, when they were on the island of Ischia in Italy. I also start using Olyssia which is summer in New York.
My son thought they all smelled beautiful! Looking forward to your new scents, I wish someone could make a scent of spring that smells like viburnum and lilac trees and bushes. Thank you
Debra
I’m wearing Osiris today