Today we’re helping Kate. Kate is just turning 40 and her daughter is just turning 1; she wants to mark the occasion with a new perfume that will help her ‘reclaim her sense of self’. She’s happy to consider all sorts of fragrances (day, evening, summer, winter, women’s, men’s), and she’s also happy to consider decants, so she doesn’t have a specific budget in mind. Here is what we know about Kate:

She’s a part-time PhD student living in London.

She says she is quiet and fairly introverted, and tends to prefer solitary activities, but she can be quite outgoing in the company of friends.

She has an ironic (and probably fairly British) sense of humor, and she’s a perfectionist.

Kate loves art galleries, reading, ballet, single malt whisky, antiques, and things of quality.

Her style is classic, but unafraid to experiment – if she had the money, she’d wear Alexander McQueen.

Kate likes leathers, mossy scents, earth, freshly cut wood, white florals, vetiver, the smell of old books, freshly extinguished candles, and real ink…

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