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A massive fragrance hoarder

Posted by Robin on 10 August 2021 6 Comments

My mom was a massive fragrance hoarder. She would buy so many fragrances, to keep herself, but also to gift to people, because when we would go back to the Ivory Coast to see family, we’d have to come bearing gifts. The ones I remember the most are the mini coffrets she would buy — little sets of vintage fragrance — and they were always either Lancôme, like O de Lancôme and Trésor, or Cacharel ones like Eden and Lou Lou. I would basically sneak into her cupboard, find the plastic bag where she kept them all, and smell all the little fragrances.

— Maeva Heim of Bread Beauty Supply on her first scent memory. Read more in The Hair Care Founder Who Bottled the Smell of Cereal Milk at The Cut.

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  1. Oakland Fresca says:
    10 August 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Loved this article. Her answers sound like a real person with real passions; not a pr person. She seems lovely.

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    • Robin says:
      10 August 2021 at 9:58 pm

      Yes, she really does!

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  2. caffeinequeen says:
    10 August 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Shampoo that smells like cereal milk?!? I think I need to track this down!

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    • Robin says:
      10 August 2021 at 9:57 pm

      I was excited about that until I saw it was fruit loops milk…I never liked fruit loops.

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  3. sistine says:
    10 August 2021 at 7:30 pm

    I use the Bread hair oil, and it does indeed smell like gummy bears!

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    • Robin says:
      10 August 2021 at 9:58 pm

      Oh fun!

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