Anyone who follows me on Facebook, knows of my love of Old Hollywood photos, movies and glamour. Which is why I am looking forward to Sunset Boulevard, the first perfume released by Jessica Hannah, who is an Art and Olfaction Award winner (Skive) 2015. Sunset Blvd is a natural perfume inspired by Billy Wilder’s 1950 film classic about a has-been silent picture diva who schemes to return to the big screen. The perfume is a dramatic oriental with notes of rose, yuzu, cinnamon, patchouli, and tonka bean. Jessica is drawn to classic films and was fascinated with the idea of how Norma’s dressing room might smell.
“I studied film in college and I am particularly intrigued by the classics. Sunset Blvd’s main character, Norma Desmond, possesses the most luxurious things, but sadly they are fading away,” Hannah says. “My intention for this perfume is to capture a brightness in the spicy citrus top that mellows to a floral powdery finish. As if you were in the dressing room of the great Norma Desmond, with all her drama, pride, and sadness. She is like a gorgeous wilting flower.”
I am getting ready for my closeup…
.125 oz /$40 and 1 ounce /$120
–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief