I think the way we think of perfume has a lot to do with our childhood.

For me, my mum never wore perfume so I discovered perfume on my own. I was reading beauty interviews with supermodels and they always talked about their love of perfume, so I sort of adopted that mentality, too. And I collected a few bottles when I was in high school.

Throughout my whole life, I’ve definitely been affected by perfume, especially when other people wore it. I once almost fell in love with a boy who wore Acqua Di Gio.

I almost also fell in love with a French girl at Rottnest Island when I was 17, because she had the most amazing bottle of perfume, Eau De Rochas. I just envied her confidence and allure. It was like all her magical powers lied within that bottle of perfume, you know? And I didn’t have that.

Or my friend who wears Hermes Un Jardin en Méditerranée… Every time I see that bottle or smell it, it’s like paradise.

I’m 29 now and I’m still learning about perfume and the ways to wear it. It’s quite a complicated procedure, in fact, that I actually gave up on wearing perfume all together when I left for China back in 2008. I had just read an interview with the Chinese actress, Gong Li, who doesn’t wear perfume so I said so long to perfume as well.

But 3 years ago, a coworker of mine, Lisa, gave me a perfume as a present knowing that I don’t wear it, saying that perfume is something that is important for women. Slowly, but surely, I began to open myself up to perfume again.

I suppose it would of been nice to have a Mum who walked through a cloud of luxurious smelling alcohol before she headed out the door, but the truth is perfume isn’t as big in Japanese history and that’s OK. She did however randomly teach me when I was about 20 years-old to spray perfume in my inner thighs, because it’s sexually alluring. In a way, that one advice makes up for all my childhood years of having to self-teach myself about perfume.

My Mum does wear perfume now. At one point, we actually both wore Chanel Chance :D

Another tip is from my baby brother. He says perfume gets rid of appetite, so never spray perfume right before a meal, especially if you’re with someone else. And that means don’t burn scented candles during a meal either. But he think perfume is OK inside a bar cos it mixes alright with alcohol.

I want her eyes.

I LOVE kohl inside the eyes. It is the best makeup technique ever in history!!!!!!!!!


I can only do kohl when I wear fake lashes but that’s ok.


Bianca Balti ~

Lee Miller {photo by Man Ray}




Mitsouko ad {1967}

I want to go to the Amazon the way I want to go to space.

I would love to see the universe, its pitchblack ways and all. And I’d love to go to the Amazon, because there’s a lot of exciting wildlife.

BUT

I for one get very bad motion sickness and I can’t stand the idea of not being able to take a shower in space.

And likewise with the Amazon.

I love nature, but not like this.

But since I sometimes have very weak will power and can be persuaded, if someone offered me a trip to the Amazon, I will probably go. I will be crying inside because I can’t wash myself in my usual fashion, but I’d go.

The only place where I can stand to not take a shower is the ocean. I can go swimming there and count that as a shower. For up to a week maximum.

If you ever decide to go to the Amazon and you want to know how to clean yourself, here are the directions.

I definitely have a love/hate relationship with being tan.

The obvious pro is that I look much more toned with a tan and it usually means that I’ve been away on some holiday to a place that has a beach, which is always nice.

But on the other hand, being tan means that I will most certainly get age spots after the tan fades and probably a wrinkle or two.

So that’s my love/hate relationship with being tan.

I love being tan or fair, but at the end of the day, I like to be the color I am naturally, so that means no fake tanning or bleaching of the skin color.

I wouldn’t mind being BLAZING tanned for a change, though, like this right here..

When I saw this belt

my brain sort of like went into panic mode because that belt didn’t belong to me.

Today, I want to share with you my favourite blog, the blog where this picture comes from. It’s called INTOTHEGLOSS.COM

If you’re into beauty, especially peeking into the bathrooms and vanity tables of stylish career women in the fashion and entertainment industry, then you really need to check this shit out!!

Click here to visit the article about the belt! : )