Hello Steem people 😀!!!
Tonight 24:00 Greenwich time, I will bring down the curtains to this Perfume Challenge / Contest I created, here in the Steemit community, with one more post dedicated to a perfume that is ALL ABOUT Royalties and Royal Weddings!!!
And since one more Royal Wedding is in sight, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, I believe it's the right time for it!!!!
So are you ready? Follow me!! 😉
It was back in 29th of April 2011, when William, Prince of England got married with his beloved Kate Middleton in an extravagant ceremony at Westminster Abbey, London, UK!!!
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The whole world turned and stared at the new bride that was soon after to become the Queen Consort of United Kingdom!!!
Of course, I STILL CANNOT forget the STUNNING Blue Vintage Aston Martin, in which they left hapily ever after the ceremony!!!
From the Make up she had on that day, to the wedding dress and yes you guessed it right; to the perfume she wore and William smelled on his lovely wife!!
The perfume was White Gardenia Petals and it was created by a London based perfume brand called Illuminum!
A perfume that INSTANTLY became sold out!!! We are talking worldwide and the company was head over heels with the amazing publicity the whole thing took! Of course they would right? !!!
In the picture bellow is my bottle, I only got it last summer! The truth is that the only reason I ordered it, was because the company fell out; and not so much out of curiosity for the juice itself!!
An insider of the brand back then and a good friend of mine now, confided in me that VERY bad management helped in that!!!
Expensive office and shop at Mayfair and many many more crazy things that happened............led to the bankruptcy of the company!!
So the company was sold, the packaging changed- you can see it below- and things do not look so bright anymore and if you ask me....chances are in the future to get this perfume anywhere!
So a few things about the perfume!Main ingredients are: Coconut, Jasmine, Lily o the Valley, Ylang- Ylang, and Amber Wood!
Hence, it is considered a white floral but to me is like a bucket of white flowers mixed with some washing detergents...sorry Kate 😊 !!!
I mean, don't get me wrong, it's not a bad perfume, it has a good longevity; it lasts a good few hours on the skin and it becomes softer as the time goes by and finally gets to a powdery finish which is my favourite part. The sillage is mediocre, which is a good thing after all!
Imagine walking into a place and make the whole room turn and think that the cleaning team has arrived LOL 😂😂😂!!!!
Seriously, I think Kate, probably wore something else that day and that was just an excellent PR for a company that has vanished from the face of the earth now!!!!
Usually, if I wear it, I will wear it as a deodorant, it is AMAZING as a body spray-deodorant! But then again, it is the most expensive deodorant I own at $150 USD! I mean it's shameful even to mention it!!
Back then, when all the female population of the planet wanted to buy it; I hadn't even smelled it! That summer of 2011 it happened that I was for work combined with holiday, in Santa Lucia, a magical island of the Caribbean! William and Kate had just left the island! Santa Lucia was one of their honeymoon destinations and they stayed in this wonderful place you see below!
https://vimeo.com/151542312
So that perfume now, because of that reason, always reminds me of Santa Lucia and a tune I used to listen to, back then everywhere I was going to, in that mesmerizing island!! One of my favs Paul Hardcastle and Desire 💗 💗 💗
Well I hope you enjoyed my time travel today as much as I did! Here I have to say A BIG THANK YOU to all the perticipats in my Challenge / Contest!!!!! You were ALL AMAZING!!!!
I would really love to give prizes to each and everyone of you because you are ALL WORTHY IT!! 😀💙😀💙; But do not worry contests like this one, will keep coming up in the future!!!
Until next time,stay tuned, keep smiling and keep shining my beautiful people 💗 💗 💗 💗 💗 💗 💗 💗
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