When Andy and I got married in 2010, I also married a scent to the happy day, and ever since then the whiff of Creed’s ‘Green Irish Tweed’ brings me back to that moment. The small bottle of that exquisite fragrance was a birthday gift from Andy a few years into our relationship, and I saved it for our wedding day because I wanted it to form that sensory memory. Since then, I usually only wear it for our anniversaries and other special spring occasions.
This year marks our 15th wedding anniversary, and we are reconvening in Boston with the original cast (at least those of us still alive), and to that celebratory end I’m hoping there will be a new scent to christen and mark the occasion for years to come: Louis Vuitton’s ‘Imagination’.
It’s admittedly a splurge (though still not quite the most expensive fragrance I’ve ever owned – a dishonor that belongs to the gold-bottle original release of Tom Ford’s ‘Soleil Brulant’, and still worth every penny) but not close to other price-points I’ve seen of late. It also comes with optional complimentary personalized engraving (just my initials, ABI, will suffice, as illustrated in their simulated version above) which may be ordered on their website here. The 100 ml bottle would be the perfect size, and I’m not even asking for the travel case that is also available (and utterly ridiculous). This is called restraint.
‘Imagination’ is high on the Holy Grail list of fragrances that many connoisseurs consider worth knowing, and having sampled it a few months ago I would agree that it is exquisitely divine. It would also make for a perfect new memory, which is the point of any lovely perfume.
