Chriselle Lim on the Healing Power of Fragrance
glamour.comGlamour. “I was so unhappy that I would spray something, and I would literally imagine myself in the future and how I want to be."Lim didn't know it at the time, but this renewed love affair with fragrance would influence a project after she was approached by her business partner Ben Bennett to help relaunch clean fragrance brand . “I was like, ‘This is just perfect because I am obsessed with fragrance,’" she says. “I got separated from my partner, and it was a transitional project for me." Phlur's first fragrance launch, Missing Person, is directly inspired by Lim's experience after her separation.
The name taps into the idea of missing and longing for somebody. “The weirdest and hardest thing for me after my separation was waking up to an empty bed after being in a relationship for 15 years and having that void,” she says. “I would spray this, and it would almost bring this warmth to my body and my skin." The base notes of sandalwood Australia oil, blonde wood, and white musk evoke cozy skin-to-skin contact, while the top and heart notes of neroli blossom, orange flower, and sheer jasmine keep it fresh and clean. “We say that if nude was a scent, it would be Missing Person,” she says. “The perfumer that we collaborated with calls it warm skin coming out of a bath.
It's like second skin; the longer you wear it, you don't even notice that it's there.”Fragrance is personal, and Lim knows this better than anyone. “Fragrance is like an extension of style, depending on like how you feel," she says. "If you want to feel sexy, you'll put on [one scent].
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