Morsel Monday: An Elegant Nose Knows

For some reason my Morsel Mondays seem to center around the more expensive accoutrements I happen to run across, (I know you are not amazed) should you ever tire of them you need only to let me know.
But for now, I am on a roll..so please, no one stop me!

"Great loves too must be endured." CoCo Chanel

I have many loves in my life and great passions too of course, and I have shared a few of them with you: touring majestic mansions, classic fashion, the actor Robert Taylor (a girl can still dream, no?), Dirty Martini's and Bugatti's-not necessarily in this order mind you.
But I forgot to disclose one more key passion I indulge in on a daily basis, a simple one, as most women often do: donning one's pulse points with an elegant fragrance.
My mother taught my female siblings and me the importance of a woman dressing well and above all having a lovely feminine fragrance against the skin as a lady should.
My mother's signature scent was Estee Lauder (I loved it when it was in the wearing off stage) when I was child and she dabbled with a few rare ones as well.
My mother was quite the classic and always left an enticing, wafting feminine scent each time she moved, this my family and I remember well.

"A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting." Christian Dior

All real women of refinement have a Chanel No.5 bottle somewhere positioned on or near their vanities and it is a lovely scent in and of itself.
But now is the time to reach for the pinnacle, the brass ring, deliver the coup de gras..and acquire the most expensive perfume in the world, Clive Christian's Imperial Majesty or No. 1 as it is often called.
The British born designer of interior goods and perfume (and the most discriminating taste) created the limited edition scent at a cost of $215,000 per bottle.
The 16.9 ounces of perfume appear in a Baccarat crystal bottle complete with a 5-carat diamond in the 18-carat gold neck of the vessel.
And as if that is not enough, you must know it takes 200 extremely rare ingredients to make ONE DROP of No. 1, how is that for exclusivity?
A great deal of women prefer not to smell their fragrance greeting them as they walk down the avenue, most of us prefer a niche fragrance that is hard for anyone to discern, No. 1 delivers and then some.
It was reported this was the fragrance gracing Katie Holmes's skin during her high profile wedding to fellow actor Tom Cruise, as well as being present at Sir Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball, so you would certainly be in good company.
For years I have been asked what fragrance I wear and often times I hesitate because I enjoy the mystery behind them not knowing, but I shall divulge (for the sake of the article) that I am a Bulgari woman-I know, you just knew I was going to say Clive Christian, not yet, I will have to think about Clive's fragrance for a bit, I am sure you will ponder the same. He is a tad pricey.
As for his No. 1 fragrance in the Baccarat crystal bottle, unfortunately he only released five for sale during 2008, the rest are in his archives.
You can try and become a close friend to Clive or purchase the fragrance (<-don't forget your Centurion card) for around $865.00 for a less than concentrated spray, just not in the exclusive Baccarat bottle..unfortunately.
So gentlemen, a refined woman's nose knows an exclusive scent from an over the counter one any day of the week, month of the year.
So for the sake of those behind her on the train, the subway, or in the elevator next to her, I admonish you to think twice before reaching for that lovely bottle of musk oil or flowery substance that happens to be on sale..remember her nose knows the difference!