The Scent of Growing Up, and of Pride in Full Bloom

The scent of growing up: of wounds that have healed over, and of pride in full bloom.

People love to praise girls who shine like the morning sun and have never been hurt, but forget the quiet, magnetic beauty of a woman who has just come through heartbreak. That is Kiều, the deepest piece of Thơmore, named after the heroine of Nguyễn Du’s “The Tale of Kiều”.

A scent for quiet confidence

Kiều is not a scent for a pounding nightclub or for noisy flirting. It is the scent of cool autumn afternoons when she sits reading quietly in the corner of her favourite café, the fragrance lingering on the collar of her trench coat as she walks confidently through the city.

What notes are in Kiều?

Inside that glass bottle is a novel written in scent, for the muses who walked through the storm on their own:

🌸 Peony: at first touch, Kiều is not naive or guarded. She opens with the elegance, maturity and radiance of a woman who, after life’s ups and downs, knows exactly what she is worth.

🌹 Rose: soft and full of compassion. She still loves and still forgives, but hidden within is a cool, proud “thorn” to protect herself. She is gentle, but never again a blank page for anyone to draw on as they please.

☁️ White musk: the scent of healing. Elegant and soft as it melts into the skin, like kindness, stillness and a calm so deep it aches, after living through every twist of fate.

🪵 Woods: warm, deep and steady. The base note stays on the skin for a long time, like a declaration of independence. She no longer waits for someone to bring an umbrella on a rainy day. She has bought herself a beautiful umbrella of her own.

This 20 October, Vietnamese Women’s Day, if you are looking for a gift to honour a woman who has picked herself up after hard times, or simply want to treat your own proud self with a smile, please choose Kiều.

Because every effort to mend your own soul deserves to be wrapped in the most beautiful scent there is.

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