Since I’ve been talking about the gifts I gave this holiday season, perhaps I should mention the French Quarter’s own 160-year-old perfume company, Bourbon French Parfums. Just about every year my mom’s only request around holiday time is that I help her restock her supply of her favorite specially blended perfumes.
Her favorite scents? Voodoo Love and Anastasia. The latter, a soft sweet scent with hints of vanilla and musk, always brings back childhood memories and makes me feel safe…it’s the one smell I most associate with my mom.
If you’re ever in the French Quarter and feel the urge to find a new signature scent for yourself, make sure you stop by 805 Royal Street. In just an hour or so, the custom blend specialists there can whip you up your own unique custom fragrance, based on a body chemistry analysis, personality profile, and assessment of your likes and dislikes when it comes to the basic scents.
Fragrances here are available in just about any form you can imagine. There’s the standard parfums, colognes, and eau de toilette of course, as well as baby powder, after shave, bath gel, body lotion, bath salts and more. There are plenty of combination scent gift baskets to choose from as well.
