SYB Babes, meet Jasmine and Camelia

Ladies,
Hi!! Finally, a MOMENT! Sigh. Not to bore you, but I'm totally obsessed with my new Mommyhood, despite the fact that my shiny, lustrous, pre-natal hair is shedding all over my apartment (knew it couldn't last). Alas, as codependent on Lady Lina as I am, I did manage to get out a couple times during the holiday season...most memorably at my sister Devon/Brownie's 30th birthday jammy-jam! There she is, getting her "Dirty Thirty" on in a dazzlingly retro, Klymaxx-chic black leather jacket. So sexy, right? Even sexier, though, was her fragrance. Me, Baby Sis Lauren, and a slew of Brownie's Chapel Hill BFFs all got ready at her apartment. I was getting cozy with a bottle of Proseco (woo-hoo, mama got a babysitter!) when I caught a whiff of whatever heaven-sent scent Brownie was spritzing on. A glamorous blend of jasmine and camellia, this perfume was slinkiness, personified (I had visions of Josephine Baker spraying it on her bananas before performing the Danse Sauvage). Said scent turned out to be Un Fleur de Chanel Perfume for Women by Chanel ($150)--a fragrance I gifted Brownie three Christmases ago! Crushed, I remembered that it was limited edition, and therefore no longer sold anywhere.


Of course, I managed to briefly pick up the pieces for an impromptu Sisters Williams photo shoot, where Brownie and I were upstaged by Lauren's breasts.






Anyway, since buying Un Fleur de Chanel was out of the question, I became obsessed with the blend of jasmine and camellia. If it killed me, I was going to find a similar fragrance with these heady top notes. I scanned Sephora and Bendels Beauty Bar, but nada. I grilled my girls in the beauty biz for recommendations, but I came up short. And then I happened upon an Aubrey Organics shelf at a natural food store in my 'hood (for the uninitiated, Aubrey Organics is a crunchy-in-the-best-way, all-natural beauty line). The beauty goddesses were definitely hearing me, because there before me was a bottle of Aubrey Organics White Camelia and Jasmine Shine Conditioner Spray ($7.68)!

WHAT?! YES! Listen, this leave-in moisturizing spray smells almost as good as that Chanel fanciness...and it happens to be the world's best detangler and de-frizzer. My new obsession, totally. I bring it to my Dominican salon and make my stylist DROWN my hair in it. I think it's even better than perfume because, honestly, there's something so earthy-sexy about great-smelling hair. It kind of wafts around you in this mysterious, not-as-obvious-as-perfume way. Like you just naturally smell like jasmine and camelias.

At least, that's what I'm telling people.
xoxo,
Tia

PS...Ladies, I got Lina's adorable Lucy doll at Pottery Barn Kids!