Maria Carolina Josephine Pakanins e Nino - this is how the full original name of the famous designer and perfumer Carolina Herrera sounds. Born in Venezuela in 1939, this woman did not suspect that after some time she would become a trendsetter and manufacturer of popular cosmetics and enchanting fragrances.
From childhood, the girl was involved in the world of beautiful and elegant things. For the first time, Carolina Herrera saw a fantastic haute couture show at the age of 13. It was then that her grandmother took her to the homeland of all world fashion - to Paris. This city helped the future designer to plunge into the atmosphere of bright and sparkling outfits and an enchanting melody created by models and creators. Acquaintance with the world of fashion began with an amazing show of the famous couturier Cristobal Balenciaga. As Carolina Herrera herself later noted, it was from childhood that she was used to surround herself with stylish and beautiful things.
At the age of 41, she released her first collection of clothes, which won a huge amount of sympathy among critics and lovers of beautiful clothes. According to the designer, both in clothes and in aromas it is necessary to maintain harmony with reality, but a little imagination should be added. It is with this motto that a woman lives her whole life.
After the first show of her clothing line, Carolina Herrera moves to New York, where she opens a design studio and company, which still bears her name. In 1987, the first collection of wedding dresses was released. Following the triumphal procession of white alent dresses for brides, perfumery counters also received a novelty from the designer.
Seven years after Carolina moved to New York, the first perfumes of Carolina Herrera were also released. This fragrance attracted connoisseurs with its classic notes: drops of jasmine gently combine with the essence of tuberose. Three years later, a male analogue was released.
1997 was a significant year for the entire perfumery world - it was precisely this year that the whole society, with full breasts, enthusiastically inhaled the new line of fragrances from Carolina Herrera - “212”. The name of perfume is by no means accidental. These numbers are Manhattan's phone code. They became the symbol of New York, as well as the aroma born by a talented perfumer. Vibrant storefronts, chic restaurants and five-star hotels, women in furs and tuxedo-clad men in the back seats of snow-white limousines - these are the associations that arise when you breathe in the 212 fragrance.
Carolina also opened her first store in New York - on Madison Avenue. This event took place in 2000. Following him, a year later, the showroom opened in Europe, in Madrid. Of course, her classic style in fashion and perfume was appreciated by numerous stars and even persons of the monarchical throne. The royal couple of Spain awarded Carolina the Golden Order, whose name sounds like "For Merit in the Fine Arts." Until then, such an award was given only twice - in architecture and ballet.
For all its perfumery activity Carolina Herrera has released more than 30 fragrances. Recognizing that fashion is a capricious and very changeable lady, a woman tries to bring new notes to her line of aromas. A huge number of experiments and experiments allow you to get truly amazing results. So, a stunning masculine fragrance is Carolina Herrera Chic for Men. This fresh and bright perfume is filled with a harmonious combination of a huge number of ingredients: drops of melon and lemon juice, cardamom and black pepper, suede and woody notes - this is not the whole list of components of this amazing smell.