As restrictions continue to loosen it's easy to lose sight of how much our beauty habits changed during the first two years of the pandemic. Some let go of their reliance on make-up, others developed a renewed interest in skincare and a great many shook up their fragrance habits. The latter is evidenced in John Lewis's newly released list of the bestselling beauty products during 2021. One of the most popular fragrances on the list is none other than Aveda's Chakra 4 Balancing Body Mist, £30.
Not a classic eau de parfum, you'll note, or even a lighter toilette, this scent is a body mist made with essences of sandalwood, organic mandarin and palmarosa. The pure essential oils in the fragrance are all intended to balance the heart chakra - the centre of sympathy, empathy and love according to the Ayurvedic traditions that inspire Aveda. This scent is intended to do more than make us smell great, it's made to enhance our sense of wellbeing and the fact it flew off the shelves during the pandemic is testament to a widespread focus on self-care.
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1 of 1Aveda Chakra 4 Balancing Mist, £30
That's not to say that the masses ditched their favourite fragrances totally in favour of aromatherapy during lockdown. Rather, that it's likely that you realised how to wear a fragrance for yourself as opposed to anyone else. You might have found yourself spritzing on your everyday scent before you sat down to work from home, for example, even though you wouldn't see anyone in person that day. Or maybe you made a grab for your go-to holiday scent when you needed a bit of a lift. It quickly became apparent that a perfume's real power doesn't lie exclusively in how it makes you smell, but in how it makes you feel too.
Consider this particular scent your calm-initiator. Aveda recommend that you mist it around during a yoga session or meditation, but really it's a pick-me-up in a bottle that stands to imbue any chosen moment of your day with a sense of tranquility.
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