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Vivienne Westwood is by far one of my most favourite style icons. Not just for her avant garde yet wearable designs but also due to her sheer longevity and tenacity. That woman rocks an outfit, knows it and doesn't need you or me to tell her. Her foray into fragrance over a decade ago saw a collection that both visually and olfactively mirrored the aesthetics of her collections.
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The Fragrance</strong>: Launched in 2007, Let it Rock is an apologetically Oriental fragrance with notes of top notes of bergamot and freesia, jasmine, amber and patchouli.  The Amber and Patchouli give this fragrance a definite warmth and sweetness that is very grown up and a little bit spicy. { Imagine treacle spiked with cayenne pepper }. The bergamot on top is very present although tempered by the floralcy of the freesia and jasmine. As I sniffed this fragrance I had a very edible quality to it, it felt as though I was eating it and it was a softly textured bergamot rich dessert with a bit of a kick.

<strong>The Food:</strong>Brazilian Orange-Flavored Flan: <a href="http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/brazilian-orange-flavored-flan-pudim-de-laranja-recipe/index.html">Pudim De Laranja</a> is not your ordinary flan. Yes it has eggs, yes it has a healthy dose of condensed milk but the inclusion of orange takes it over the edge. 
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Why it works:</strong> In this translation of fragrance to food { or is it vice-versa ?? } the bergamot and orange are the common thread. The zest in the Pudim De Laranja adds that kick that you didn't expect like the edge in Let it Rock that surprises you.  Coupling this with the smooth flan texture there is an air of familiarity not too disimilar in concept to the familiar feel of the freesia and jasmines floralcy in the fragrance.

<strong>Fragrance tip:</strong> Do not layer your fragrances! Many people spray one on top of the other on top of the other. This takes away from each sent to produce a cacophony of odour! Every fragance is a bouquet of several odours in one and adding to it just creates olfactive confusion! If, however, you insist on doing so - make sure you educate yourself as what fragrance cateogries are, what the top notes, heart and base notes are so that you only put like minded odours near others! But be warned, you will only be taking attention away from one scent with the influence of another on top of it, resulting in you not smelling as good as you really could!

Food tip: There is only one beverage that goes well with flan...a seriously short strong sugarless espresso. Make sure it's a good one!

