The Legend of Amour Destiné
Phoebus was a French perfumer and worked for a top laboratory in Grasse, France. Because of the prosperous development in perfume industries, the lab decided to send him to New York in 1935.
One afternoon, when taking his leisure time to find a record, Phoebus noticed that a girl asked who composed the tone poem “The Swan of Tuonela”.
“By Jean Sibelius in 1893! The story behind it is an excerpted legend from the Kalevala epic of Finnish mythology,” he said.
Moon was so fascinated by The Kalevala that she always asked him to tell the story. In the book, the swan symbolizes the beautiful and unreachable in love. Phoebus and Moon felt they were so matched and fell in love. He always believed that we can identify all kinds of fragrances from different people. We can make a connection through smelling fragrances from others. He tried to extract a unique perfume that belonged to their love aroma.
World War II was broken out in 1939 and Phoebus was conscripted by his country. They had to leave each other reluctantly. He gave her a bottle of perfume and hoped Moon could keep in faith that they will meet someday.
“When walking on the street and thousands of people pass by, we will find each other if our fragrance is telling how faithful the love is.”
One afternoon, when taking his leisure time to find a record, Phoebus noticed that a girl asked who composed the tone poem “The Swan of Tuonela”.
“By Jean Sibelius in 1893! The story behind it is an excerpted legend from the Kalevala epic of Finnish mythology,” he said.
Moon was so fascinated by The Kalevala that she always asked him to tell the story. In the book, the swan symbolizes the beautiful and unreachable in love. Phoebus and Moon felt they were so matched and fell in love. He always believed that we can identify all kinds of fragrances from different people. We can make a connection through smelling fragrances from others. He tried to extract a unique perfume that belonged to their love aroma.
World War II was broken out in 1939 and Phoebus was conscripted by his country. They had to leave each other reluctantly. He gave her a bottle of perfume and hoped Moon could keep in faith that they will meet someday.
“When walking on the street and thousands of people pass by, we will find each other if our fragrance is telling how faithful the love is.”
Moon opened the wooden box and saw the shape of the perfume bottle. It was a swan! She was starting to believe in what he said with tears.
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