Splendid in bag

Lewis felt that he could not describe his inner picture to Shao Dangui: "I can't say it, it's all fragmented... I don't even know why I said such an image."

Shao Dangui smiled when he heard the words: "It's okay, this is very common."

Lewis was speechless.

Shao Dangui said: "But you don't mind if I start creating on the theme of 'Moonlight Swimming Pool' first?"

"No, I don't mind." Lewis smiled, "I'm even looking forward to your work."

Yang Olive said with a smile: "That's great!"

Shao Dangui added: "Mr. Liu doesn't seem to hate perfume, and is even interested in it. Then why does 'Shangyuanchun' sell all kinds of chairs and tables, but not perfume?"

The answer Lewis gave to Yang Olive was that he felt that the perfume was too personal. Facing Shao Dangui, he smiled again: "Because I am still not knowledgeable enough."

This answer sounded untrue, but it also meant to compliment Shao Dangui as a "knowledgeable person", so Shao Dangui didn't feel embarrassed when he knew it was not the truth.

In the evening, Shao Dangui arranged for Lewis and Yang Olive to live in this house.

Lewis said, "Will this interfere with your work?"

"No, I'm still worried that no one will accompany me to be bored," Shao Dangui said with a smile, "Besides, you should smell the fragrance of plants and trees in this garden at night. This is really one of my 'fragrance works'. "

Shao Dangui is bored tending flowers and plants, but she doesn't care about the color matching in the garden like ordinary people. For her with an overly sensitive sense of smell, whether the mixed smell of flowers and plants of all colors is harmonious and in line with her aesthetics is the most important thing.

Olive Yang and Lewis were sitting in the guest room with the windows half open, and the cool mountain breeze at night brought the unique fragrance of ivy into the room.Lewis's nose is not sensitive, and he can only smell the scent of grass, ivy leaves and a faint scent of lily of the valley.But it smells good enough.

For the first time, Lewis tried to close other channels and appreciate the world with his nose, and it felt pretty good.

He leaned against the window, sighed slightly, and said, "Maybe Shao Dangui is right, I can also try to launch perfume."

Yang Olive was a little surprised when he heard that: "Didn't you say that perfume is very personal?"

"Yes, this is also tantamount to giving guests their personal choices." Lewis sighed and said, "I heard that a good work of art is the same as a good luxury product, and what is provided to guests should not be just a product, It should be a scene, a feeling, or a story. This is the reason why consumers are willing to pay for something that is much more expensive than the market price. Of course, I am lacking in this aspect, so I have not been able to make a profit .”

"But your attitude of doing whatever you want is also very good, very chic." Yang Olive said with a smile, "very artistic."

"I'm not an artist after all." Lewis shook his head. "Besides, if I were an artist, I wouldn't start a company. I know that there needs to be a balance between art and business—this is also an art. Unfortunately. , I still haven't figured out how to do it."

"Hmm..." Yang Olive looked at Lewis with a slightly distressed expression, thought for a while, and then said, "If you really want to be a brand, then I suggest that you don't rush to launch perfumes, or if you really want to If you want to make perfume, then I suggest you make another perfume brand besides 'Shangyuanchun'."

Lewis was surprised to hear Yang Olive speak in such a serious tone: "I would like to hear more about it."

"Ah, don't say that," Yang Olive became a little embarrassed when he heard Lewis's serious tone, "This is just my personal opinion. Shangyuanchun has never been able to make a profit, and many people in the industry have said that it is not clear about this position It’s a bit related. For example, you said that you are a luxury brand with a national style at the beginning, and you also launched good clothes and bags. Then you started to have chairs, stools, lanterns, etc. The product line was extended too much. It's too complicated. That might not be a good thing for a new brand."

Lewis pondered for a while, then said, "I've heard people say this too."

"Yes, I know, you know better than me about art and luxury goods. I'm just talking nonsense, so you don't have to pay too much attention to it." Yang Olive smiled and said, "Maybe you think your parent company, Emma Temple 'Isn't it the same? In addition to clothes and bags, there are also many chairs, stools, tissue boxes and other products, but after all, they are a century-old luxury goods company, so this is incomparable."

"Yes..." Lewis nodded slightly, "It was true at the time. The response was not bad when we only made fashion clothes at the beginning, but it didn't work when we added new products."

Yang Olive thinks that he should not intervene in other people's company operations.Therefore, even though he felt that "Shangyuanchun" had complex product lines and unclear brand positioning, he never said it out.Seeing that the timing was good now, he mentioned a few words by the way.He thought, Lewis is not the kind of small-minded person, and speaking out probably won't affect their relationship.If Lewis felt unhappy or unconvinced after hearing this, then Yang Olive would just shut up and switch to a happy topic.

Now it seems that Lewis was not offended by Yang Olive's evaluation, and even really had the attitude of "willing to hear more about it".Yang Olive simply continued: "In fact, this is also related to the situation. Now everyone is making a brand, and it is easier to stand out if it is a high-tech brand, and it is easy to die if it rashly extends the product line. Therefore, now big companies are pushing new products. Products are also more cautious, basically the success of expanding the product line is to add a new brand.”

Lewis nodded thoughtfully.

"For example, Toyota. If it wants to sell high-end cars, but does not create another brand called 'Lexus', but 'Toyota Luxury', 'Supreme Toyota', it will most likely not succeed." Yang Olive said, " Maybe many people will say, are you crazy? How can someone buy such an expensive 'Toyota'? However, when a new brand called 'Lexus' appears, everyone looks at it without prejudice, and it is easier to accept that this is a luxury car s brand."

After hearing this, Lewis pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "You are quite right. Oliver, you are suitable for this job."

"Pfft." Yang Olive waved his hand with a smile, "I'm just talking on paper! If I'm really so eye-catching, I won't be so poor!"

Lewis laughed too.

A few days later, Shao Dangui took Lewis to taste the fragrance and asked him to appreciate the "first draft" of "Moonlight Swimming Pool".

Lewis took a brief sniff, and found that the top note was quite cold: "It smells quite cold at first, is it to create an atmosphere of moonlight and water?"

"That's right." Shao Dangui nodded, "Does this peppermint oil feel cool?"

Lewis frowned and said, "Besides mint, is there a little camphor-like smell?"

"That's not camphor, it's patchouli. It's much rounder and more elegant than the smell of camphor." Shao Dangui couldn't help defending patchouli.

Yang Olive said mercilessly: "But it smells like camphor mint, it's very suitable to apply when motion sickness."

Shao Dangui didn't feel hurt either, just laughed loudly: "Yes! It is! But I want to see how Lewis thinks it is suitable to change it?"

Lewis closed his eyes, remembering the smell of plants and trees in the garden at night, and his thoughts flashed back to that time. He said, "I think there should be flowers and trees. Because my swimming pool is in the garden."

"Really?" Shao Dangui nodded, picked up a pen and paper to record, "What kind of flowers and trees are they?"

Lewis was stunned: "I can't remember, why don't I call back and ask the housekeeper?"

Shao Dangui burst out laughing, and joked with Yang Olive: "Listen to his style, what a young master!"

But Lewis thought about it carefully. If he wanted to ask what flowers and trees were planted in the garden so many years ago, even the housekeeper would not be able to answer such a question.

However, with the mood of giving it a try, Lewis still asked.

The housekeeper was really stunned, and paused for a few seconds before saying, "I'm sorry, young master, I seem to have forgotten."

"It's ok."

A few minutes later, the butler called back again.

"What's wrong?" Lewis asked.

The housekeeper said: "Back then, most of the flowers planted by the swimming pool were white, sometimes gardenias, sometimes jasmines, tuberoses, and of course, grasses."

Lewis was stunned: "Are you sure?"

"I don't know either," said the housekeeper, "it was the young master who said it."

Lewis froze suddenly, speechless.

The butler continued: "The eldest young master also said that compared to the fragrance of flowers, the fragrance of freshly cut grass is better."

That night, the green grass had just been cut, and there was a dense fragrance in the soil.Sitting by the pool, Hughes watched Lewis stepping on the grass barefoot and walking slowly, his skin was very white under the moonlight.Lewis sat on a beach chair with a few white petals on his wet toes.Sometimes it was gardenia, sometimes it was jasmine, and sometimes it was tuberose, all white flowers anyway, and none of Lewis' complexion.

Shao Dangui changed the formula according to Lewis' statement.

Lewis picked up the second draft and sniffed it. After the clear moonlight and watery fragrance dissipated, the unique fragrance of white flowers floated secretly, like water flowing through.

Lewis suddenly remembered that year, he pointed to a tuberose and said, "What is that?"

But his elder brother was stunned and said, "What?"

Lewis asked, "The flower?"

Hughes seemed to be stunned: "What flower?"