PARIS, 29 SEPTEMBER 2023

Today, as Victoria Beckham presents her Spring/Summer 2024 ready-to-wear collection in a storied hôtel particulier in the heart of the 7th arrondissement, the designer debuts another collection, too: a trio of deeply personal eau de parfums she describes as the scent equivalent of her life, and love, story.

Created in collaboration with master perfumer Jérôme Epinette and siphoned into vintage-inspired enameled flacons topped with fluted gold caps, her debut fragrances recreate three pivotal times in her life: Laced with Calabrian bergamot, black pepper, amber, patchouli, and vetiver, Portofino ’97 recounts the earliest moments of her epic love story with David: first dates, secret rendez-vous, the memory of an open balcony door on the Amalfi Coast, and the scent of a new lover. Dripping with glamour—not to mention black cherry, red peppercorn, rose centifolia, musk, leather and tobacco leaf—Suite 302 is about being literally swept off one’s feet. It recalls the sumptuous whirlwind weekends David would orchestrate to Paris, marked by midnight strolls and sexy hotel rooms tucked away from the glare of the paparazzi. With San Ysidro Drive—an energetic blend of passion fruit, pink peony, rose absolute, saffron flower, agarwood, black amber and vanilla incense—Victoria brings to life her time in Los Angeles.

Here, accompanied by an exclusive outtake from her Steven Klein campaign shoot, Victoria talks to VIOLET GREY about her California chapter: a period of sanctuary, happiness, and reinvention.