Posted by Sunday Times on Monday, October 17, 2016
Mount Lavinia Hotel launches 'Lavinia' perfume with Karisma Kapoor
The Mount Lavinia Hotel Launches “ Lavinia” a fragrance with Bollywood icon Karisma Kapoor.
The Mount Lavinia hotel is synonymous with tradition, heritage and romance in Sri Lanka. Its romantic legacy centres around the beautiful story between Governor Thomas Maitland and Lovina Aponsuwa that blossomed in this property.
The exquisite perfume has been created to celebrate 210 years of this beautiful love story filled with romance, intrigue, mystery and secret assignations through hidden passageways and tunnels.
Floral accents, reflecting those used in the composition of the Lavinia perfume formed a key part of the decor and created the mood and theme of forbidden love and seduction. These notes are also combined in the heady seductive scent of the fragrance created exclusively for the Mount Lavinia Hotel by Slovenian perfumer and artist Eva Petric, who was part of the celebration, a statement from the hotel said adding that the 'Lavinia' perfume will soon be available for purchase in Sri Lanka.