There are four words that no woman wants to hear: "You have breast cancer. "October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everywhere you look pink ribbons proliferate. Corporate America embraced breast cancer to announce their affiliation to the cause using the pink ribbon to sell their products/ services. One can Sip for the Cure, Shop for the Cure, Cook for the Cure, Race for the Cure, Charge for the Cure, Dress for a Cure, Clean for the Cure but there is still no cure.
- About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. 505 of them will be women over 65.
- In 2010, an estimated 207 thousand new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
- Excluding cancers of the skin (melanoma) breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women accounting for more than 1 in 4 cancers. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer.
- One out of eight American women who live to be 85 years of age will develop breast cancer( a risk that was one out of 14 in 1960).
Breast Cancer Survivior and animal rights activist French born Briggitte Bardot was considered one of the greatest sex symbols of the 1960s'. She starred in And God created Woman (Et Dieu créa la femme) by first husband Roger Vadim
- 50% of women who’ve undergone breast cancer treatment experiences report long-term sexual dysfunctionbased on 'feeling less than a woman'.
- In 2010 there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
- An estimated 41 thousand breast cancer deaths are anticipated this year (40,170 women, 440 men).
- About 70-80% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general rather than inherited mutations.
- A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 20-30% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of breast cancer.
- Cafleurebon is averaging 25,000 unique readers a month. 65 % are women (based on total readership globally).
Six Degrees of Separation
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of a friend of a friend statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.
I believe it it was a fragrant fate that brought Hernando, "My Knight" into my life and thus connects our first draw ( Please donate $5 to www.libbyrossfoundation.com to enter to win Vero Kern's RUBJ
1. I was The New in Niche Columunist for Basenotes and reviewed Vetiver Dance by Andy Tauer( expunged from their sites). This was before his great success and he was a chemist by day and a Perfumer by night.
2. Andy Tauer introduced to me to his mentor Vero Kern
3. I wrote my first review of RUBJ (which became my ultimate orange blossom scent) for Sniffaplooza Magazine before it was widely known
4. In 2008 I wrote for Sniffapalooza Magazine. It was a rainy day before my birthday when I stopped into Sherry Lehmann,( a fine wine store in NYC ) for a gift that my Southern boyfriend (Mr. X ) woud present my parents. (I met Mr X on Basenotes and helped him to become a Contributor for Sniffapalooza Magazine). I struck up a conversation with a handsome and polite sales associate – Hernando Courtright– about Frapin 1270. Did he know it was also a perfume?
5. Hernando became a friend; he joined the Event Group Sniffaplooza and has been a regular attendee ever since. Hernando was a guest contributor for CaFleureBon early on is my number one fragrance fanboy .At the 2011 Sniffaplooza Spring Fling, he was a speaker on behalf of the Libby Ross Foundation.
6. As a trained Aromatherapist, Vero created a burst of sunshine in RUBJ… using Moroccan orange blossom,and Egyptian jasmine, these ingredients are known to be uplifting. Hope in a flacon! for the Libby Ross Foundation, where Hernando is one of the 8 volunteers that work tirelessly for helping men and women anf
About Vero Kern
Originally trained as a pharmaceutical assistant, Vero Kern came into contact with aromas and fragrance ingredients early on, sharpening those skills in her ten years in pharmacy. In 1994, and after a long period working for Swissair, she began working independently as a massage therapist and aromatherapist. A two‐year training course as an aromatherapist at the same time gave her a firm foundation for professional involvement with essential oils and absolutes. Soon Vero Kern was creating personal blends for her own clientele. From 1998, she attended a range of training courses and seminars at a perfumery college in Paris. The principal and founder of the college was Monique Schlienger who, in the sixties, was a pupil of Jean Carles, one of the greatest perfumers of the 20th century. Vero Kern's olfactory preferences lie with the classical perfumes: Guerlain, Chanel or Caron are, for her, the highlights of classical perfumery, an art which is slowly disappearing. With their sumptuous expressed the spirit of its age with exquisite beauty. .vero.profumo. is a chance for Vero Kern to translate this original idea of perfume as an all‐embracing concept into the present
The value of this draw is for a 6.5 ml flacon $195.00 . Contribute $5 and you are eligible, share a personal story or why you love Vero Kern's fragrances This donation is tax deductable in the USA,.Every day I will post a new draw. $1 donation for any product under 75. $5 for any over that amount (some draws are valued at 500 usd)
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Global Participants of CaFleureBon draw for the cure are: Abdes Salaam Attar, Aroma M, April Aromatics, Anya's Garden, Aurorae Yoga, IMMUNICOLOGIE BEAUTY, DSH Perfumes, JoAnne Bassett,Les Parfums Keiko Mecheri, LuckyScent, Olfactive Studio, Olivier Durbano, Parfums Delrae with Honorary contributor Michel Roudnitska, Providence Perfume Co. Sarah Horowitz Parfums, Sonoma Scents, Smellbent,UT OLET VINUM, Vero profumo and Yummie Tummie
This partcipation reminds me of Judah Maccabee who through G-d's miracle of oil (like perfume?) held off Greek Tyranny with a few brave soldiers to defend the Temple. All of the above are heroes and heroines for the cause.its a triatholon for those who survive, and fight this disease
George Lucas Academy Award winning Director behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films is a breast cancer survivor.A Jedi knight for the Cause
Richard Roundtree is a breast cancer survivor and a pro-active advocate who starred on Grey's Anatomy with survivor and friend Diahann Carroll
Rich, poor, famous, infamous, black, white, female and male; Geoge Lucas and Richard Rountree are breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer does not discriminate. Chances are your co-worker, your friend, your aunt, your sister, you child, your brother, your mother or you will be effected
Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief