The fragrance industry veteran has taken her eye for aesthetics and detail into the world of fiction.
“I traveled all over the world, I worked places I would’ve never, ever been. It started in 1990, and in those days, if you look now, it was really the gilded time and it will never go back to that — the $500,000 launch parties,” Kline added.The parallels between Kline’s own trajectory and that of her protagonist are uncanny — both started as perfume spritzers, and the latter also secured adeal with a U.K.
“I wanted to create something that people could enjoy. There’s a lot of new people in the industry, and they don’t know what it was like then,” she said. “Nobody had written a novel using all of the amazing things about“For example, when they’re in Cannes [in the book], you really get a feel for it,” Kline said. “Even re-reading it, I wanted to go back there.
The book is full of commentary, such as “how you have to break into it, and how hard that is, especially for women,” Kline said. “Beautyland” may have been Kline’s first foray into fiction, but a sequel is already underway. “It’s in the kitchen,” Kline said. “I love this industry. It’s a lot of fun, beauty. I like to teach people things they don’t know, and I like to sell things.”
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