Carolina Herrera Launches Herrera Confidential in Lagos – See Photos of Betty Irabor, Godson Ukaegbu, Onah Nwachukwu & many others

Carolina Herrera introduced the House of Herrera to Lagos, Nigeria on the 15th of September, 2016 with an exclusive event for the first African launch of her new fragrance line, Herrera Confidential at The George Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos.

With Lagos’ most stylish media influencers and renowned journalists in attendance, the gorgeous hostesses dressed in the brands signature style received and ushered guests to the opulent world of Carolina Herrera to discover her personal story, as well as the unique signature of Herrera Confidential. The stylish guests sipped on some bubbly and cocktails in the experiential room true to Carolina Herrera ethos.

From the red carpet, to images of Carolina Herrera and Carolina Herrera de Baez, sketches of Carolina Herrera dresses, the 6 fragrances lining the walls, as well as 100ml bottles of the fragrances and their key raw ingredients; the experiential room was indeed reminiscent of Carolina Herrera’s personal style.

Betty Irabor

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa & Kaylah Oniwo

Elizabeth Osho

Emilomon Aikhojie, Dedun Olobayo, Edith Mahachi & Ezinne Alfa

Femi Niyi

Funke Babs Kufeji

Godson Ukaegbu, Onah Nwachukwu & Latasha Ngwube

Kaylah Oniwo & Eki Ogunbor

Linda Angelos & Kayode Kasumu

Oge Agu, Astrid Gelabert & Favour Olugu

Tewa Onasanya

The Ella Afrique & Carolina Herrera Team

Tosin Ajibade

Derin Odugbesan

The event kicked off with violinist Godwin Strings serenading the crowd and gathering everyone’s attention. Following his performance, Linda Angelos; Sales, Marketing Director and Stakeholder Ella Afrique gave the opening remarks and introduced her team.

Linda went further to introduce the Carolina Herrera Brand Manager; Astrid Gelabert and Carolina Herrera Brand Expert; Emeshe Nencov. Linda acknowledged the presence of and thanked her Nigerian business partner Kayode Kasumu, CEO Essenza and his daughter who’s a vital part of the business, Abiola Kasumu.

Carolina de Baez Herrera who serves as fragrance director for the fashion house described the story of how she initiated the project to create a fragrance collection embodying the timeless sophistication and impeccable style of her mother in a video screened at the event.

Following the video, Linda reintroduced the Brand Expert; Emeshe Nencov who took the guests into the private world of Herrera Confidential by demonstrating how to mix the fragrances and accompanying oils to personalize it for themselves. Featuring six fragrances and four essentials oils of the finest quality and purity, the natural-based scents are intended to be used on the skin individually or mixed to personalize the fragrance experience.

Godwin Strings serenading the crowd

Welcome Address by Linda Angelos

Confidential Carolina Herrera Launch Video

Emeshe Nencov Carolina Herrera Brand Expert

Emeshe Nencov during her presentation

Kayode Kasumu, CEO Essenza and his daughter Abiola Kasumu.

Astrid Gelabert

Funke Babs Kufeji, Antonia Soares & Elizabeth Osho

Linda Angelos & Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Onah Nwachukwu, Abu Tafawa Balewa & Latasha Ngwube

Oyindamola Ojo, Abu Tafawa Balewa & Emilomon Aikhojie

Emeshe Nencov, Abiola Kasumu, Linda Angelos & Astrid Gelabert

Distinguished through their vibrant colors, each bottle is made of the finest glass and metal stamped with Carolina Herrera’s monogram.

After Emeshe’s demonstration, Linda invited guests to “be a part of the confidence” by approaching Emeshe’s experiential table to ask questions, and mix fragrances while being served more cocktails and bubbly.

It was an afternoon guests will not forget as they were led into the breath taking private dining area for a delicious 3 course meal. The highlight of the event was Godwin Strings, who once again serenaded guests who thoroughly appreciated him and had such a great time they abandoned their meals to dance.

On their way out, the fashionable guests parted with exclusive gift bags containing Herrera Confidential fragrance bottles, the essential oils for each fragrance as well as Carolina Herrera coffee table books courtesy of the brand.

Carolina Herrera Dress Sketches Inspired by the Herrera Confidential Fragrances

The Herrera Confidential line is exclusively available in Essenza store (Palms Mall) Lagos and (Jabi Lakes Mall) Abuja.