Prince loved wearing this women’s perfume.Photo:Michael Caulfield/WireImage; Dior
Michael Caulfield/WireImage; Dior
It’s probably no surprise thatPrince, undoubtedly one of the most stylish singers of all time, was also very much into smelling good.
“He was very big on perfume and so was I,” his ex-wifeMayte Garciatells PEOPLE exclusively of her late husband, whodied in 2016. “I don’t know if a lot of people know this about him, but he always wore women’s perfumes instead of men’s colognes. He had done that before I even met him.”
During the pandemic, as way to raise for for herdog rescue mission, Garcia says she began playing around with candle making.
Mayte Garcia’s candle Eternal Love, which she says smelled like Prince.Michael Caulfield/WireImage; ShopMayte.com
Michael Caulfield/WireImage; ShopMayte.com
“I started making them out of desperation as a way of raising money for my dog rescue mission,” she says. “And I got really good at it! And then thefirst candleI made, eternal love, did really well, but there was a twist — the smell was a perfume he wore,” she says.
Mayte and Prince in 1998.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Garcia, who now runs the charityLive 4 Lovein honor of her and Prince’s son Amir, whodied six days after his birth, says the candle she sells on thecharity website— Love 4 One Another — goes straight to the charity, while any of the scents she sells on herMayte Garciasite go to helping find new homes for rescue pups.
“Our top seller is Haze,” she says of the candle on her site. “It smells amazing. It’s a smokey sweet scent. And the best part of my candles is that they are made with cocoa wax, so it burns really clean — you can even put the oil on your skin!”
source: people.com
