Anna, the eternal homage to all beloved mothers.
The origin of Mother’s Day is recognized to Anna Jarvis, who worked hard to bestow honor on all mothers in 1905 in West Virginia. It was her mother’s desire that someday someone must pay tribute to their contributions.
Mémoire d’Anna is an intriguing blend of very fresh, fruity and floral elements. The top notes recall a sweet dream of fruits: melon and peach mixed with green apples – the main fruit in West Virginia – in all of their exuberance. Flowers are the most traditional gift to offer for Mother’s Day, so they couldn’t be missing in this formula. Especially carnations, Anna’s mother favorite flower, which have come to represent Mother's Day since Anna Jarvis delivered five hundred of them at the first celebration in 1907. The down dry is particularly smooth and warm like a summer evening.
This fresh fruity fragrance is inspired by Mother’s Day and its origins. In present times, the festival of Mother’s Day is celebrated across the world to honor our mothers, to thank them for their efforts in giving us life, raising us and being our constant support and well-wisher.
The first notion of Mother's Day goes back to the time of the Greeks and the Romans. However, the holiday as it is seen today is a recent phenomenon of little more than a hundred years old. The day came into existence thanks to Anna Jarvis. She is recognized as the founder of Mother’s Day in America, an apt title for the lady who worked hard to bestow honor on all mothers. She got the inspiration of celebrating Mother’s Day from her own mother, Mrs. Anna Marie Reeves Jarvis, in her childhood. An activist and social worker, Mrs. Jarvis used to express her desire that someday someone must honor all mothers, living and dead, and pay tribute to the contributions they made. A loving daughter like Anna never forgot her mother’s words and when her mother died in 1905, she was determined to fulfill her mother’s desire. After two years of perseverance, the modern American holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1907, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia; state where this holiday was first officially recognized.
