Skip to main content

Success Quote by Ivanka Trump

"For my first fragrance, I wanted to capture the essence of a woman's strength and beauty"

About this Quote

Brand alchemy is the real product here: a bottle pitched as empowerment, with the messy parts of power safely edited out. “For my first fragrance” frames the project as a debut, a personal milestone, inviting consumers into a founder’s narrative. It’s less commerce than confession, the familiar celebrity-adjacent move that turns a market category into autobiography.

The phrase “capture the essence” borrows the language of art and intimacy to legitimize something industrial and repeatable. Perfume can’t bottle a life, but the metaphor flatters the buyer into thinking she’s purchasing a distilled self, not just notes and alcohol. Then comes the double bind: “a woman’s strength and beauty.” Strength is offered, but only handcuffed to beauty, a pairing that reassures traditional expectations even as it borrows the vocabulary of empowerment. It’s feminism rendered retail-friendly: assertive enough to feel modern, aesthetic enough to remain non-threatening.

Context matters. Ivanka Trump’s public persona has long traded on “competence with polish” - the boardroom silhouette in a sheath dress. This line extends that brand promise into a consumer object: you, too, can wear the aura of poised authority. The subtext isn’t merely admiration for women; it’s segmentation. It defines the ideal customer as someone who wants to be perceived as strong, but in a socially approved, elegantly feminine register.

The intent is clear: align aspiration with identity so the fragrance becomes a badge. Not scent as smell, but scent as résumé.

Quote Details

TopicEntrepreneur
SourceHelp us find the source
Cite

Citation Formats

APA Style (7th ed.)
Trump, Ivanka. (2026, January 14). For my first fragrance, I wanted to capture the essence of a woman's strength and beauty. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/for-my-first-fragrance-i-wanted-to-capture-the-173327/

Chicago Style
Trump, Ivanka. "For my first fragrance, I wanted to capture the essence of a woman's strength and beauty." FixQuotes. January 14, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/for-my-first-fragrance-i-wanted-to-capture-the-173327/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"For my first fragrance, I wanted to capture the essence of a woman's strength and beauty." FixQuotes, 14 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/for-my-first-fragrance-i-wanted-to-capture-the-173327/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

More Quotes by Ivanka Add to List
Ivanka Trump on fragrance, strength and beauty
Click to enlarge Portrait | Landscape

About the Author

Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump (born October 30, 1981) is a Businesswoman from USA.

25 more quotes available

View Profile

Similar Quotes

William Congreve, Poet
Peter Nivio Zarlenga, Businessman
Peter Nivio Zarlenga