Dakota Johnson seems like the kind of person who feels things very strongly, someone who has very sensitive sense memories and emotions. It’s a constant theme with her in interviews, and I’ve come to believe it’s pretty genuine. She’s an empath, but she also just has heightened sensitivities to the world around her at every level. I was reminded of that when I sat down to read her interview with InStyle. It was supposed to be a breezy interview to promote her Gucci contract – she’s the face of Gucci Bloom Nettare Di Fiori – and about perfumes and scents in general. But then Dakota started talking about her period, and I’m really feeling her.
Whether she experiments with new perfumes: “I stick to the same scents. My olfactory is very strong, so I remember people by the way they smell. Places, people’s homes. It evokes a lot of memories and emotion in me. My mother has always smelled the same, and I find it really beautiful. I find scent a very personal thing. There’s also times where people will wear a certain scent, and I have to leave the room.
Whether she is a ‘bangs for life’ girl: “I feel like I’m pretty attached to them, but I also have to change for when I work. So, it’s nice that when I’m not working I have a go-to haircut. I cut my own bangs with nail scissors, and it was a total disaster. I finally was like, I need a professional haircut, because I was doing it myself.
Her one unanswered question about beauty: “If I’m honest, my hormonal changes during my menstrual cycle are ruining my life. Every month. It’s unbelievable. It’s really f–king amazing. I can’t get a grip on it. I’m like, what? Every time, I’m totally scandalized about what happens to my body and my brain. My boobs are like eight times the size they normally are. It’s really a traumatic thing, and it happens every month. I just can’t get used to it….It’s really, really insane. It’s also very tricky to figure out what type of birth control you’re meant to be on, and if it’s even healthy. This is something that, again, I’m advocating with Global Citizen: Reproductive education. What it means to have a woman body, and how do you honor it the right way? How do you not jam chemicals into your brain in order to feel good? It’s a remarkable thing. I really would like to understand and be able to manage things a little better, know what’s happening in my body, and know what I’m putting into it.
First of all, I guess I don’t have a super-strong sense of smell, because I’ve never had to leave a room because of someone’s perfume or cologne. Sure, I’ve been annoyed by the smell of some perfumes and colognes, but leave the room? Eh. As for her bangs… they annoy me, but I’ve gotten used to them. I’m glad she’s no longer cutting them herself, because that’s such a disastrous thing to do.
Now, about the period talk… God, I feel her. I know CB feels her too. This spoke to me so hard: “Every time, I’m totally scandalized about what happens to my body and my brain.” EVERY SINGLE TIME. Every month, I’m like “why am I so hungry and angry and tired and sentimental and emotional and why do I want to eat all the chocolate?” My PMS is crazy, but I’m the kind of woman who feels so much better once I get my period. But still, I feel her.
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