Chapter 35
An independent woman selects her own perfume—scents to accent her style, her personality, her ambition. –DB
4 July, 1941 - Beverly Hills, California
By the next morning, the summer storm had swept across the southland, disappearing into the east. It was such a clear evening that Danielle took her family and the entire wedding party—except for Victoria—to a summer concert at the Hollywood Bowl, a concave hillside amphitheater.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic performed stirring patriotic American songs, and Danielle and Jon were enraptured. Liliana and Jasmin were awestruck by sparkling fireworks bursting above the arched stage, while Jon’s mother, Harriett, craned her neck to see the Hollywood stars: Charlie Chaplin, Edward G. Robinson, and Igor Stravinsky in one box, and in ano
