Byline: Aastha Atray Banan, Benita Fernando, Jane Borges, Kusumita Das, Anju Maskeri and Gitanjali Chandrasekharan

#01 Find your fragrance
Caroluine de Maigret's advice to feel Parisian no matter where you are was to "find your perfume before you turn 30. Wear it for the next thirty years." We shall relax the rule of finding your signature scent for hardworking Mumbaikars by a decade. While there are several options available in the city where you can choose from classics and contemporary international fragrances, we suggest you try the indie, homegrown labels. Better still, craft your own perfume by participating in a workshop. These sessions break it down for you, note by note, until you create a fragrance that is uniquely you.
HOW TO DO IT: Sign up for workshops by All Good Scents and Bombay Perfumery.