{"id":465,"date":"2026-10-01T20:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itpbaz.kinsta.cloud\/beauty\/yana-chanel-coco-mademoiselle-crush-absolu\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:24:07","slug":"yana-chanel-coco-mademoiselle-crush-absolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.itp.luxury\/baz-my-1\/beauty\/yana-chanel-coco-mademoiselle-crush-absolu\/","title":{"rendered":"Yana Talks Self-Expression, Music and Her New Chanel Fragrance Crush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crushing on Yana<\/h2>\n\n

For singer-songwriter Shalma Eliana, better known as Yana, growing into herself has meant learning to trust her own voice. Today, the rising artist is more intentional about the people she surrounds herself with, the choices she makes and the stories she tells through music.<\/p>\n\n

That sense of self-expression takes centre stage in her latest chapter as Harper\u2019s BAZAAR Malaysia\u2019s October New Gen cover star, alongside Chanel\u2019s Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu. A new interpretation of the iconic Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, it brings together the signature depth of patchouli with floral notes of jasmine and rose, balanced by the warmth of tonka bean.<\/p>\n\n

The fragrance\u2019s interplay of intensity and freshness resonates with Yana, who describes herself as someone drawn to the balance between musk and florals. Here, she talks about finding her voice, the lessons music has taught her and the experiences shaping the artist she hopes to become.<\/p>\n

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Singer-songwriter Yana talks finding her voice, the evolution of her music and her love for Chanel\u2019s Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu.<\/h2>\n
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For those who may be discovering you for the first time, who is Yana today, and how different is she from the girl who first started making music?<\/h2>\n\n

I can honestly say Yana right now, as a person and as an artist, the way I live my life and the way I see the world, all of them coexist, and the product of that is my music. As the person I am today, I move with more intention. I\u2019m more intentional with how I do things and with what I choose to do, the conversations that I have, and the group of friends that I choose to be with. That\u2019s very different from my past, where everything was just more about me trying to fit into a mould. Now, it\u2019s more about just being unapologetically me, or at least, that\u2019s what I try to do every day.<\/p>\n\n

When I first started making music, it was just more about putting out something that was nice to listen to, something catchy. But right now, it\u2019s more about being honest and a form of self-expression more than anything else.<\/p>\n\n

In light of that, beyond my personal journey, my hope is that I could possibly inspire other souls to be authentically themselves and honest with themselves. At the start, I didn\u2019t even have the capacity to think far enough to figure out what my purpose might be. But now, I think that for me, as an artist and as a person, my purpose is beyond just fame and numbers. Of course, I want to reach out to more people, but the point is being impactful as a singer-songwriter and actually connecting with people. Even if it\u2019s not even a hundred people, if I could change the life of or touch even one person, that\u2019s the main purpose for me.<\/p>\n\n

What\u2019s the most \u201cYana\u201d thing about you?<\/h2>\n\n

I think the most Yana thing about me is that I\u2019m just a bubble of joy. I feel like the people who are really close to me know that I can just burst into this insane energy, like very high on energy for five or 10 minutes, and then I\u2019m just like\u2026 oh. I have a crazy amount of energy, and then I get really drained.<\/p>\n\n

What has music taught you about yourself?<\/h2>\n\n

Oh my god, I feel like music has taught me to be more honest with myself. I think music isn\u2019t supposed to be formed or moulded into a specific something, you know? And I think that, in turn, teaches me about life as well.<\/p>\n\n

There\u2019s really no right or wrong. It\u2019s really about being honest with yourself and what you believe in, what touches you, what makes you feel good, and whatever feels right. Sometimes people\u2019s opinions are just people\u2019s opinions, and they\u2019re not always the best for you. You gotta listen to yourself and trust yourself, and I\u2019ve learned that through music, no doubt.<\/p>\n

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Do you have anything that you\u2019re currently crushing on?<\/h2>\n\n

Of course, the Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu.<\/p>\n\n

What are some big dreams you have when it comes to music?<\/h2>\n\n

I definitely would like to have my own headline show one day. To be able to fill a venue with everyone who connects with not only my music, but in turn, the person that I am.<\/p>\n\n

I hope to fill a room with people who genuinely appreciate human connection and self-expression. Being on stage, connecting with thousands and thousands of people, is amazing, of course, but the bigger dream in that is actually seeing everyone connect with each other, being vulnerable, but also feeling like they\u2019re not alone. To be a part of that healing process, if I can.<\/p>\n\n

Do you remember your first experience with a Chanel fragrance? If so, what do you recall from that experience?<\/h2>\n\n

My first experience with a Chanel fragrance was back when I was 19, or maybe 20? It was surrounded by the most amazing people. One of them was using a Chanel perfume, and I was socialising a lot at that point in my life.<\/p>\n\n

I met a lot of amazing people and was surrounded by a group of friends that I was really close with. We had a really good time back then, actually. We explored, went out for dinner, had game nights together, and had deep conversations, like really meaningful conversations at the time. We were all going through this phase together, but all in all, we just enjoyed life together. Especially in my early 20s, it was a really fun time. I feel like I\u2019m being brought back to that memory right now, actually, thinking of this question.<\/p>\n

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What kind of fragrances do you usually gravitate towards?<\/h2>\n\n

I love a fragrance that sits in between musky and floral. I feel like that\u2019s so me, because I\u2019m neither here nor there, like I could be both. I\u2019m not the most feminine, but I\u2019m also not the most masculine. Having both floral and musk notes creates balance for me, and I think I live up to that balance as well.<\/p>\n\n

What was your first impression of Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu?<\/h2>\n\n

Oh, I loved it. I absolutely loved it. Like I said, I love a balanced fragrance, and this perfume is just such a good example of that balance. It\u2019s crazy, because I remember first smelling this perfume, and I recently went to the Caf\u00e9 Mademoiselle event in Mid Valley, where they explained the ingredients and notes to us, and I realised, okay, I get why I love it so much. It\u2019s so balanced with the musk and floral notes, it\u2019s definitely my kind of fragrance. It\u2019s not too overpowering on either end, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n\n

If you could bottle one moment from your life and turn it into a fragrance, which moment would you choose?<\/h2>\n\n

Choosing one moment is so hard. Mm, if I had to choose one, I would say it was this one moment in Switzerland. I had travelled there with my friends, and I was sitting outside on the balcony of the place that we were staying at. The whole view was icy mountains and it was kind of dark, but the moon was shining, just there in the sky, and I fell asleep.<\/p>\n\n

When I woke up, the view was still the exact same, but it was morning, and everything was just so clear and magical. I feel like that moment combined, from night time to morning, I would love to bottle it into a perfume. That moment from dark to bright. Something that sits between the musky night time and bright, fresh day.<\/p>\n

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Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu is all about that unexpected first encounter, the feeling of being surprised, intrigued and pulled back in. What\u2019s something unexpected that has recently changed the way you see yourself or your life?<\/h2>\n\n

Yana:<\/strong> Oh, how do I say this? I think it\u2019s encountering relationships that I didn\u2019t know I deserved. Honestly, before, I had great friends who knew how to have fun, but now I feel like my relationships have more meaning, depth and substance. I think that was really unexpected for me. These relationships just came into my life unexpectedly, without me having to chase for them, and I believe that we attract what we are. The better you are as a person, the more you treat yourself well, and the more good things you do, the more good things will come to you. So I think that\u2019s it. The relationships I have now make me feel like I\u2019ve worked really hard on myself and done really well to have been able to meet all these amazing people who are in my life right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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