
02 / Her story
Vanessa, in her own light
Noted by the house
- 173 cm, slim
- Long sandy brown balayage hair, hazel eyes
- Learning languages
- Fragrance collecting and cycling
- Sweet and relaxed, English speaking
Vanessa is the ideal companion for a first evening in Amsterdam, when you have only just checked in, the suitcase is still closed and the city outside the window remains a beautiful mystery. What that moment calls for is someone relaxed and kind, someone curious about where you have come from and happy to tell you what the city is really like.
Someone like Vanessa: 25, slim and 173 cm tall, her long sandy brown hair lifted by a soft balayage that frames hazel eyes. Sweet, curious and genuinely relaxed, she puts people at ease without trying, and her understated coastal chic, soft colours and simple lines, suits that gentle nature perfectly. Her laugh is soft and frequent, and she has the knack of making even a long silence feel companionable. Nerves, jet lag and the stiffness of a long travel day tend to melt away in her company faster than you would expect.
Learning languages is her favourite hobby. She loves swapping words and will ask how you say cheers in your own language, then use it at exactly the right moment later in the evening. Fragrance collecting is her quieter passion, and she describes a perfume's top notes with lovely precision, bergamot here, a hint of fig there. Cycling is how she explores the city; she knows the calm routes along the canals and the loveliest way to cross the old quarter after dark, when the red lamps shimmer on the water and the Oude Kerk stands silhouetted against the sky. She keeps a short list of small pleasures for newcomers, too: the quietest bench on the Prinsengracht, a bakery worth crossing town for, and the corner of the Reguliersgracht where fifteen bridges line up at once.
Vanessa is based in De Pijp and reaches hotels across the city with ease. Samanta is another enthusiast for languages, and Sonya shares her devotion to fine fragrance. For a first taste of the city, there are few gentler introductions.




