Fragrance addict has spent £20K on scents

A woman who used perfume to protect herself from racist bullies as a child is now addicted to expensive scents - and has spent in excess of £20,000 on fragrance.

As the only black girl in her school Shade Selema would spray her mum's perfume to stop the other kids from calling her "stink bomb".

But what started as armour has now become a full-on passion with the glamorous 36-year-old loving fragrance so much she even wears it to bed. Married Shade - pronounced Sharday - can spend up to £4,000 in fragrance in a month.