They met through a meeting hosted by a mutual friend in Los Angeles. He was a rock & roll genius and the creator of hits like "Ziggy Stardust" and "Space Oddity" among many others. She was the supermodel from Somalia, who spoke five languages, whose beauty and intelligence had fascinated the fashion world and beyond.

"David said it was love at first sight," Iman, 66, told People . "It took me several months [...] I knew him as a man, David Jones, his real name. And not the rock star. "

Their story was always a very private story, but now, more than five years after his death from cancer in 2016, she has created the first perfume, Love Memoir, for "epic romance". The idea came to him while living in their village home located in the mountains north of New York. In the first years after his death, it had been painful to spend a lot of time there.

"I was just very sad and hurried back to town. I thought I had worked out [the loss], but that was not the case."

In isolation, Iman told People that he found solace among his favorite paintings, the ever-present books, and the fiery sunsets they both loved.

Now that he is gone, Iman says, "There are days that are harder than others, but the memories are not all sad about why the person is not here. The memories now are how wonderful he was."

And she does not intend to remarry. When her daughter Alexandria "Lexi" Jones, now 21, asked her about it, Iman recalled:

 "I said 'No, I'll not get married.' "I still feel married. Someone called David my late husband a few years ago and I said, 'No, he is not my late husband. He is my husband.'"

Among other things, she adds:

"I definitely feel his presence, especially when I look at the glorious sunset in our house, because David loves the sunsets. So that way he is always present. "Through my memory, love lives."