Free Spirit
Women's Health South Africa|September 2018

Getting naked means more to Jenna Dewan than posing nude. The actress, dancer, mother and wellness warrior bares all when it comes to her public split, protective parenting and positive outlook on her new life.

Lisa Butterworth
Free Spirit
First things first: Jenna Dewan smells great. I get a hint of summer florals with a white-musk base note as she breezes up to the Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge. The scent, I find out, is very exclusive. Only one bottle exists and it was custom-made at a DIY perfumery by her five-year-old daughter, Everly, who also named it: Mermaid Dreams.

“I was like, ‘Ah, this child kills me,’” Jenna says, beaming. And though today Jenna has on a white, wide-legged linen jumpsuit with strappy wedges and several delicate gold necklaces, Mermaid Dreams is pretty much all she was wearing at our cover shoot, outside Joshua Tree National Park in California in the US.

Nudity is something the 37-year-old has zero qualms about. “I’ve been a dancer my entire life, so I’m used to little clothing,” she says with a laugh. “You lose a sense of modesty.”

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