My wildly eccentric grandmother wore Revlon’s Charlie. I remember the blue box with its jaunty italic script and the notes of white flowers and burnt trees – it felt matriarchal and powerful. Fitting for a woman who went though five husbands and once scared off a burglar by pulling his trousers down.
— Emily Dean asks Is There Such A Thing As A Feminist Scent? at InStyleUK.
This article was fun even if I am not sure she was persuasive about perfume being a feminist statement. Its a statement, and I’m a feminist… but anyway, neither here nor there! I never heard the Elizabeth Taylor quote before. It made me smile–wise words for a tough world: ‘Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.’ And give yourself a little spray with whatever you want to smell of. As long as you love it.”
Exactly — not convinced, but fun to read.