When I got married, my wife wanted to pick out a scent that would be unique to our marriage so off we went to every department store. One day we’re walking through the food store and there’s a big barrel of Brut on sale for $1.99 and she said, Let’s just try. It basically smells like a dream of a construction worker. It’s manly, it’s wonderful, but what sold me was that Brut was worn by Cary Grant. So I wore that for years and then I met a perfumer named Christophe Laudamiel.
— You can read the rest of Harry Slatkin's anecdote in For This Fragrance Expert, Dog Paws Smell Like Popcorn at The Cut.
Love it. And I can’t wait to share this anecdote with my former construction-worker husband, though sadly I’m the only one of us who will touch Brut–yes, I have a bottle. I’ve always been a bit of a tomboy.
I love Old Spice but Brut never grew on me. Been trying to decide what OS is, if Brut is a “dream of a construction worker”?
The same, but on a horse!
LOL — now why didn’t I think of that???
He blows out and sometimes removes candles not made by him from his friends’ homes. Wow, what an ass.
Seriously bad behavior.
I would MURDER such a person. That’s right up there with taking over the playlist.
Right?!
…and now I’m imagining other professions doing the same thing. “My friends all know I run a cupcake business, so if they serve something else for dessert they shouldn’t be surprised when I dump everyone’s plate into the trash.”
Yes, and that he proudly tells this story and that his behavior has rubbed off on his child are quite telling of the privilege he holds.
I do enjoy reading these interviews in the Scent Memories series, but so often it is just rich people reminiscing about being rich. I so much more enjoy the interviews with those who didn’t grow up wealthy or those who are “new” to wealth. Or someone liked Cher who suffers no fools.
“rich people reminiscing about being rich.” — YEP.