Happy Grammar Day! And1 happy Friday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance from Estée Lauder or Aramis, if you have one.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I’m in my all-time favorite Estée Lauder fragrance (although I suspect that Estée Lauder herself would not approve), Bronze Goddess…
I’ve been meaning to review Aramis1 for years (it’s a classic, and I’ve never tried it!) Reading two articles back to back last week, randomly, led me to the perfume counter for a fresh Aramis sample…and this review. These articles have apt connections to the “old-man” perfume that is Aramis (it was first released in 1964 and is regularly disparaged by men, and women, on perfume forums as being “old” fashioned and, thus, un-wearable today).
First up was an interview with Frances McDormand, talking about aging in The New York Times:
We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There’s no desire to be an adult…
More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes collector items from Guerlain, Hello Kitty, Yves Saint Laurent and Aramis; plus new packaging from Keiko Mecheri.
From Guerlain, La Petite Robe Noire in black Baccarat crystal with embroidered flowers by Macon & Lesquoy. In 250 ml Extrait de Parfum…
