Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau, Parfum Caressant, circa 1897
There?s a YouTube genre of videos called ?reactions?. People film themselves as they watch or read something semi-controversial, from the Red Wedding to celeb plastic surgeries, clips by Dr. Pimple Popper or their followers? assumptions about their own lives behind the scenes. I was thinking about it recently while browsing lists of new perfume releases , making mental comments and the kind of facial expressions my mom has always warned me I?d be stuck with if I didn?t stop right that moment (she was kind of right).
I?m definitely not going to film myself doing it, but you may picture me trying to balance George and Lizzy, my laptop, iPad, messenger alerts on my phone, and a cup of tea. That?s the visual. My scent of the day was Chaos by Donna Karan from the original 1996 icicle bottle (?The Precious?. I also have the 2007 version in the black bottle which is just as discounted. Go figure). It may or may not influenced my attitude, but you tell me: can you avoid even a minimal snark when faced with the launch of Mademoiselle Rochas Couture, a new perfume that opens with notes of pear and pink peppercorns and dries down to a musk" My reactions to the other perfumes went something like this (you can treat it as blind items if you wish):
Klassy.Great. A flanker of a flanker of that thing I hated back in 2014. Can?t wait.As opposed to ?inauthentic woman?" Seriously" In 2019"Mmmm... iris. Must. I...