A de Grès (1947)
by Grès

One time my friend's husband commented that her newest perfume smelled like Raid. Tant pis.

Well that was how I felt when I applied this perfume which I had recently dug out after having had it for some time, and put it on today. It was too green for words. Raw. Acrid.

So after a while I was relieved when it rounded out but then it smelled horrid. I felt like I smelled like an old woman and not in a good and elegant way either. But the clerk in the natural food store told me I smelled good. I said I was glad because I thought that perhaps I stunk. She said "Oh no!" So that at least was a relief.

Anyhow now several hours later I can smell the faint powdery scent and it is no longer offensive. Sort of like the scent of freshly starched linen when it is hot under the iron. ( For those of you who remember ironing... my age is showing...) A subtle sweet smell. But by now it is evanescent.

Maybe if you can find some vintage of this you will like it but it is not for me, alas.

14th December, 2007.