In tough economic times, when our pocketbooks are empty, we are faced with drastic changes in behaviour when it comes to our favourite scents.
The Comte d'Orsay was a compulsive gambler, as well as an avid patron of high-end tailors' establishments and perfume houses, ballet/opera subscriptions and mistresses. After 1838, when he was--shall we say--involved in a "division of finances" with his wife, he was forced to take stock of his "needs" versus "wants." (His beautiful Countess then set her aims on the Continent, netting a Crown Prince for a lover in Paris.) He curtailed [some of] his expenses. This happens quite naturally when you are forced to stay indoors during daylight hours to avoid being hauled into debtors' prison by one's coattails.
If memory serves, he put up some of his collection of silver- and gold-headed canes as a security for a loan. A true dandy to the end. Only working as a government civil servant saved him.
Now the global economic climate has forced many of us to limit our perfume expenditures or change the way in which we get our nose fix of scent.
For those reduced in circumstances, AdG is now offered in a "knockoff" brand as G Eau by Belcam, a cosmetics company dealing in smell-alike scents. You can buy 3.4 oz for less than $10.00 USD.
http://www.belcamshop.com/products/f9709005aq
The Comte d'Orsay was a compulsive gambler, as well as an avid patron of high-end tailors' establishments and perfume houses, ballet/opera subscriptions and mistresses. After 1838, when he was--shall we say--involved in a "division of finances" with his wife, he was forced to take stock of his "needs" versus "wants." (His beautiful Countess then set her aims on the Continent, netting a Crown Prince for a lover in Paris.) He curtailed [some of] his expenses. This happens quite naturally when you are forced to stay indoors during daylight hours to avoid being hauled into debtors' prison by one's coattails.
If memory serves, he put up some of his collection of silver- and gold-headed canes as a security for a loan. A true dandy to the end. Only working as a government civil servant saved him.Now the global economic climate has forced many of us to limit our perfume expenditures or change the way in which we get our nose fix of scent.
For those reduced in circumstances, AdG is now offered in a "knockoff" brand as G Eau by Belcam, a cosmetics company dealing in smell-alike scents. You can buy 3.4 oz for less than $10.00 USD.
http://www.belcamshop.com/products/f9709005aq
