The "Dandy" name gets erased from Arsène Lupin

Originally Posted by Mr. G

Just talked to our own Eric about this and we agreed we wanted to share. Not many Guerlain threads these days :-) It has been mentioned on Perfume of Life already, but apparently not around here too much. Anyway, it's nothing very exciting:

Due to a copyright conflict, presumably with D'Orsay's Le Dandy, the name of Guerlain's Arsène Lupin Dandy has been changed into only Arsène Lupin. All bottles bearing the "Dandy" name have been withdrawn from stock. The design of the bottle is unaltered, and the name of Arsène Lupin Voyou also stays the same.

So, first-edition Arsène Lupin Dandy is already collectible!

http://monsieurguerlain2.blogspot.com/2008/06/news.html

Originally Posted by cacio

I would be even better if they simply killed the Voyou and left only the Lupin.

cacio

Originally Posted by mrclmind

I LOVE Voyou.

Originally Posted by Ken_Russell

In fact, Guerlain is by itself a fragrance house of dandified scents anyway

Originally Posted by jathanas

I'm glad. Dandy is a bit of a lame term, IMHO, so let D'Orsay have it.

These days most guys are well groomed, practice hygiene, and even moisturize but I don't know anyone who'd be happy to be called a "dandy". It's not something most aspire to.

Originally Posted by Primrose




I beg to differ. I aspire to be one each and every day! I revel in the use of that term.

The word "dandy," when used today, is a quaint term that harkens back to a time where men took pride in themselves and their grooming. It was a ritual. Of course, only the very wealthy had time to do this. One had to be an individualist who did not give a d&mn about what others thought of you, your clothing, your pastimes, behaviour or grooming. (These early dandies had balls, I tell you, and some took to dueling with sword or pistol to settle disagreements as a matter of course. Don't let the perfume fool you. They were hard-living, hard-drinking, hard-gambling womanisers who could go head-to-head with any cowboy from the American West--or Down Under--of their day. There were superb riders and connoisseurs of horseflesh. The term did connote milksoppery toward the end of the 19th century, though, hence the term fell out of use.) Snobbery plays a role in the marketing of most luxury goods anyway.

I would laugh to see a scent called, "Arsene Lupin Metrosexual."

In France, this would bring to mind someone on the Paris subway. Metrosexuelle? ROTFL! Not aristocratic nor elegant at all. LOL! ( I get a picture in my mind's eyes of some hunk on the Paris Metro.)

I think the "Arsene Lupin" scent is a great scent regardless of the name. Heck, it's a Guerlain, with a real historical lineage.

Look up what Luca Turin said.

Originally Posted by JaimeB

Just for fun:

Yankee Doodle went to town,
A-riding on a pony.
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy;
Mind the music and the step,
And with the girls be handy.

18th century American song

Originally Posted by mrclmind

I LOVE Voyou. A better remedy would be that people who don't like it, don't buy it and leave it alone for the rest of us who do.

Originally Posted by Primrose

...I would laugh to see a scent called, "Arsene Lupin Metrosexual." In France, this would bring to mind someone on the Paris subway. Metrosexuelle? ROTFL! Not aristocratic nor elegant at all. LOL!...

Originally Posted by Kevin Guyer

To be even more specific, a Metrosexual is someone who prefers to have sex while riding the Paris Metro. How about Retrosexual? Someone who prefers old fashioned love making?

Originally Posted by eric

Yep, once I realised Mr. G had mentioned it earlier on his blog,I was a bit embarrassed mentioning it to him , but being a fan of especially Dandy, we thought it wouldn´t hurt mentioning it.

So as of 2012 Arsene Lupin Dandy will be named Arsene Lupin and Voyou will be named Voyou.
I also read some more on it stumbling on this blog,
http://www.suburbanites.com/reviews/...-dandy-review/