Not to get sniffy or anything
Dior’s Addict fragrance, which has scored 65 stars from thirteen Amazon.com reviewers — you can’t do better than that — is officially described this way:
Dior Addict indulges the senses with sumptuous silk tree flower, voluptuous night queen flower, and luscious bourbon vanilla combined with sandalwood and tonka bean to evoke a feeling of passion in the boldly sexy woman who wears it.
A description more informal yet more evocative:
[M]andarin, jasmine, bergamot, tuberose, gardenia, Bulgarian rose, Bourbon vanilla, sandalwood, musk. The nose is Thierry Wasser (ha! I’m guessing he doesn’t brag about it). Um, okay, that’s a fancypants list of notes for something so cheerfully airheaded. It paints a picture of an evening spent at the carnival set up in the parking lot at Sears in the 1970s, when I was fifteen and wearing tube tops with overalls to flirt with the carnies. Redolent of Marlboro light, cotton candy, tilt-a-whirls, the Himalaya (“barracccuuuudaa!”), and maybe a rum and coke washed down in the GTO beforehand. When I put this on, I feel my IQ drop 30 points, but my boobs are perkier.
Which, if you think about it, is more than you wanted to know, but simultaneously exactly what you wanted to know.
Few of us word-jugglers ever reach such heady heights.
CT »
15 December 2009 · 7:45 am
In light of what’s conjured up above, a rebranding is in order: Eau de Trash Blanc.
Mike Pechar »
15 December 2009 · 9:16 am
First date gift suggestion?
fillyjonk »
15 December 2009 · 9:19 am
Funny how scent is such a personal thing: I would run from the memory of “an evening spent at the carnival set up in the parking lot at Sears…” and all it entailed.
Then again, my allergies dictate that I usually smell like Ivory soap rather than anything particularly exotic.
CGHill »
17 December 2009 · 7:33 pm
There’s a lot to be said for purity at the 99.44-percent level.
BlogDog »
18 December 2009 · 8:54 am
Reminds of my old pickup line: “Does this rag smell of chloroform to you?”