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When I was a kid there was thisĀ Rosebud Lip and Hand Salve that seemed really really classy. It was in a vintage looking tin. While that rosebud salve is absolutely divine, some of its mystique has faded into the oblivion of my childhood.Ā However,Ā Vaseline has now put out a rose flavored vaseline in a mini vaseline box.Ā It smells deeply erotic.Ā And you have to plunge your finger into this rose flavor goop to apply directly onto your face. Sensuality!Ā Ā The rose fragrance is really well synthesized. It whisks you away to working class glamor like the 20s or somethingā¦. If you get it you get it- if you donāt you donāt!!!!!!Some French guy once told me rose scented stuff smells like bathroom cleaner. He couldnāt be more wrong. Fragrance is classically one of the many French/ American divides. The fact is in America, we are overwhelmed with complicated fragrances for cleaning products, candles, and lip balms. Were inundated with Dr Pepper flavors , Coconut passion, Strawberry Attitudesā¦ Vaseline is presupposing and imagining a land far far agoā¦ where choices were specific, simple and deeply erotic.
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i literally use this all the time but mainly bc my tacky ex best friend left a tin in my laptop case and it lasts, actually, 4ever
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š¹some people say rose scent smells like old people but i donāt think so???? to me itās so relaxing and pretty! i tend to avoid vanilla or super sweet scents because they give me headaches. citrus/woodsy smells are great too, but something about rose just feels like me!!
this discontinued crabtree & evelyn lotion was gifted to me like 10 years ago and i am always thinking about itā¦ bring her back!!!!
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* Fracas by Robert Piguetāclassic fragrance for divas only, like Madonna, Courtney Love, and Marlene Dietrich. I still have the same bottle I got in high school after buying a perfume book and painstakingly researching to decide what I really wanted in my perfect perfume and saving money and birthday money for a whole school year. I wear it on happy days I want to remember forever so the association I have with it of pure joy becomes stronger every time. It smells like carefree summer to me!
* I actually love tuberose so much that Iāve been using Alba Botanicaās tuberose body wash itās soooo good
* Iāve also recently been wearing the bottle of Juicy Couture my grandmother gave me forever ago when she was still alive which was her signature scent simply because it had a schnauzer on the bottleāher favorite dog. Itās also extremely tuberose heavy and that may be why I fell in love with it in the first place. Itās grown on me i weirdly like it a lot
* I wear kuumba made amber and sandalwood perfume oil as a daily scent which matches my sandalwood sandal deodorant (rec coming about this soonā¦) for a nice crunchy hippie vibe
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The most stifling, heady, overwhelming pure crushed red rose scent. Iām suffocating in my rose-coloured noxious cloud and it feels like the heat of summer romance.
People who think rose scents are grandma-y need to see the Light.
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