I don’t specifically remember buying Estee Lauder’s Youth Dew, and yet I came across a bottle of it in the back of my bathroom cupboard the other day. The bottle was full, with a vintage-y vibe, and tied with a gold bow. I thought, well, this stuff must be bad, if it was relegated to the back of this cupboard. I honestly couldn’t remember what it smelled like, and so I was surprised to find it completely inoffensive. I went ahead and applied it to my inner wrists. Youth Dew is a spicy oriental that is warm and woody. Its fleeting top notes are rose, jonquil, and lavender. I wish the lavender was more promintent, and more long-lasting. The middle notes are jasmine, muguet (AKA lily of the valley) and spices, with the spices being most prominent. Finally, the bottom notes are moss, vetiver, and patchouli. So yes, I went ahead and tried out this old-fashioned perfume that I had long forgotten. As I said before, it is inoffensive, compared to other scents that send me screaming for the hills, so I had a hard time deciding why I didn’t really love it. As the day wore on and I continued to sniff at my wrists, I kept thinking the perfume smelled kind of old and dusty…like it should be worn by a little old lady with puffy, powdery white hair and wearing a housecoat. So that was it, that was how it ended up on the back of that shelf. It’s just too dusty. Once the scent had dried down to the point where I could hardly detect it, I went ahead and sprayed some Prada over it, just for the sake of my own sanity. Maybe when I am a little old lady with my hair in a bun and a little dog at my feet, I will give this perfume another shot. For now it is back in the cupboard, collecting dust, again.
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