| MESSAGE BY MAYA |
| For a few days,now,our Canadian
friends up north have been blowing
some of their arctic air our way,no
doubt to see how we would fare,
down here...Well,when the going
gets tough,the tough gets...A huge
fire in the fireplace,a gargantuesque
cup of hot cocoa,and steaming hot
bath seasonned with Youth Dew
bath oil!I know a lot of you out there don't like Y.D,so please
disregard this post,but to those who do like it,and to those who don't know it but are willing to be open minded,let me say that this
morning is turning out to be just
perfect!The scent is,of course,VERY
strong,spicy and long lasting,but
when used correctly,it is magical.
The bath oil provides a good base
for the fragrance,actually on some,
that's enough.For a more intense
experience,after drying off,I applied
more of the bath oil on pulse
points,(in really TINY amounts,that's
important),and finished with a light
dusting of the Y.D powder.I also
used the roll on deodorant that
comes in the line,but I did not use
the fragrance spray.Then I had to go out Xmas shopping,and something funny happened:in a dept
store,at the cosmetic counter,a
man wanted to buy fragrance for his
girlfriend.The salesperson said to
him that he should try any of the newer fragrances,she thought they
were all very nice,but he should stay away from the "oldies" ,
especially the ones like Y.D. I was
looking at gift sets,and had to come closer to the counter,the man
turned to me,caught a whif of my
scent,and asked me if he could
please smell me better! I said yes,
he inhaled deeply and said :"I don't
care how much I have to pay,this
is the one,it will be perfect on her!"
Imagine the look on his face and the
salesperson's,(who,no doubt,had
hoped to make a much larger
comission),when I said this was Youth Dew,and that even if he bought the entire line,he would
spend under a hundred bucks.With
that,he smiled,and said:" now there
is no excuse,I have to go look at
rings!" It is true that Y.D was launched quite a long time ago,but
if you think of just the date,it's not
nearly as ancient as Shalimar,or
L'Heure Bleue. And the launching date is not the point,here.The point is that when a scent is good,tried
and true,and has withstood the test
of time,then the only reason such a
scent might not "work" at times is
because of chemistry...or a massively heavy hand!Youth Dew
lovers all agree on one point:
GO EASY!!! This isn't a weakling of
a blend,it is a classic blend made of
natural essential oils,it is powerful,
and makes a statement with only
the lightest touch.In the summer,I
love Opium.But when the air turns cold and dry,Opium looses its magic
on me as it becomes too harsh.This,
however,stays warm,spicy and lush
all at once,and,as my husband says,
has the ability to smell as if the scent came from deep within myself.
He finds it deep,dark,and bright
all together,and has compared it to
deep jewel hued velvet and silk.
How could I possibly go wrong with
that? |
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