Comments on: Estee Lauder Youth Dew ~ perfume review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:17:06 +0000

The bath oil does last a fairly long time, and on me it has less sillage, too.

I'm glad you're ignoring whether a scent is marketed toward a man or a woman–I think this one would be great on a man.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:51:10 +0000

I also love Youth Dew. As you said the EdP is a sillage monster, I don't mind it but I think of the people around me so I'm curious is the bath oil as long lasting as the EdP? I know this fragrance is meant for women but it has all the notes I love, and I'm the type to wear what I like and ignore lables.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:41 +0000

I recently got both a vintage and a newly formulated decant of this in a swap. The vintage has a strong tarry, Jergen's lotion-y note that I dont' care for. The reformulation seems clearer, brighter, and the nice orange peel and leather notes shine brighter. This is an extremely elegant perfume, suitable today for formal events such as a museum opening or whatnot. I can't really see it as an every day scent. To me, this is the Joan Crawford of perfumes (she wore it, too!). Undeniably beautiful, complicated, elegant — and yet somehow unlovable. Whereas Habanita is Marilyn Monroe — lucious, voluptuous, eager to please, very lovable.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:38:47 +0000

I'll sure let you know!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:18:25 +0000

It's interesting how much our associations with a particular perfume (or lack of them) influence how we see the perfume. Youth Dew is pretty mysterious and dark smelling–I'd love to know what you think of it when you smell it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:35:48 +0000

I come from a country where Youth Dew is rather obscure to the general public, so there aren't any grandmotherly connotations to it.

I personally haven't sniffed it yet (but I'm going to) and those who have, most of them hard-boiled perfume fans, see it as very desirable, very sexy and dark.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:24:20 +0000

I agree with you wholeheartedly. I can't imagine my grandmother without a drop of Youth Dew bath oil behind each ear.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:45:30 +0000

I bought a gift set for my mother every year at Christmas, from the time I could remember.

As I got older, I introduced her to other scents . . . to get her away from Youth Dew.

She loved Lou Lou, Obsession, and Poeme.

I bought her Youth Dew last holiday for memories sake, and she was thrilled.

You can take Youth Dew away from the woman, but I have a feeling that for an entire generation, you'll never take the woman away from Youth Dew.

And rightfully so. A landmark fragrance which deserves our respect for its (not so) sheer influence.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:17:09 +0000

I don't think I've ever smelled Avon Charisma. I love the name, though. My other grandmother wore Revlon Moondrops, and I'd love to smell that again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:55:19 +0000

I fervently hope animal skins DO NOT come back in fashion. Faux fur is so well done, nowadays..so are fake heads although macabre. Hopefully YD smells the same on it. But it is a lovely written story-so vivid. I have similar nostalgia for my mother's Avon Charisma bath oil.

I snuck some and filled the bottle back up with water–bubbles formed and my backside got warmed.

joy