Comments on: Estee Lauder Youth Dew ~ perfume review

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:25:52 +0000

It sounds like Youth Dew is a really meaningful fragrance for you! That’s wonderful. Not many people have a fragrance that symbolizes both the best of being a grown up and the comforts of being a child. I hope you wear it with joy for years to come.

By: CAREN

CAREN — Sun, 15 May 2011 02:06:09 +0000

I’m wondering would anyone out there agree with me on my opinion of the all-time-favorite, Youth Dew, and my opinion has nothing to do with grandma. My kindergarten teacher wore this fragrance religiously. As she sat at the piano, her body swayed and I couldn’t help smelling this beautiful fragrance in the room. As I was going through my mommy-withdrawals, for some reason, the smell of this perfume made me feel like everything was going to be alright. This fragrance lingers as the woman wearing it walks by. It makes you say, “What is that lovely smell?” This fragrance demands attention. When ever I’ve smelled it down a hallway, in a bathroom, or at an office, an elegant, well-dressed woman always follows. This fragrance represents to me: wealth, elegance, class, femininity, attractiveness, womaness, confidence,and independence. I will always love this perfume even if the only time I can wear it is during the fall or the winter months. To wear it during the spring or the summer, you must exercise caution as it is a demanding fragrance that crawls into your nose. To wear it during those hot months, I spray my blouse or my bra the night before right at the arm-pit area of the blouse or the bra. The body-heat from this area warms the fragrance and allows it to emit from your body in a more sublte way as apposed to it overwhelming someone you approach. If I don’t want to smell it on myself at all, I spray it on my panties, on the hip area keeping the bottle close to my body so as not to “spray” too much of it. I never spray it on my neck or my arms. If I did, the base-notes would make me light-headed all day long. Weeks later, I’ll be fumbling in my closet and I’ll say, What is that lovely smell? Then it hits me. Smiling, I”ll say, That’s that blouse I sprayed with Youth Dew weeks ago.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:05:59 +0000

I’m glad the review brought back happy memories! If the Youth Dew has been kept out of the light, you might be surprised at how true it still smells.

By: Anna T

Anna T — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:51:21 +0000

Wow–I had NO idea just how many mothers and grandmothers wore YD until seeing your wonderful review! My mother, too, wore it exclusively and always asked for replacements of it at gift-time. While I loved the fragrance on her, it’s true that the motor oil reference came up in our family, so I was happily stunned to read that part of the review. I have memories of piling into the family car to go to church early Sunday mornings, and my dad would invariably say, “What’s that smell? What smells like oil/gas,” knowing full well that it was her perfume. I guess he did not like it. He would change the wording, but the scenario would repeat, even though I think my mom also used it very sparingly, albeit year-round, in a hot southern climate. I remember seeing a bottle of it this summer when visiting, but I did not stop to spray it like I usually do. For now, I think she has moved on to other perfumes, but there has always been a bottle in her drawer. It is probably old by now, but I am definitely going to try on it the next time I am back there! Thanks, Angela, for a wonderful review!

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:27:12 +0000

It definitely has a sentimental pull for me, too.

By: Dizzy Dazzy

Dizzy Dazzy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:11:18 +0000

You either love this or hate it. I really like Youth Dew. There’s nothing subtle about it, it is distinctive rather than many perfumes which can all be lumped together in the “samey” category. I wore it in the early 80′s and one whiff now transports me back in time. Very, very fond of Youth Dew, for sentimental reasons.

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!