Jay Gabler

January 19, 2012

emilygould:

I completely spazzed out on Twitter today after discovering that my Bat Mitzvah-era signature scent has a minor online cult willing to pay $30 and up for (possibly rancid) bottles of decades-old lotion. Then I asked everyone what flavors of Bath and Body Works goo they used to slather on as teens, then I asked them what they wear now. All in all, a productive afternoon indeed. What is your signature scent, and how does it differ from your pubescent/college-era scent, if it differs?

My signature scent is 4711, because it used to be my dad’s signature scent; my mom gave him a colossal bottle of it. Then he rediscovered an Italian cologne that he remembered from his Navy days, and my mom gave him a colossal bottle of that—so Dad passed his colossal bottle of 4711, along with a smaller one, on to me. That was years ago, and I’m still working on the smaller one, so it seems the colossal bottle will last me to the end of my days. In fact, at the end there will probably still be enough of it left to embalm me.
It had never previously occurred to me to research 4711, but Wikipedia has several interesting facts about the scent, including:
It’s descended from the original early-18th-century eau de Cologne.
In The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 4711 is tattooed on Frank’s upper thigh.
Holly Golightly sprinkles her neck with this cologne in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
So there you go. Audrey Hepburn and I have the same signature scent. Thanks, Dad.

I completely spazzed out on Twitter today after discovering that my Bat Mitzvah-era signature scent has a minor online cult willing to pay $30 and up for (possibly rancid) bottles of decades-old lotion. Then I asked everyone what flavors of Bath and Body Works goo they used to slather on as teens, then I asked them what they wear now. All in all, a productive afternoon indeed. What is your signature scent, and how does it differ from your pubescent/college-era scent, if it differs?

My signature scent is 4711, because it used to be my dad’s signature scent; my mom gave him a colossal bottle of it. Then he rediscovered an Italian cologne that he remembered from his Navy days, and my mom gave him a colossal bottle of that—so Dad passed his colossal bottle of 4711, along with a smaller one, on to me. That was years ago, and I’m still working on the smaller one, so it seems the colossal bottle will last me to the end of my days. In fact, at the end there will probably still be enough of it left to embalm me.

It had never previously occurred to me to research 4711, but Wikipedia has several interesting facts about the scent, including:

It’s descended from the original early-18th-century eau de Cologne.
In The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 4711 is tattooed on Frank’s upper thigh.
Holly Golightly sprinkles her neck with this cologne in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

So there you go. Audrey Hepburn and I have the same signature scent. Thanks, Dad.

(Source: zzzan)

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