Deep anti-Proust levels of revulsion for this epitome of modern scent.
I shall store it in the collection as a necessary reference
I DON’T ULTIMATELY DISLIKE THE WORLD IN 2023, BUT THIS ‘PULL ME UP’ SAMPLE OF PACO RABANNE’s ‘LADY MILLION ROYAL’ I HAVE JUST TRIED ON ARRIVING HOME TONIGHT IS PROBABLY THE MOST DISGUSTINGLY VULGAR THING I HAVE EVER SMELLED; WITHIN THE DURATION OF ONE TINY MICROINHALATION ,IT SOMEHOW SUCCESSFULLY ENCAPSULATES EVERYTHING I DO HATE ABOUT THE CRASSNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS OF MUCH OF THE CURRENT LIFE
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I have to say the name ‘Lady Million Royal’ doesn’t inspire much confidence…
Can you imagine being drawn to that concept unless ironically as a drag star ?
I used to keep certain things I disliked as a reference to remember how dislikable they really were… but now I just get rid of them.
Probably a wiser decision philosophically in the long run ( I have got rid of SO much perfume.. too much probably – sometimes I regret it )
That’s the tricky part, being sure it won’t be regretted later.
Oh dear. I begin to feel that way about any samples in paper “books” these days, or at least the ones I don’t pay for. Would it help to write more about this one to exorcise it from your pores?
Yes – but I kind of felt I nailed it with that severely OTT attention grabbing title
You would DIE wearing something this cloying and glandular
D I E !!!
Well, I’ll try not to die, but I know what you’re saying. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to inflict any further trauma on yourself, though I see that you did in your description below. I can’t wait to not smell this one.
I think you should smell this at least once if you come across it at the airport or something – it is mesmerizingly on point in a way
(ps I obviously didn’t mean die in that way!)
I believe you and I can imagine. The name alone is the red flag for me, but like Hanamini, out of curiosity (or masochism) I’d like to hear the horrible details about why it so vile, LOL.
In a way this perfume is actually kind of genius. It is well blended – the ‘pomegranate ‘ fruity top part, the buxom ‘white floral’ heart, the synthetic vanilla musk patchouli candy floss or the base
What it does very cleverly is smell like an actual living person you know or have encountered
I have met/ smelled her in clubs, malls, going through security in airports .. this is how the vast majority of women smell now if they wear perfume. But it is so CHEAP and vulgar, so OBVIOUS and brain dead.
What makes Royal different is that it smells like one of these tired thick sweet perfumes after she has been out all evening and is a bit grimy with perspiration. They have put the sweat IN the perfume.
In a way it is spectacular
Thank you so much for taking the time to indulge me with the details. And as usual, you have such a way with words that I feel like I have smelled it because in your description it plays out like a million “meh” formulaic, crowd pleasers we’ve all smelled before.
oh yes – the very essence of them
Hello, I’m new to your blog and have enjoyed reading it the last few weeks. I can relate to your sentiments! It often seems that “there is no worst” in this world. I’ve never smelled any of the Lady Million releases; the name alone is enough to keep me safely away, lol!
The silver lining is that now you’ve got everything that’s wrong with the world encapsulated in one tiny vial and can just push it away! 😁
And yet I feel so very inclined to keep it.
The scent is so…. SPOT ON somehow
It really nails … not the ‘zeitgeist’ but definitely the tacky spirit of the times.
What the fuck happened to elegance ?
Elegance is on outdated concept, I think. 😢 I miss it so much!
SO DO I
Your last question reminded me of a Kurt Weill song „I’m a Stranger Here Myself“ — don‘t know why? Perhaps the cri de cœur? Like Teresa Stratas‘ rendition of that song?
Interesting. Love a bit of Kurt Weill.
Ps welcome to all the emoting and raving and thankyou for commenting !
Thank you! 😊
I do believe this was in my bag of “gifted” samples to you 😉 I was sent a sample of this once from a magazine I subscribed to. I wonder if there is anything in the current batch of releases that isn’t an utter horror? The name says it all! PS I like the tea towel. x
I wondered where it came from.
Genuinely grateful to receive such things as you just would never be able to ‘here in japan’; firstly such samples don’t exist; secondly, no one in a lady million years would ever consider wearing it
so utterly fckng lowest possible denmntr – dsGSTNG
“Cloying and glandular.” Possibly your most succinct hatchet job of a description yet. Brilliant, dear N. I really want to smell it now just to be righteously outraged. What the fuck happened to elegance indeed. I feel compelled to run and grab the nearest Caron in solidarity. Xoxo
xxx
you know after I wrote that comment I actually left my phone on the train. Something about the whole thing just did it for me.
Off to Kawasaki station now to retrieve it!
Did you actually get your phone back?
There is no chance in heaven or hell that you‘d EVER get a forgotten smartphone back you absentmindedly left on a tram, bus, or train here in Germany!
You ALWAYS get it back here !
D lost his last month and located it the next day : I just went and picked mine up yesterday ( the same with wallets would you believe ).
One of the collectivist perks !
Ps why not ?
I can one up you with tackiness.
I got the sample of Paco Rabanne Pure XS for her that came with a cheesy fake gold ring shaped like a snake. Yup, the ring came in a pink plastic bag with the sample. I assure you it was just as vulgar, cloying, banal and glandular as the slop you got.
And Xs has that horrible fake sandalwood undertone beneath all the high sweetness
They have really nailed the cheap tacky sector !