floriental adj.— «Enchanting Celine Dion—The industry calls this a “floriental” scent—an apt term for this somewhat flowery, somewhat woodsy fragrance. $25.99 for 1 ounce, Kohl’s stores.» —“The It List” Plain...
spray and pray v. phr.— «The lavish promotional brochure promises “the Haute Parfumerie defies the contemporary notion of “spray and pray” to bring together the finest fragrance offerings within sumptuous, lavish...
spray and pray v. phr.— «For Dove, who worked with Guerlain for 19 years, fragrance should be about “hedonism, indulgence, utter luxuriousness.” He has little time for what he dubs the beauty hall “spray and pray...
jollop n.— «It was a one third-full bottle of David Beckham’s Instinct. Instinct, you may recall, was David’s “fragrance”; what was once called after-shave and what my Dad still refers to as “jollop.”» —“Beckham gets scent...
ganny n.— «On side 2 the song TRAIN TO BANGKOK he speaks about the sweet Jamaican pipe dreams, golden Acapulco nights and the fragrance of Afganastan (we now call “skunk” we once called “ganny” short for...