Marilyn Monroe's Favorite Fragrances : Vintage Perfume

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

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[@jennilang2464]

Erin, I'm not from KCMO, but I live here. There's a little fabulous shop near me, in a historic town Square of a town called Liberty. 20 min from the airport. It's called Bittersweet Apothecary, Oprah loves it, and Jillie(bean) the owner MAKES HER SOAPS from her gma's recipe! If you want to see her makes soaps, I'm sure she'd love to show you! Tell her jenni sent you. Everything about it, you can Google. It's quite a fascinating process, and jillie is a super cool chic,👍💖👍

[@CAMWaite1]

Fabulous video Erin ❤ I saved ALL of my mother’s old perfumes by wrapping around the stoppers at the neck of the bottle with plumbers tape. (The white tape plumbers use around pipe fittings.) Each time I use one of the perfumes I reapply the plumbers tape to save the perfume from the ravages of oxygen sneaking into the bottle. Hope this helps. Thank you for the informative video. You are a gem 💎

[@quester09]

I love and recommend Scentbird

[@gratitude7397]

I'm worried I'll fall in love with a $300++ scent...Better not

[@lindseystein9676]

I love scentbird. I’m a sucker for florals. House of Bo has such good options. This month I got Heretic’s Pistil Whip and it’s so good. White floral with a bit of green. Feminine and a bit of masculine.

[@Bildgesmythe]

I'm 72, my favorite perfumes don't exist anymore. Some that do don't smell the same, changing out just one ingredient can make a big difference. So many modern perfumes just smell of sugar and vanilla.

[@JH-kw8zy]

While I love the more modern fresh and light scents today, I have to admit they are usually too gourmand and not as complex as older perfumes.

[@astrophel87]

What were your favorites? ❤

[@eminakostic3406]

Yeah tell the favorites, maybe someone knows a modern dupe!

[@raraavis7782]

I've been on a hunt for a new perfume lately. I've used up everything I owned during the last year or so (deliberately), because I didn't want to waste nice stuff, just because I got a bit bored by it. Now I want to find a new signature scent. But my, perfume has become expensive. 150+€ a bottle is not unusual for high end brands these days, it seems. So far, nothing has sufficiently impressed me, to spend that kind of money.

[@leshiarussell5161]

I love most but my favorite was vivid and poison which can't find my news one is Fire Bloom❤

[@lysirishfleur3030]

I'm a perfumista. At 60. I have been collecting fragrance (perfume) since I was eight. I had so many original fragrances where the bottles weren't even open. Unfortunately during a robbery. Someone stole all of my perfumes. 50 years gone. Some of those bottles were very high end and no longer made. Including my mother's original Channel no 5. At auction they would've went for a nice price amongst collectors. But more than likely they were sold out of the back of a van in some shady place. They don't understand how much of my life they stole

[@ladybeatricestone]

I am terribly sorry for you. People are disgusting!

[@gardendormouse6479]

That's tragic.😢

[@Smart44Lady]

😢

[@mishasofia6091]

i am so sorry, thats horrible.

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

I am so sorry. That made me tear up. Thieves don’t care about anything or any backstory. My heart breaks for you, no one whole be stolen from! 😢

[@aronc24]

Just wanna say I REALLY appreciate your long form content. It’s so clear you invest a lot of energy and resources in them. I swear you could have a legitimate show. Keep it up!

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I agree. I could watch one of these every single day.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I appreciate that! I will say I often have to write scripts because I find so much info I can’t just wing it 😝

[@donnajenkins7862]

Ha! I just said similar. I forget I’m on youtube, this is like a “show” on a learning channel.

[@maryriseling209]

I feel the same your videos are so good because you totally love doing them and a excellent researcher thank you so much ❤

[@orangemascara]

It’s pronounced “ Are - paw- ggggg “ 🥹

[@melissaromani7275]

My grandfather was a perfume chemist and he could identify nearly every ingredient that went into a perfume just by spraying it. His Aunt was a dressmaker and was head draper at Bergdorf Goodman for decades and she made dresses for Marilyn! They had custom made manakins that were her measurements so she could make changes and alterations without having to do a fitting. The clothes and other pieces I have that she made are so beautifully done, I can't even imagine the quality that Marilyn got. Also Erin you are so gorgeous as a brunette!! With the thin eyebrows and model bone structure it's giving Maureen O'Hara when her hair was dark 😍

[@seabreeze4559]

what were her measurements? people online disagree

[@melissaromani7275]

@@seabreeze4559 From what I was told, they had two different ones because she would either lose weight or wear a bodysuit underneath for films and appearances, and then go back to her happier weight after, but both ways she was "tiny, tiny" according to my ..sturdy Italian family lol 😭

[@BarbaraDr2023]

This is great ❤

[@Tenebarum]

​@@seabreeze4559I'm not sure exactly, but one thing is for sure. She was never plus sized, unless 130 at 5"5 is plus. I believe her average weight was 115 to 120. Her tiny waist exaggerated her average sized hips, which read as voluptuous.

[@kellycook4347]

​@@Tenebarum💯 correct. Women go up and down in weight. But yeah, I stood next to her wax figure a Madame Tussueds and we were very similar in size. I'm almost 5'5 and 124 now 118 then. I adore her figure smaller and heavier.

[@k213389]

I went to the Marilyn Remembered memorial service a few years back and there was a lady there who talked who studied with Marilyn at the actor's studio. She said Marilyn would get so nervous before she had to do a monologue or a scene that she'd get hives and have to put calamine lotion on. But even with the little dabs of calamine lotion, Marilyn's skin had a luminous sheen like a peach. One day the lady asked what did Marilyn eat (wondering if her diet helped her skin look so good) and she said "I eat a lot of grapes." So now calamine lotion and grapes are also smells I associate with Marilyn.

[@isamcc1831]

Apparently she ate a lot of raw carrots as well. Now I'm going to have to look up where I heard that from...

[@alexaxoxo_01]

@@isamcc1831there is a photo of her with carrots when she’s in bed she did mention it in an interview!

[@Aishiya1]

She washed her face several times a day.

[@rozroux]

Was it Renee Taylor? She wrote about the same grapes/Marilyn thing in her book.

[@k213389]

@@rozroux I think it may have been!

[@Scorpinox]

Your passion for makeup/beauty is truly unmatched Erin. You're a delight to watch :)

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Thankyou so much! So nice to hear others enjoy my passion of vintage!

[@QueenCityHistory]

Marilyn was exceptionally smart. She was a passionate reader. She was clever, quick witted, charming and seductive all at the same time. The dumb blonde was a total act. Marilyn knew exactly what she was doing

[@lonnacamacho4383]

She was used for her beauty. Some say she was an original MK Ultra creation, which is why you see so many celebrities, even some of the men, doing photo shoots in her likeness. She wasn't permitted to be a mother, some say 13 times. And then when her looks were starting to "fade" and her programming started to backfire (Brittany Spears, Kanye, Amanda Bines, Justin Bieber, etc), they got rid of her. To this day, no one comes close to having her iconic beauty or unique delivery. She was special.

[@DS-mh5hb]

Yes, She used photos and had so many taken early on , especially , to get her product out there , and other ways, but she used it successfully to get the career and life she thought she wanted .

[@QueenCityHistory]

@@lonnacamacho4383 absolutely. There are some actresses and singers we will never have another that will ever compare. Marilyn was one. Whitney is another. No one will ever come close to that voice.

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

I just hate the way Arthur Miller treated her. He was a a hole for sure! Yes, she was done wrong by a lot of men; but Arthur tried to make her feel less intelligent than him. Watch an interview he did about her. It makes me so angry!

[@DS-mh5hb]

Miller was one of those men that got off on making a woman feel less than, for sure .

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

For my 18th birthday, in 1983, I asked for and received a bottle of Chanel No. 5. I was already into EVERYTHING vintage and was so excited! I felt so grown up.😊

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

You are a very cool human hah! Love! 💕

[@Pandabadger]

@@erinparsonsmakeupso are you you are a cool person I love your channel and I love Marylin Monroe to

[@jhdhjnvggkjgdd4637]

Being a teen in the 80s must’ve been bliss

[@sharalhall5911]

I LOVED this perfume at Kohl’s by Daisy Fuentes called Diasnoche - one side for day & the other for night. It was perfect but it stopped being made so I bought some off EBay but unfortunately the smell was stale. So sad it went away!

[@jenb6910]

That's so sweet ❤ ahh memories 💕

[@philippaclarke2844]

My mother was buried with a bottle of Lanvin Arpege. I spotted it in "How to Marry.." but never knew it was a Marilyn favourite! Thank you Erin ❤

[@donnalewis4895]

My mother used arpege also

[@JudithByerly-io3br]

My Mother’s favorite fragrance as well! 😊

[@awesomemom533]

I bought a bottle from the Vermont Country Store. I love it 🥰

[@GustavoFarias-fr6bl]

I'm a guy and I'm obsessed with Chanel no. 5, more specifically the Parfum/Extrait version (I have six bottles lmao) in addition to the Eau de Parfum version (the most easily found, which comes with a vaporizing spray) and the Eau Première. My tip: as said by Erin, the original No. 5, launched in the 20s is the Parfum/Extrait and the Eau de Toilette. The Eau de Parfum was created in the 80s and I think it is VERY different, and curiously more “dated”, it reminds me of the smell of hairspray, ylang-ylang soap and sandalwood. I think many who hate Chanel no. 5 would change their minds if they had the chance to try the Parfum instead of the EDP. ✨ The Parfum/Extract: floral symphony in which the harmony of May Rose, Jasmine de Grasse and Iris highlights, powdery, buttery, supreme elegance. ✨ Eau de Parfum: loaded with aldehydes, lots of ylang-ylang, rose, vanilla and dusty sandalwood. It reminds me of the smell of hairspray and soap. More dated, but I like it. ✨ Eau de Toilette: the woodier version of No. 5, colder and drier, elegant and easily wearable for men. ✨ Eau Premiere: softer aldehydes, neroli and vanilla, sweeter and more youthful, No. 5 in pastel tones. ✨ L'Eau: the most modern version of all, lots of citrus in the opening, transparent,lighter and softer in the powdery part, this is the first step for the one who wants to wear the classic.

[@ambernewton8798]

What do you think of the modern bar soap? I really love it but not the modern #5 fragrance. ( I have not smelled the extrait ) Could the soap smell more like the original?

[@Belovelyava]

Explains exactly why I’m not a fan. I assumed they changed something,why would so many love it if it wasn’t good? Yup,messed it up.thank you for your detailed explanation.

[@kateaye3506]

​@@ambernewton8798Absolutely not. The soap has no civet.

[@andreaviola8675]

I love how Erin is always changing her look, I also love her dedication to all things make up and fragrance. Its just beautiful to hear someone share their clear passion. As far as scent goes ...My Mom always used Dove classic soap and Chanel No 5. I remember doing my homework (around 8:30pm) and my Mom would take a shower and the combined smell of the perfume and soap when she would open my bedroom door to wish me a good night was just the best. She also taught me how to use Max Factor Pan Cake make up and Maybelline "spit" mascara. I miss her to this day.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I loved hearing your story! And I still use dove today - since I was a small child 🥰 nothing beats it. When you mentioned opening the door I could literally smell your memory 🤗

[@linamagdaleno9650]

Oh ny goodnesse, Jean Desses was my grandmothers's cousin! Thank you for the mention, we are so proud of his couturier background! He also had other fragrances the other notable was "Kalispera" meaning Good Evening in Greek. Love your videos!

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Wow that’s incredible! I love this fragrance, celui 🤩 I’ll def try to find the other!

[@roznichols371]

Good evening love. What is the lippie you're wearing in this video? Thank you in advance. ​@@erinparsonsmakeup

[@ethernetgirl2001]

erin has the most beautiful amber eyes theyre so mesmerizing whenever i watch her videos lol

[@beckylongstocking]

YES! I’ve read so many books with characters who have amber eyes, but I’ve never seen such intensely, truly amber eyes before in my life! mesmerizing is the PERFECT way to describe them!!

[@Angeldust3005]

I know I've never seen anything like it. Gorgeous woman!!

[@colortherapy-d8g]

I inherited a bottle of Joy that I only wear for special occasions. It's so cool to know she liked it.

[@SKIMSPersonalShopper]

Marilyn Monroe stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, while she was in the early film days. They now have a Marilyn Monroe Suite you can rent, and they will have complimentary Chanel #5 beauty products and fragrance for you , which she loved.

[@Run4yourlives]

I collect fragrances and most recently my husband gifted me a 1960 bottle of Shalimar unopened, still in the original box. No evaporation. I actually wear that one. Smells like nothing else! I am the same with scent memory ❤❤ love it!

[@daniellebill7478]

That was my grandmothers scent.

[@Run4yourlives]

@@daniellebill7478 yes I remember smelling it on many older ladies when I was young. I don’t smell it anymore though. ❤️

[@Peaceful-Sheep]

Shalimar was my mom's absolute favorite perfume. She passed away 38yrs ago. Your comment reminds me of her. 😊

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Oh honey that is one of my all time favorites!! It’s a true masterpiece for sure!

[@kookootrix1978]

What form? Was it pure parfum, EDP, EDT, etc?

[@safecalmplace]

I see the title, I wonder, "Why does smell-a-vision not exist yet?? 😭" Then, I remember that this is Erin we're talking about. My senses are going to go on a beautifully narrated journey regardless ❤.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

😆 I’m going to be as thorough as possible in my descriptions 😊

[@eminakostic3406]

Smell o vision DID exist, and tried at least 20 different variations, but! The smells all started to blend no matter what they used to make it, and people universally hated it 😂

[@raraavis7782]

Just when I read this, a waft of barbeque smoke smell wafted through my open balcony doors 😅

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

@@raraavis7782😂

[@teebee9735]

​@@raraavis7782 - 😂😂😂😂😂

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

I LOVE vintage! As a kid, and now, I was always obsessed with the American Songbook singers like Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday; and yes Old Hollywood glamour like Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner, etc! I LOVEEEE THIS CHANNEL! My grandparents raised me right! 😉😂🩷🩵 I miss them everyday, and I miss my Mom every single day. I have an old Chanel no 5 I got her in the late 70s that she wore very sparingly to save it; it does smell different than the Chanel No 5 today-even from the late 70s!

[@Aphelion---]

I love how passionate and respectful you are when speaking of old fragrances. Most ppl would just call them old lady perfumes

[@kiks4757]

I feel a lot of people forgot that these perfumes were the height of trendiness & elegance back in the day. People stick to what they know - regardless of age. A lot of the popular fragrances of today will become “old lady” fragrances in a few decades.

[@lavoixdevelours]

I love the vintage bottles where just a dab of perfume was enough for the entire day, Aldehydes and chypres seemed so much more popular back then. Now the most popular perfumes are fruity florals and ambery scents.

[@tattyuk75]

I remember my mother having a bottle of Joy. It was a tiny bottle but the scent was huge and I knew it was special. I never dared use any but I’d open it and just absorb the way it smelled whilst curled up in a corner of my mother’s bedroom. I don’t remember what it was I could smell but I distinctly remember that I thought this was how a sophisticated and strong woman would smell and I wanted to be that woman when I grew up. Elegant, stylish and perfectly female. I was around 6 or 7 at the time and looking back, it was the first time I understood that I would one day be an adult and what I wanted that to look like. It’s crazy to have so many memories come through from simply the name of a perfume.

[@bow5326]

💯 ! Love, Love your comment! I left a comment about how I (aged 19) had a client in my hairdressing chair who was wearing Jean Patou's Joy and I fell in love instantly. I begged to sniff her wrist several times during appointment😁. My mother gifted me my first bottle for my birthday and now at 57 I still love it and wear it! (very light dabs, not over-sprayer btw) I too have my memories unlocked by scents themselves. Sometimes I dread having to wash my hair because I love the smell of it so much. I've self-soothed sniffing may hair since childhood.😻

[@alischwa5438]

As a life long perfume nut,thank you. I have 2 Femme by Rochas bottles, one at least from the 60's and one new. There is no comparison . The new one doesn't last either. My great aunt left me a beautiful bottle of Geurlain Vol de Nuit. It has sat on my Vanity for 50 years.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Audrey Hepburn wore Femme and I have pics to prove it! I have a vintage bottle too :) And I believe vol de nuit was worn by Katherine Hepburn!

[@alischwa5438]

That's so cool ! Thank you for letting me know ! Know anything about Crepe de chine ? Wore that as a child and Ultima by Charles Revson as a teenager. People used to stop me in the street to ask what I was wearing.

[@TheYouthquaker]

The original Femme is incredible. When they reformulated it, the cumin replacement (among other notes that were replaced), really made it lose its bite.

[@subboxjunkie8298]

I thought perfumes expire ? Do you not uer any if the old bottles ?

[@alexemery2993]

My grandma and mother use to always say '' a woman is only half ready if she doesn't have perfume on''. I still follow that rule. My favorite is Calvin Kline Eternity and I have been buying it from scentbird for years now they are freaking awesome. Also, your star on your cheek makes me feel better about my mole on my face on the same spot.

[@sunny5357]

Eternity is my top most hated fragrance. It nauseates me and I’ve left places where someone has it on

[@timefoolery]

The way you feel about Marilyn is how I feel about Diana, Princess of Wales. She was my fashion goal and loved Pentaglion Bluebell. My mother had a bottle of Joy de Jean Patou my grandfather bought for her in Brazil. Her bottle is slightly smaller than yours but it has its original box. It smells like heaven!

[@XenusMama]

Penhaligon's scents are lovely , the bluebell is spot on !

[@Monikamusic02official]

I'm curious to know what your view is on Meghan Markle?

[@Rosie19701]

I love penhalligons perfume. I currently only have half a bottle of orange blossom and a tiny bit of bluebell left in my collection but my favourite is the Elisabethan rose. I run out of it a few months ago, I may buy myself a bottle for Christmas.

[@src3360]

I have a few treasured scent memories. My favorite auntie smoked long fancy cigarettes and doused herself in Tabu and another fragrance that was called Panthera or Cheetah. They no longer make it. It was in the same scent family as Tabu. This was the late late 80s, She had big hair, long red nails and glossy lips. She always wore heels and lots of cleavage. She drank whiskey with water and drove a black firebird with the bird in red paint on the hood!!! I thought she was the coolest lady ever. This was the south so she stood out like a sore thumb and thats how she liked it!! Shes no longer here sadly. She died from breast cancer in her late 40s. I would give anything to spend 1 more day with her!! So now this is a PSA. Ladies, please get your self checked out routinely. Words cant express the hole her absence has left in my heart ❤❤❤

[@JoyP-rw5bc]

That perfume was the worst smelling perfume I've ever smelled Smells like bug spray Sad to hear about your aunt she was probably a nice lady

[@JoyP-rw5bc]

I was talking about the taboo scent I don't know what the other 1 smell like

[@nokateno]

my mom wore tabu out once and people were asking “uugghh who stinks??!?” humiliated her :(

[@gentleAsDoves777]

Rest in peace, Auntie ❤ Everyone should get checked - cis men can get breast cancer too! God rest her soul

[@hiannahgus574]

Cartier Pantère perfume, perhaps?

[@sftraub]

Arpeggios was the first grown up perfume I ever had. My father bought it for me when was 14 when he went to Paris. I’m going to be 61 and I still love Arpege. My mother wore Chanel No 5 and Joy and her name was also Marilyn. I love these deep dives. My mom’s best friend wore Secrets of Venus by Zebeline (sp?). She never wore anything else. At one point they stopped making the perfume and at de toilette and she could only find the bath oil and cologne and it had to be special ordered from a rare scent shop. Scent is so personal and evokes such strong reaction. Thank you for these episodes.

[@dr.aurion]

I'm a man in his early adulthood and honestly, I love N°5. I never associated that smell with elderly women. I think I either don't get the animalic notes or I just don't get bothered by them, because all the modern variations of it I've tried I've liked; I'm especially fond of Eau Premiere though, little more modern and the drydown is really nice as well, though the aldehydes really are the backbones of the fragrance :P Then again, I also like violet and iris, which are powdery flowers often associated with the elderly women, rose, lily-of-the-valley, lily, jasmine and white flowers in general (I enjoy a little indolic edge as well, Lust by Lush is a fave), soooo I guess it was expected of me to enjoy the ultimate "grandma perfume" 😹

[@gardendormouse6479]

I think you'd like Chanel No 22.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Thanks for the suggestion! Will def get my nose on Eau Premiere

[@laurabailey1054]

I love Eau Premiere too over Number 5. I used to work at a cosmetics counter at Sears once and I loved sniffing all the samples.

[@RebeccaGogovcev]

​@@gardendormouse6479 I was thinking the same thing.

[@dr.aurion]

@@erinparsonsmakeup The aldehydes are still own the stage, but of course I'm pretty sure they're a little subdued/softened in comparison to the early, original formulations. But it's a more approachable flanker, I really enjoy the drydown, it's more of a powdery vanilla-sandalwood base, but not a gourmand-leaning vanilla. The newer L'Eau flanker is nice as well, but I'm not a fan of the choice to add prominent citrus fruits, and the aldehydes are even more subdued (to my nose at least). But judging by reviews I read, it should be the least offensive and most (current) mass appealing version of 5, just not my personal favorite ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@BrandyOB]

My granny's favorite perfume was always Chanel No.5. My dad bought it for her for her birthday every year till she passed in 2013 💜

[@annalisa14]

Now he should do that for you 😃😄

[@archiesshowtell8094]

I love perfume. Scent to me is so important. So many of my memories are linked to aroma. My mum died during Covid times and she always had perfume on. Most of the time it was cheaper perfumes than I wear but they still hold such lovely memories.

[@jakevendrotti1496]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your dear mom ❤ The scent memory is a beautiful way to keep her present.

[@WinstonofLansdowne]

I received my bar of carbolic soap. The scent is straight up the original brown Lysol in the brown bottle. Which is another reason your grandmother's house smelled like the soap.

[@hiannahgus574]

My mother lost her sense of smell as a young woman , unfortunately . She used to disinfect our house with Lysol disinfectant cleaner constantly! I will never forget that scent!

[@abigailsara]

My Grandma Patty, born in 1925, always put just a dab of perfume behind her knees.

[@Melilotus0]

❤

[@jadexx1]

My friends call it the knee pit 😂

[@hiannahgus574]

I was taught to put perfume behind your knees and at the other pulse points while in charm school in the 60’s, lol! Yes, there were actually classes where we were taught to be “ladies”.

[@LynnJohnson-x2r]

Yes, I thought Everyone Knew that that's old school

[@sentarrasilva5995]

Love this my grandma's house that is over 100 years old had a vanity changing room and a built-in perfume cabinet I never understood it until my grandma said certain perfume so you don't want the lights shining through them and makes them age faster. Don't know the science behind it fun when I do visit her her perfume bottles haven't really changed any colors she still has a bunch of them from the 60 to 80s. She still cleans her house using sunflower perfume. In a house coat

[@AnnieWarbux]

Variations in temperature and exposure to light changes the composition. The same thing happens with milk. Ever buy funky tasting milk? Grab it from the back, where it is darker and colder. Put extra jugs of milk in a paper bag before putting it in the fridge, to protect from the light.

[@subboxjunkie8298]

​@@AnnieWarbuxi never knew this. I thought that because the mklk is refrigerated it is fine i didnt thinkmof the light changing or spoiling it faster.

[@milenababic2770]

Your grandma is a smart woman. I keep all my perfumes in a closet, all in ieach respective box, and some are 30 years old and have not changed. And, if I understand well, your grandma wears Elizabeth Arden Sunflowers when she cleans the house? That is one of my favorite fragrances, so underestimated. Thank you for sharing.

[@jennifersaylor6907]

My great uncle bought JOY for my great aunt. She used to give me FULL bottles in the 80s!!! I wore JOY as a Midwest girl in the 80s to high school.

[@artsykelly]

My 77 year old mother has been wearing Arpege since she was a teen (a boyfriend gave it to her as a gift). I love it, and listening to you describe all of the notes, made me realize I have always gravitated similar fragrances. Love your videos, Erin! Thanks for the extra deep dive. 💗

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

It's heartbreaking how so many of these classic fragrances these days are insipid shadowy versions of their once glorious Selves. Lanvin's Arpege is a fine example. Today's Arpege smells nothing like bottle my mother had and loved in the 1980s. Even in niche perfumery, something is off when it comes to construction. The lifespan of the fragrances, the way they wear and change over time is totally different. There's no powerful top, mid and base anymore; they just sort of fizzle and fade away into nothingness. I'm going to blame IFRA amongst other villains in the world of commercial perfumery. Such a shame. Arpege used to be gorgeous...oh there are so many more to cry over, North Korean funeral-wailing style. 😆

[@patsymaximov410]

Arpege was my mother's favorite scent. You are the first person to mention it in decades. It brought back amazing memories.

[@SelfcareKaren]

It is one of my favourite perfumes too and the new formula smells nothing like it 😭

[@ivayling]

Honestly, watching your videos feels like watching an addictive documentary. Been a fan since the beginning and will continue to support you because you brought quality back to KZbin for me. I feel like no video you upload could ever disappoint me since we have so much in common when it comes to perfume, Hollywood starlets, and everything vintage. Thank you so much, Erin, you really brighten my days💜

[@amypanddirtytoo1926]

I'm 46. I remember that smell in my grandparent's bathroom SO well. When I was a kid I used to open the sink cabinet and play around with those extra soaps still in the wrapping. Even in the 80s it had that vintage-y wrapping.

[@three2267]

I took a tour of a 300yr old perfumery in Bermuda. (Sadly, I think it's gone now.) I bought several floral scents while there and used them so sparingly they lasted 10yrs. But it was amazing to see the process and learn the history. They had rolling hill after rolling hill of various flower varieties. Some scents took 10k flowers for 1 bottle. It was a fascinating once in a lifetime experience!

[@deeaygow]

I literally do not care this much about fragrances but I watched the entire video because Erin’s passion makes everything so intriguing that it just makes you instantly fascinated with what she’s talking about.

[@slaphappybullet]

As a fellow scent connoisseur, I really appreciate this! I think there’s something beautiful and binding about the feminine urge to smell pretty things.

[@carlpacheco2058]

I love your Marilyn Monroe beauty products obsession! It’s amazing everybody knows who she is but it seems few younger people have actually seen any of her movies! They should AT LEAST watch Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How To Marry a Millionaire, and go from there.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Those two films shaped me 😆 when I was young you really could not see them unless they popped up on TCM. They changed my life. The obsession began haha

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

Yes! Some Like it Hot, The Asphalt Jungle, The River of no Return! I was brought up on these movies! In The River of No Return, she actually played some of the guitar singing scenes!

[@dixiecyrus8136]

Don't forget the Seven Year Itch!!❤

[@miriamhavard7621]

"Niagara"

[@lisajan580]

7 years ich ,how to marrie a millionaire

[@Vanessajbee]

The way you speak about makeup and especially fragrance is poetic! I love stories behind perfumes and products! This video was pure magic! Thank you for your passion, knowledge, and energy! 💜💜

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Thank you so much!

[@thumper62973]

When my momma passed away, my best friend was told you can have anything you want..she took my mommas 1950s Chanel number 5..she still has it 25yrs later. That smell is too much for me but she wears it every Christmas..she loved her other momma and thats mommas favorite holiday! I kept the large joy and Shalimar bottles..lol

[@FIONA21ful]

I am 56 and I have loved chanel no5 all of my life since a toddler & sitting with my aunt at her intoxicating dressing table. My aunt fought cancer from 18yrs old & had no children of her own so i became very close to her & hugely influenced by her beauty & femininity. She never looked sick & always smelled like heaven, my grandmas home was beautifully scented with Chanel & Cacharel perfumes. I have worn Chanel all of my life & I adore No 5 , it has certainly changed & does not have the same impact but i need to have it in my bathroom to feel complete.

[@kiks4757]

Aww! Thank you for sharing this wonderful story about your aunt. I’ve just turned 21 and reading this makes me excited for womanhood❤

[@wingchun6036]

I'm not even into make up (kind of tom boy), but for some strange reason, I get interested when Erin talks so passionately. I'm supposed to be working right now - but I'm stuck here!

[@quenepacrossing4675]

We don’t have the same interests, but I love listening to passionate people talk about things they love and that’s why i always come to your videos.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I feel the same about others 🥰 I was just mentioning this to someone how I feel excited to see others when they’re passionate about anything.

[@Cat-id1td]

Erin you should try to have dupes made! Using the originals. You could call it the Marilyn experience! 💋

[@jflclc]

I'm 56 and have had a long love affair with fragrance. I appreciate all of the research you do into make-up and fragrance and you are hands-down my absolute favorite channel to watch for this sort of content. Look forward to all of your informative videos. You rock!!

[@april1947]

im so fragrance sensitive so i can only tolerate a very small range of perfumes but I'm so obsessed with learning about them. thank you for describing them so evocatively

[@bow5326]

EDIT: I can't believe I missed Erin's segment involving JOY!!!!! So glad I watched it again. This time without my cat distracting me with his antics .I love the fact Marilyn owned Joy!😻 When I was 19 and working as a hairdresser I had a client in my chair who had just come from a perfume store and I asked to smell her wrist, and fell in love instantly! I kept begging to smell it every few minutes 😹 The scent is a very old (launched 1930) on by Jean Patou called "Joy" I really had no idea how expensive it was but when my mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday later that year I didn't have to think long... I was overJOYed to receive the eau de Toilet and learned several years later that the actual perfume version was the most expensive perfume in the world (for a long time) according to the question card in a board game Trivial pursuit. 🌹.and became the second best seller after Chanel N0 5. Meanwhile 38 years on I still wear Joy. But sadly Jean Patou scents are no longer in production and LVMH now owns it. The scent composition has changed... P.S Many years later my father revealed how his mother always wore Jean Patou's "Amour Amour"(1925). Maybe that's why I subconsciously gravitated to Joy?🤷‍♀

[@biearte]

I feel that I have to watch every Erin video more than once, because she is so detail-oriented and bring us so many interesting informations.

[@diml664]

Pretty much all my favorite perfumes use civet, but I'm also an animal lover, so the fact that civet is synthetic in perfumes since about the 1980's is nice to know.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I don’t love the synthetic note. I prefer just not to use it at all. Although in the modern extrait of Shalimar it’s really not far off from the original. It seems to work there 🥰

[@larakalevra2233]

Your enthusiasm for this topic is infectious enough that, despite never thinking about this topic for a second in my life, I *greatly* enjoyed watching your half-hour video about it. :) Thank you for sharing!

[@chessycat8741]

i don't wear makeup and have never been a huge fan of history, but regardless have watched every single one of your videos. the passion, joy, and respect conveyed in the delivery of your content is simply exquisite. you are like the ms. frizzle of beauty history. thank you for sharing your joy and excitement with us.

[@Sunnybias]

I got a sample of Chanel nr. 5 due to Marilyn - it does smell very “old lady” like, but knowing that is what she smelled too/of is very special ❤

[@laurabailey1054]

I have a bottle of my nana’s perfume by Lanvin called My Sin. My nana died in 1978 and the bottle was around for long before that. I miss the original version of Perry Ellis from the late 80’s. When I worked in a cosmetics counter in sears I developed a liking for Chanel Eau Premiere over the original Number 5.

[@omomo202]

Ok, “My Sin” is on my bucket list! How is it??

[@geralyntrejo8452]

I remember My Sin being mentioned in I Love Lucy. The little old lady babysitter asked Lucy to buy her a bottle of perfume from Paris and whispered it to Lucy who then exclaimed "My Sin?!?" 😂

[@jojuna99]

You have increased my love for beauty history TENFOLD since I first found you. There’s truly no one like you out there and I appreciate you so much

[@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468]

Erin, one of my best friends was friends with Milton Green’s son, and Marilyn babysat him and Milton’s son! I have a Milton Green Marilyn Monroe photography book signed by Milton’s son he gave me! It’s my most prized possession! He has one signed by Milton, which I will beg for one day 😂😂 I cried when he gave me that book!

[@col.aureliano7352]

It is so satisfying to see you looking so absolutely beautiful talking about vintage perfumes with all intensity! The whole sensuality and fullness of it all..wow!

[@Heylollie343]

Arpege has been my grandma's fragrance all my life, it's so warm and familiar to me.

[@renatatarnawski5974]

Marilyn might have liked CLEAN scents because she grew up in an Orphanage

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

When I tell you - I almost spoke on this. Because so did coco Chanel so I had this theory about soapy scents. How interesting

[@Britt.89k]

Interesting thought! ❤

[@jakevendrotti1496]

This is an obtuse query but what might be the connection between a history of childhoods in orphanages and adult preference for clean scents? Really interesting theory

[@kiks4757]

⁠@@jakevendrotti1496 I think I have a theory - perhaps it’s the memory of the impoverished upbringing (lack of cleanliness ect) that is like a turn off to the adult of their previous hardship and a life they don’t want to return to? For example, as a child my mom grew up poor and her childhood home had this outdated light grey wood panels. We’ve just put in new panels but she VERY adamant she did not want grey as it reminded her of that home and said she didn’t want to go back to that life - she looked physically repulsed and disgusted!

[@PrettyTigerlilly]

I love your videos so much! You honestly deserve a series on tv, you do so much historical research.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

One day I hope! 🤞

[@jenxsj3902]

Erin yesterday I went to the Castle of Milandes where Josephine Baker raised her 12 clindren in France. She decorated some of the bathrooms in the castle to match the bottles of her favourite perfumes. There is a lovely pink bathroom based on her Dior perfume, amongst others. Sublime. You should be here girl. When are you doing g a video on Ms Baker? She was a perfume lover and a human rights activist. Not to mention a legend.

[@Zesty_Zachary]

Oh my gosh! Would it be possible for us to get a video of you doing Marilyn’s makeup the way Whitey did it or the way George Masters did it in the 60’s?! Oh gosh I would LOVE to see your take on it! ❤❤❤❤

[@TheJonsiko]

I am having a blue day and finding this video so comforting. Thank you for sharing your passion with us, Erin. I leave your videos always learning something new. It's a breath of fresh air.

[@idontwanttogiveoutmyfullname]

You really served it all! the information, the receipts, the makeup, the outfit, the fragrance, the knowledge, the passion for scent. I love watching you talk about all things beauty history :)

[@LCx829]

I love fragrance ❤ it’s amazing the second you smell something familiar it takes you back to that exact time in your life.

[@RaelNikolaidis]

Loved this. I adore perfume. Everything about it. The science, the history, the process. I can talk about the different notes for probably longer than others want me too. So, you going down a rabbit hole on fragrance is my kind of video. ❤

[@oshifish2]

Bringing the LITERAL reciepts! Your videos are so well researched and you have such an amazing vibe. I could listen to you speak on so many makeup and perfume topics for hours!

[@JocelyneYendall]

I love vintage perfumes, and I love having a scent that is different to what everyone else wears. I think you’ve inspired me to seek out the original versions of my favourite scents. Great video, as always. ❤

[@goldbergje]

The sheer history and research you put in your videos is so mind-blowing! :) (Also, a treasured scent memory to me is my long-deceased Aunt Shirley driving to Pennsylvania from Florida in her 1977 Lincoln and the combination of air conditioner, cigarette smoke, and her favorite perfume White Shoulders as she would step out of her car.)

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I love this 😆 aunt Shirley sounds fun!

[@Jade-dj9qu]

This is so exciting, my grandmother wore Arpege so often and only that, so I have a bottle as well to remember her by ❤ thank you for sharing

[@bow5326]

😻 I lost many nearest and dearest in quick succession and inherited their scent bottles. I loved how smelling their personal favourites made me feel closer to them and in some cases I even bought new bottles when I'd finished them. My stepfather's JAÏPUR by Boucheron, while a bit too heavy for my liking, worn sparingly, lovely. I also inherited my mother's jewellery case and it smells of a combination of her perfumes, as does her jewellery within it.. Brings tears to my eyes sometimes but I love how scent can take you back like that.💜 My mother's old lipsticks are guaranteed to make me melancholie. I'd remember her kissing me, a toddler aged 2 goodnight as she went to work her night shift at the postal office. I wonder what the specific ingredient was in those lipsticks (1968?) that gave them their scent?

[@thatsaber01]

Marilyn was the reason why I bought a Chanel No 5. It was my first ever "big purchase" and the first perfume purchase I ever bought before I started hoarding a bunch of perfumes. Chanel No 5 also doesn't make my head hurt since I am very sensitive to strong smells on myself like men's perfume. Now, I have a bunch of female perfumes that I use and I love anything Citrusy, Woodsy, Floral, and Fresh. I only have like 1/4 left on my Chanel No 5 Perfume and I always save that for events. Aside from Marilyn, when I use Chanel No 5 I remember that scene from the Golden Girls where Dorothy asks Blanche to go on a date with Stan and when Dorothy said "Cologne", Blanche said No

[@AshleyJones-kw8bv]

I was 16 when I bought my first Chanel perfume after reading her biography 🥰

[@thatsaber01]

​@@AshleyJones-kw8bvI was 23 when I bought it. I used to wear men's perfume all the time and kept getting headaches, at first I thought that they were caused by my glasses but i found out that my nose is very sensitive to a lot of the men perfumes in the market but only when I wear it on myself - if it's on someone else, I don't get a reaction.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I need to see the GG clip 😂

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Which one did you get? I’m loving the new coromandel :) very Shalimar-esque

[@thatsaber01]

@@erinparsonsmakeup I got the Eau de Parfum Spray. When I used it for the first time, my cousin went "You smell like an old timey hair salon" and I was like "Huh, fair"

[@jemina1948]

Marilyn is icon but.. i am so obsessed in Erin style. I am at my forties, i used to be punk/gothic girl idolising Sioxee and banshees, Courtney Love. I thought among those millenials Bratz-copy girls i never found alive legend and here she is. Modern hardworking women with brains and astonishing art deco style Erin Parsons.❤ Your sence of fashion is unique art and your crazy experiments inspire me so much to found me new style. Been forties is all about been and looking beautifull&bold❤ i wish i found same energy to step out with my own style🎉

[@awwyeahme2]

You need a show !!!! Your so smart an informative … I learn a lot from you

[@ainemcdonnelll]

ERIN your content speaks to the absolute depths of my soul. The detective work, the process, the study the detail and the presentation of your findings. Everything is PERFECTION. Please hit me up if you ever need staff! ❤

[@StephanieCrawford333]

My hyperfixations rotate on their own, and I've been on a big perfume kick... and this video appears. What a treat! As always, I love how you blend great research, trekking out to actually find the items, and then make it all so approachable and interesting. Thank you for your wonderful videos!

[@sara64337]

I'm obsessed with perfumes, thanks for this, going to enjoy it❤

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

It’s very in depth 😝 I love vintage perfumes too! More to come

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Perfume, nail polish, and lipstick are my obsessions. ❤

[@Yoliplanting]

Same as with Miss Dior I loved it in my youth and now the fragrance is completely different. Marilyn must have smelled amazing❤

[@emuxkr]

I love your videos ❤❤❤ Scents are so subjective, but they can transport you through time and space. The last present my mom ever bought me was Elizabeth Arden 'Green tea lotus'. We went to a store, I chose this one, because it reminded me of a time when I was a kid and our entire family went to forests to gather mushrooms, berries, flowers for teas, etc. We always had a picnic and this fragrance (base notes birch, mid notes green tea, jazmin tea, top notes yuzu, mandarin, ume, cherry blossom) reminds me of that. And now it's also a reminder of my mom. It's not sophisticated scent (this 'green tea' line has almost 20 variations), but it's nostalgic to me😊😊😊

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I’ve always wanted to smell a vintage bottle of this. It’s really a classic. I love tea fragrances 🤗

[@jamesverstegen1150]

Honest to God or whomever, this woman is so winsome, charming, and knowledgeable it is *actually* wild! Mesmerized 🤩

[@lindabenny4454]

I'm in the UK. My dad used the red lifebuoy soap all the time so did I when I was little. My mum tried to get him to change to Camay soap when it came out but it brought him out in a rash! Always will remind me of him.

[@jdh6752]

ERIN, you missed Nuit de Noel by Caron. Photos exist of it on a shelf in Marilyn's apartment in 1951.

[@gypsysee3283]

And “Y” from Yvez Saint Lauren

[@additional__details]

What a great selection! Chanel No 5. is one of my absolute favourites and I am also so curious to ever get my nose on something like Ivoire or No 46. But in terms of vintage perfumes, Guerlain is unparalelled. Vol de Nuit, Aprês L'Ondée and L'Heure Bleue are just so incredible to me, so melancholic, emotional and dreamy, so aspirational.

[@kungfumind.]

My mom still uses Chanel No. 5 but swears it smells different 😊

[@Deborah-so8mv]

All three iterations smell somewhat differently.

[@perfumetherapie]

Love this video, Erin! Please do a video of modern perfumes you think Marilyn would have loved based on your extensive knowledge of the notes and feel she favored 🙏🙏

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I’m actually searching for lots of modern aldehydes. I’ve become addicted to the note!

[@perfumetherapie]

@@erinparsonsmakeup …I love aldehydes, too! Sooo effervescent ❤️

[@kateaye3506]

​@@erinparsonsmakeupElla by Arquiste.

[@Aa2288]

I hope you do more fragrance videos this was so interesting I watched and rewatched and paused the whole time. There’s a lot of fragrance enthusiasts that appreciate this video as well.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I have another video I’m putting together on other classic stars 😍

[@LeanneRende]

I love how much history you ad to your videos. You make it actually interesting to watch, listen, pay attention, and absorb ❤

[@shellieblack528]

I too associate scents with people and places. When you said "Anbesol" I immediately knew the scent. Thank you for sharing this information. Marilyn is my actress of all time. I so enjoy when you speak about her.

[@MinaF99]

I don’t really wear makeup but I love fragrance so this was such a treat

[@KuwaitiHabibi]

I’m obsessed with vintage perfumes! I love these videos ❤. Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez is one of my all time favorites.

[@kateaye3506]

Bal a Versailles is divine. I have a bit of Revolution a Versailles too. A giant dried fruit bowl.

[@RosalindMariaHawke]

It is always a blessing to see your videos when one comes out ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Thankyou! I’m trying to be more consistent, it’s tough with short form but long form is so much more thorough ☺️

[@potatomushrooms]

Marilyn not bathing when she was depressed is so relatable and saddening

[@EncodedAxolotl]

I really appreciate the extent you go to prove and source your info. I remember seeing a commenter mention Marilyn wearing Arpège to you on tiktok way back when and you weren't quite sure of it at the time, sources wise, but I went ahead and bought a modern bottle anyway 😂 I'm super happy to hear it's proveable that she actually wore it, because even the modern bottle (while distinctly vintage smelling) is gorgeous and I love sniffing it often and pondering what it might have smelled like at the time Marilyn wore it. Also have the Floris bath perfume, it smells so lemongrass-y to me, and soapy/aldehyde heavy.

[@nicholasbarber4271]

Love! You are so wonderful. So passionate and educated about the things you are fascinated by and its inspiring. To be honest, whenever theres a sponsored part in videos I FF, not this time, you are such a great storyteller that I was memorized. You sold that girl- shes an icon, shes a legend. ❤

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I actually loved the ad 😆 I’m truly so passionate about smell! I also just bought a new fragrance that smells like a rosy shampoo from d’orsay. I cannot stop wearing it 🌹

[@_xxdisgraceyxx_]

Your long videos are such a treat and your voice is so soothing 🖤 perfumes are a big passion of mine, smells and fragrances in general. If I smell something I can tell exactly what it reminds me of, even if it was a book I've read 20 years ago. And I can cry about how melancholic it makes me feel!

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

I so feel you 🤗

[@holliesokol]

You’re my absolute favorite Erin. Thank you for making this video soul sister!!!❤❤❤ I, too, am obsessed with perfume and Marilyn. Would love more videos like this but I also love every video you make. Thank you for the intention and time and thought you put into your work.

[@erinparsonsmakeup]

Thankyou for such kind words! Trying to be more consistent with uploads - I have so much to share 😝

[@Camelolivegreen]

If you’re going to learn about the art of perfumery in an interesting and engaging way… this is who you learn from. Periodt.

[@Mishaseymour]

Excellent video. As a fragrance lover, you covered a lot of in depth information on classic perfumery. I have used Arpège in the 1970’s and 80’s and use Chanel no. 5 extrait as well as other formulations today. You are right about the extrait being close to the original formulation of no. 5. Joy is gorgeous . I wear the eau de parfum and parfum today. It blooms on the skin. Vivien Leigh’s signature scent was Joy !! Thanks for your video .