Marilyn Monroe's Favorite Fragrances : Vintage Perfume

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[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.

[lysirishfleur]

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

[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

[Bumula]

My mother worked at a makeup counter in one of the department stores in Niagara Falls, NY when Marilyn was filming the movie, "Niagara". Marilyn came in to purchase eyeliner. My mom and Marilyn struck up a conversation. My mom said she was the nicest person and very friendly. She was wearing Chanel #5 at the time. It was also my mom's favorite perfume. ❤

[abqannie]

My grandma, born in 1916, had all kinds of old fragrances in glass bottles at her vanity. I have this picture of her as a teenager in 1925 with her hair done like yours, little curls all around her face with a hat. She was very fashionable, and her parents had a general store and sold some of the first cars. She was a hairdresser in the 1930s, with her own beauty shop, and did rich ladies hair during the Great Depression. I still have one of her hand drawn hair styles that she copied from a movie star. I remember her showing me things like manual hair clippers, and curling irons that you needed to put on the stove to heat up. She also had an electric hair dryer that you would sit under, and she would wash my hair and sit me under there as a child. Once she showed me very old lipsticks that could have been from the 30s or 40s. I remember one being a kind of a fuchsia color, it was so bright. There were no colors like that in the 1980s that I had seen before. She had very old makeup containers too and a closet full of furs, silk dresses, and button up boots. When she passed, I think my dad just trashed all the old beauty stuff, not knowing what they were worth. He saw it as old trash. She lived to be 82, and had a short gray styled curly wig always ready to be put on in case she left the house, and she would put on that fuchsia lipstick on special occasions.

[aronc]

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!

[IslandAlways]

Carbolic Soap (LifeBouy)
Floris - Rose Geranium
Lanvin - Arpege (similar to CN5)
Joy - Jean Patou
Celui - Jean Desses

[k]

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.

[Drewbalicious]

I love how Erin speaks. She is so articulate, and has such great diction and modulation. I listen to her videos as a soothing backdrop to my day.

[thumper]

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

[Scorpinox]

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

[melissaromani]

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 😍

[philippaclarke]

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 ❤

[jenxsj]

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.

[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.

[NordicQueen]

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.😊

[src]

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 ❤❤❤

[GustavoFarias-frbl]

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.

[Erica-yrgf]

Erin, you should be teaching this in universities. You are incredible. Thank you.

[Aphelion---]

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