Sali Hughes #65 Salisentme to Tattle and I have no regrets

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AlwaysSummer said:
I have a teenager. She wears Sol De Janeiro, like all of mates. They shop at Sephora and SpaceNK. SH is so out of touch.
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She really is. Imagine thinking that a brand like Jo Malone is going to be an appealing one for teens. The target demographic is very much not teens and very much women like Sali. She’s basically just giving a present in her own projection rather than a present that is about the recipient. And can you imagine the pompous speech that comes with the gift of a visit to Jo Malone?
 
I'm annoyed I forgot to screenshot, or even read tbh, Sali's q & a answer to 'What makes a good perfume writer'. It was long and I think the first bit was don't try to copy anyone else. But sadly she didn't save it so we'll never know 🥺
I love the way these knobs try to pretend describing a perfume is an art and soooo difficult. It just really isn't.
(I used to really really dislike Alice DP, still can't watch her tbh, but I do like the way she isn't a terrible snob and will happily talk about M & S dupes and Arianna Grande alongside the most obscure and niche stupidly expensive perfume).
 
Jelly Bean said:
I'm annoyed I forgot to screenshot, or even read tbh, Sali's q & a answer to 'What makes a good perfume writer'. It was long and I think the first bit was don't try to copy anyone else. But sadly she didn't save it so we'll never know 🥺
I love the way these knobs try to pretend describing a perfume is an art and soooo difficult. It just really isn't.
(I used to really really dislike Alice DP, still can't watch her tbh, but I do like the way she isn't a terrible snob and will happily talk about M & S dupes and Arianna Grande alongside the most obscure and niche stupidly expensive perfume).
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I read that and the bit I remember was her saying: there are no rights or wrongs so you can make up any old pretentious twaddle. She may not have put it quite like that but you can see how writing/talking about perfume is a good fit for her.
 
skronkywildcat said:
rachel syme’s now defunct perfume newsletter was some of the best perfume writing I have read - you can still read old ones on substack. It is called The Dry Down. I don’t like Luca Turin because I think he is too bitchy.
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I agree, he’s needlessly nasty. And it also irritated me no end when Sali and India Knight used to rave about that perfume guide and ‘it’s my favourite book of any book ever’
 
Jelly Bean said:
Mine was Ma Griffe from the same little heard of boutique Le Boots 😂 Don't know if you can still get it. I remember loving it at the time. Silly me not wearing it decades later as my signature scent.
My daughter's at the same age was Tommy Girl. She would not have appreciated being carted off to Jo Malone to choose something subtle.
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Ma Griffe reminds me of the Kitty sketch written by Victoria Wood performed by Patricia Routledge.
"I said What's that terrible smell?
She said- Ma Griffe.
I said, Well it wants washing!"
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I'm sure your Griffe smells lovely JB!
 
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Jelly Bean said:
Omg I loved Ysatis, and then Amarige.
I would say Ysatis was my 'signature' for about 5 years in the early 90s. With a foray into Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds, and bizarrely a Salvador Dali one in a lips bottle. And a Paloma Picasso one (my OH travelled a lot and picked up random perfumes in duty free 😂 ).
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Yessss, same time frame. I also wore Rive Gauche and Beautiful
 
Who did Sali piss off or upset in the marketing team? 😂

"The brief is a forbidden love affair with a flannel, Monsieur H'ide Le Coin"

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