Estee Lauder changed the course of fragrance history. Until the 50s, women mostly reserved fragrance for holidays and birthdays. Then Estée Lauder had a brainwave with the game-changing fragrance Youth Dew, which began as a bath oil. Until then, a woman waited for her husband to give her perfume on her birthday or anniversary. No woman purchased fragrance for herself. In 1953 Estee wanted to find a way for women to buy their own perfume so she created Youth Dew, a bath oil that doubled as a perfume. This simple idea changed the way fragrance was sold and took the cosmetic industry by storm. In 1985 my other favorite fragrance , Beautiful, hit the market and is still a top seller today while Youth Dew comes in at fifth.
A sure sign of spring for me is the changing of my perfume. I am a simple person who wears only two different perfume fragrances, both by Estee Lauder, Youth Dew, for Autumn and winter, and Beautiful, my Spring/Summer perfume.
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There are many signs of spring besides the usual budding of trees, flowering of plants, and green grass appearing everywhere.
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An important sign of spring is Sophie’s birthday. The following day after her birthday she signed up and tested for a driver’s permit. She passed the test and is ready to go
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A special sign of spring for me this year is in that the kids had spring break from school during the same week. They all came to spend a few days with me at the same time. I, for one, loved it with the highlight being a visit to Horse Thief Butte.
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Not everything at grandpa’s is so pretty. Years ago one of Dennis’ students cut his finger off in wood-shop class and presented the finger to Dennis who keeps it on his mantel. The kids insisted on seeing it.
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Sam, Sophie, and Teagan rode the Onewheel but unfortunately Teagan’s video didn’t work out. I goofed, sorry Teagan.
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