Aramis & Estée Lauder - End of Era

Thank you for this public service announcement, OP.

This one is super cheesy!

That bitch cancelled my favorite shampoo. It was a citrus scent from Origins. Then they decided Origins wasn’t going to do hair products anymore.

Where are you posting from, OP?

Switzerland, where Estée makes a number of their old classics. There are huge aroma chemical companies in Geneva.

Is Origins still around? My mom had the ginger souffle body cream and loved it.

Yes Origins is still going.

Since we're discussing cosmetics, is clinique still a big deal? They are always doing those promotional free goodie bags with a purchase and wondered if that made them more pedestrian than Origins, Shiseido and other brands.

Clinique is Estée Lauder.

Did not know that R9. On an off note, I recently bought a jar of spf day moisturizer from aldi's. It's damn good and under $5.00. It's called LaCura or something.

Yes some Aldi and Lidl products are good!

Lidl makes very good dupes/clones of famous perfume, by the way. According to some noses. Suddenly Madam Glamour Lidl is a dupe of Coco Mademoiselle.

I'm going to Lidl tomorrow for "Wood" which is supposed to be a decent homage to Terre d'Hérmès.

Last summer Aldi duped Acqua di Parma but it never showed up in my country. It was in UK though.

Estée is flailing and lost more than half its stock price trying to market to Asians.

They also garroted Aveda by going vegan.

Yes R12. They seem to think luxury is their future.

Perhaps the main problem is there seem to only be 2 markets now unfortunately. Crap and Luxury.

And crap isn't always crap. And luxury is often crap.

For me, Estée was the upscale American brand for middle class women of the 60s-90s. They bought it at Estée counters at "nice department stores". It was only a bit pricey, but somehow affordable to middle class folks and the products were quality. Clinique products were good. Fragrances were all excellent. Estée Lauder makeup was good.

Givenchy has also discontinued perfumes and other beauty products.

Stuff I used!!

Basterds 🤬

Used to love JHL, but stopped wearing cologne or aftershave when I stopped going out to the bars when I turned 35.

Bernard Chant.

I stank.

The Estee Lauder brand name appeals to old ladies, young people won't touch it.

Aramis was a good winter scent. I still have some Aramis spray Cologne and deodorant. I can't tell you how many younger guys go crazy smelling that on a dad. Better than poppers!

That's cool. I doubt they ever smelled it on their own dads. But it does make a mature man smell sexy.

The way I wanted to bury my face in Danson's chest hair as a wee little gayling back in those days. Whew!

[quote]Better than poppers!

EVERYTHING smells better than poppers. Even Aramis, which I can no longer stand to be around.

The second guy I ever had sex with wore Aramis, circa 1971. I liked it and bought myself a bottle. I brought it home from school with me. After being nearly felled by the first whiff, my father told me I had to "take a shower and get that shit off your body, or else go right back to school."

Eventually, I came to agree with him. I can't stand the stuff now.

Aramis is a bitter leather chypre, with ash, and certainly in the 70s was a powerhouse. Hardly a scent for a high school boy, then or now.