It was released by Yardley (a quintessential English brand!) in 1962 and later came under the ownership of Tuvaché. I’ve never had a chance to smell Oh! de London, which seems to have been a favorite of Swinging London. “…the painter, the one that turned him copiously down, well, that’s life, he can even smell the scent the painter wore, Oh! de London, bright, sweet, woody, when he first knew her, then she got older and more serious and it was Rive Gauche, he can smell it too.” In Autumn, the character Daniel Gluck, a 101-year-old former songwriter who’s nearing death, drifts into a reverie or dream populated by loved ones from his century-plus on earth. (I just finished Winter and I’m waiting for a copy of Spring to become available at the public library!) Thanks to my friend A., who always makes excellent book recommendations, I’ve been reading Ali Smith’s cycle of seasonal novels- Autumn (2016), Winter (2017), and Spring (2019).
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