Feeling the Heat: Vintage Balmain Vent Vert

We have been feeling the heat this labor day weekend. Not quite in the hundreds (at least on this side of the hill) but near to, and humid, since we have Pacific hurricanes. This means that expensive beachside properties in Malibu and Long Beach are losing beachfront to erosion and high surf. They haven’t lost houses yet, luckily but are saying that PCH itself may be in danger- all those houses that burned along PCH South to Santa Monica acted as a bulwark to high surf. Those houses and their foundations are no longer there to keep the road from suffering the depredations of the storms. And they say that this year will be a wet one.

But it just meant to me that I didn’t do the usual beach drive. I did go out in the rain: I went out and bought a gooey chili cheeseburger at the Original Tommy’s on Beverly Blvd. I haven’t had one in years- every once in a while some of us at The Times would skip out at lunch and grab one. So good, and so not good for you. But hey, I’m down to 190 so I guess I can afford it. Otherwise I stayed close to home and watched old movies.

And wore vintage Vent Vert.

I got a sample at STC along with the newer version. The newer version is nice enough that I popped for a small bottle (thanks to them for doing those) but the vintage? Oh my..

I can’t even imagine what this must have been in perfume form when it came out. Even the new stuff still has the almost threatening green-ness to it. It’s lush and emerald-tinged and on humid days lays like a hothouse flower that may or may not be carnivorous. The vintage after the initial inviting opening has that in spades: a Venus flytrap of a scent. Instead of consuming you it just makes you want to consume more of it. I’ve worn it in our usual dry weather and it’s glorious, but this humidity makes it dangerous. Which I love.

Are you a fan of Vent Vert? Green scents in general? Or is the only Green Monster for you in Fenway Park? (sorry, sometimes the ma$$hole peeps out..)

My samples are from Surrender to Chance. Image is from Balmain, where I purchased the 10ML travel spray (hey. if we keep it popular they’ll keep making it..)

And if you ‘re interested you can read my thoughts about the new “Leno Law” affecting car owners in California here (for now, next week it will drop back in order)

Images: Balmain, Wikimedia Commons, Pexels.

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