Review of moschino by aad de gids

in the 1980s my mother and me wore the 'parfum de toilette' of this stupefying perfume. it has a cachet all of its own. we both had a knack for the worst 'hookers' of the 1980s, POISON, COCO, OBSESSION, KNOWING, GIORGIO, MOSCHINO, (earlier originated:) OPIUM, NAHEMA, BIJAN, (later) GALE HAYMAN BEVERLY HILLS, BOUDOIR. of course also Christian Lacroix' 'C'est la Vie !'. but Moschino's fashion (starting I think in 1984) had an obvious referencing to the CHANEL suit, but satirised, playfull, ironic. Karl Lagerfeld already did all of that as well as a lending of sanctity to his Haute Couture so I never heard of any lawsuit or whatever. Karl did EVERYTHING with CHANEL and 'toute le monde'. so when I thought of writing a review I thought of how this particular perfume (heavier still thèn because pdt) YET reminesces for me to that Grande Dame Chanel No 5. it is a Chanel No.5 punked up. Chanel No 5 will ALSO always be indispensable for me and I groupe it with these 'ladies who lunch': Jean Patous JOY, Hermès's CALèCHE (not these fucking flankers), Miss Dior (originally from 1947, I remember when I started with perfumes in 1974 when you saw Dior on the shelves they still had the 1950s and 1960s jackets on). Madame Rochas, Ivoire de Balmain. all different and yet in their austere hauteté similar indeed, ladies. the whores of the 1980s ended that era, yet didn't destroy their unexpected resilient classicism. MOSCHINO has proven to be classic too. I always smelled something like Chanel No 5 with either cumin, caraway, and now it appears to be nutmeg grains. Christian Lacroix' 'C'est la Vie !' also had a twist. they belonged to the angry young women and men (the women: Agnes B, Marilyn Miglin, Chantal Thomass, Donatella Versace, Madonna, Prada but then rather Krizia, Jil Sander et cetera) who deterritorialized all borders in music, fashion , parfumerie, sometimes all together. it was a shock that MOSCHINO died so quickly after his fashion Imporium had begun. it was the decade of AIDS. I just wanted to give some background information because this perfume stll steals hearts with its e.d.t. and it definitely sits firmly in my heart as does MOSCHINO who had a handsome but rather first, mischievous Italian face with a petite moustache....