“On the way down I stopped in the fragrance room and sampled the Laguna Beach body mist. It smelled like Jolly Ranchers being breathed on my face by Hayden Panettiere. Here the store also sells its California fragrance, which is spritzed on the mannequins every hour; it’s a noxious concoction that, I assume, is distilled from mink sex glands and the tears of broken-hearted teenage girls.” —From Mike Albo’s brilliant review of the new Holister store, in The New York Times
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posted by nycshoegal
Aug 19, 2009 11:53AM
oh my goodness i believe the coffee i was drinking just sprayed out of my nostrils. this is too good.
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posted by AmandaMichele
Aug 19, 2009 1:53PM
Is that why it smells so strong outside Hollister? I get lightheaded from walking by their store.
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posted by guest
Aug 19, 2009 8:40PM
Even as a reluctant current employee of A&F at my local mall, my visit to Epic Hollister this weekend was pretty similar. I'm so sad to say that my friend BOUGHT the jolly rancher hair product. i tried to talk him out of it, but he's been an A&F employee for years. It's too late for him.
posted by guest
Aug 19, 2009 11:13AM
Oh this makes my morning. Hollister's stereotyping of California style makes my heart hurt a little bit (being a CA native) I can promise you that most girls actually living in California stop wearing Hollister/Abercrombie in the 6th grade