We're grateful to Coppertone. Not only did the company launch Jodie Foster's career (She's not the butt-baring baby in this ad, contrary to popular opinion, but she did have her first acting job at the age of three in a TV commercial for the brand).
But even more important, without Coppertone, how would we know what the beach smells like? We would think the shore smelled like fish or salt, when we all know it's really a magical, cocoa buttery delight. The imagined smell of the beach is our second favorite in the world (after clean laundry) and right now we're loving a more sophisticated version of that scent, Fire Island by Bond No. 9. When it came out last summer the fragrance was marketed as unisex–I guess some men want to relive their summers as a lifeguard. But we, dear reader, are a lady and we are wearing it all over town. And to our surprise, there's no cocoa butter in it at all, just cardamom, neroli, white musk, skin musk (whatever that is), tuberose and patchouli. We'll have to abandon it come fall, but we'll return to it every season. After all, a lady always feels good in a classic–just try and talk Jodie out of her Armani's.
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