I love Christopher Brosius' work. I loved what he did at Demeter, I love what he does under his own name even more. I never went to the beach in 66, but if I had I would definitely have wanted it to have smelt like this, and I love it as a summer smell now

I've mentioned before that I really do love beachy scents, especially if they smell something like suntan lotion. I also love drinks that smell like suntan lotion, too, but that's a different post that I might write up later!

My current summer scents are Bobbi Brown's Beach, Bond No. 9's Fire Island, and Monyette Paris. Love them all, and rotate them out every few days or so.

As a quick sidenote, Fire Island seems to mix really well if you have to do a quick and/or unexpected self-tanner session. I don't know why, I just know it does.

Okay, back to CB I Hate Perfume At the Beach 1966. The notes are listed as Coppertone (this makes me unreasonably happy), wet sand, seashell, driftwood and something called "boardwalk." These are blended with a new accord created just for this scent called "North Atlantic."

This might be the very first scent I have ever purchased without actually smelling it.

A perfume that smells like the beach and coppertone? Who could resist? I guess if you're too young you might not remember that distinctive smell but I sure do.

I Hate Perfume by CB has some refreshing concoctions awaiting perfume lovers who loathe run of the mill scents. With names like winter 1972, in the library, burning leaves, wild pansy, eternal return, and i am a dandelion they definitely have something for everyone.