I Smell Like Dolly Parton and I Don’t Know If I Care That Anyone Knows It
So, this is going to be a long story about how I fell in love with Bruce Boxleitner. You might want to grab a cup of tea, maybe a blanket, and snuggle down on the couch because it does lead into the new Dolly Parton Eau de Parfum somehow, someway! You know I like a good rambling story….!
I can’t really tell you what year it was but I think I was eight at the time and I happened upon a rerun of the Gambler on TV one day and I was riveted by it! As in glued to the TV screen! I mean, it really does deserved to be mentioned that I’m not much of a Western TV or movie kind of girl and I’m surely not one of those girls growing up hoping a cowboy would whisk her off her feet and we’d live happily ever after on a ranch somewhere. I’m the girl that was waiting for a Doctor in a little blue box to whisk her into a time vortex (particularly one that wore a long scarf or maybe a white pair of Converse or maybe a bow tie or maybe a celery stick tucked into his pocket….)!
Anyway, watching the Gambler brought about a lifelong love affair with Bruce Boxleitner. I’m not a blue-eyed, blond-haired kind of girl but Bruce had that certain raspy quality to his voice that really made my little eight-year-old heart go pitter-patter. Later on in life I watched reruns of Scarecrow and Mrs King and our relationship were solidified at that point and I knew we’d get married one day, have 2.5 children, live in a house with a picket fence, and I’d burn dinner every night while he was off being an International Super Spy only to come home to me and say, “It’s ok honey! I know you burn boiling water but I still love you!” Technically speaking I did hook up with a super geek, if not a super spy, and he tells me all the time, “It’s ok you burn boiling water we can order from Doordash!” So, essentially I did get my happily ever after. It just wasn’t with Bruce Boxleitner.
My love of Bruce somehow led me into watching weird Kenny Rogers movies and at the time I was somehow under the assumption he and Dolly Parton were a married couple since she was in every single movie I watched with him. My eight-year-old brain didn’t understand the relationship they had going on in movies didn’t actually translate to real life. YEARS and I seriously mean YEARS later I was told they weren’t married and where in the world did I get that idea?! Needless to say I felt a little heartbroken. They just seemed the perfect couple….
So, yeah, Bruce, actually introduced me to Dolly on some level.
My taste in music is eclectic and maybe extreme in some cases. From Madam Butterfly to Rammstein to Pink Floyd to Broadway Show Tunes to Kermit the Frog singing the Rainbow Connection to In This Moment…my play list of music is everywhere but somewhere in between all that there was always a Dolly Parton tune to be had. I belt out Jolene like a champion in the shower.
Earlier this Summer Dolly introduced her first fragrance to the world. And this became an epic event! I think it’s because Dolly somehow became as epic and iconic as Betty White. She represented the light side, the good in people, she reminded us we should be nice and humble…during the Pandemic she was somehow the poster girl for hope in humanity and reminded us all, “WE GOT THIS!”
I was excited to see her fragrance launch on HSN.com recently and yes, I did buy a bottle. I’m not much of a celeb fragrance fan but over the years I’ve come to love a few and I gotta admit Dolly’s perfume really does spark joy. I can’t quite put my finger on it but it does smell like something I already own! I wasn’t sure I’d like it but it actually smells wonderful. The notes are mandarin, peony blossoms, jasmine, vanilla, sandalwood, musk and patchouli. It’s a slightly sweet, unaggressive, pretty little floral scent!
I’m glad I purchased it! I’ll have a review it soon! Excited to hear about it?
Did anyone smell it yet?
Do share!