Beauty

NOSTALGIa in a new bottle

The Girl from Tommy Hilfiger

Starting from one simple makeup bag in my bathroom, I currently have an entire cabinet dedicated to my beauty stash. And believe me when I say I need it, because with three sorts of waterproof mascara’s, two types of bronzers, about four different colors of foundation and three makeup bags filled with other extra’s; my beauty stash is practically bigger than my actual bathroom is. And let’s not forget the thirteen perfumes that accompany it, which allow me to pick and choose different scents whenever I please. My cabinet is jam-packed. Call it a luxury problem if you will, megalomania even, but just to justify it all: it’s taken me about twenty years to build up this collection. And that devotion to start collecting all started with my all time favorite: Tommy Girl from Tommy Hilfiger.

It was the very first scent I ever owned. Tommy Girl. Admitted, I had had a few whiffs from Hema’s Jip and Janneke perfume (popular amongst teens in the Netherlands) and when I was little I had also been spoiled with Zwitsal, but it’s safe to say that Tommy Girl holds the title of my favorite of them all. It’s clean, it’s fresh and it’s the epitome of youth in a bottle. Hence the reason I always looked forward to unwrapping a bottle for Christmas and a second one for my birthday. That way I’d be good to go for an entire year and never had to do without one.

Well, it’s time for me to restart living my youth. Or better put: inject my youth back into my current life. Although this time around I’m going to skip out on the top buns, the silver colored eye shadow and the over-plucked eyebrows. The new The Girl scent is going to make my beauty stash a lot more unhindered. Back in the day, one scent was all I needed, and The Girl has once again proven that that mindset was accurate. The Girl is Tommy Hilfiger’s newest scent in which youth, vibrance and fun have been suited up in a new bottle. Put those three ingredients together and add – insert drum roll please – miss Gigi Hadid (you know: the queen of cool, as is this scent) and you can be assured that the scent has the immediate allure of an it-perfume.

Gigi Hadid states: “The Girl embodies being faithful to yourself while having fun at the same time. To me, that means appreciating every moment, laughing with myself and being surrounded by everything that makes me happy.” Isn’t that what we all want? Well, that’s the exact feeling Gigi and Tommy Hilfiger wrapped up in their bottle. Just as clear and fresh as Tommy Girl, but with a 2016 edge. Green pears, violet leaves and green figs are the first things you’ll smell. Followed by a hint of velvet jasmine leaves and silky smooth lily’s. Add a pinch of cider wood and cashmere to give it a distinct own smell. It’s not only divine, it looks good too. Wear it, and it’ll bring out your inner The Girl.

Want to smell just like Gigi Hadid’s success, immerse yourself into that front-row allure and put back some clarity in your bulging beauty stash? You can. C’est très easy. It’s in stores now. Time for a nostalgia boost.