Betty Grable's known favorite perfume: Joy by Jean Patou
Why we love Joy perfume
Joy by Jean Patou, is an utterly feminine perfume. Comprised of more than 10,000 jasmine blossoms and 28 dozen roses, one 30 ml of this girly-girl decadence will lift your spirits. Surely, these precious ingredients account for why it has been considered one fo the most expensive perfumes in the modern history. It is most commonly cherished for those milestone moments in your life: graduation, wedding day, birth of a child, opening the first office. Joy is highly acclaimed; in the year 2000, the Fragrance Foundation voted it the “Fragrance of the Century.”
Top notes: Tuberose, ylang-ylang, Bulgarian rose; middle notes: jasmine, may rose; base notes: sandalwood, musk.
More about Joy perfume
Projection
Moderate: Fragrance radiates outward 3 to 4 feet. Anyone standing within your “space bubble” will smell your perfume. If you walk past someone, your breeze will create a scent trail that lingers when you leave.
Longevity
Long Lasting: 7 hours to 12 hours. Expect your fragrance to last throughout the day. The quickest way to extend the scent is to bring along a travel-size roll-on, solid, or hand lotion.
About Betty Grable
Elizabeth “Betty” Ruth Grable was an American actress, dancer, and pin-up girl. She was born December 18, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri. She died July 2, 1973 after a long battle with lung cancer. During the height of her career, her films reportedly earned more than $15 million. She was named the highest paid American woman in 1946 and 1947. Her million-selling poster featured her world famous ‘Million Dollar Legs’, and became an iconic emblem of American beauty.
Favorite Perfume: Frances Dean
Parents: Her parents were Lillian Rose and John Charles Grable, who was a stockbroker.
Marriages: Harry James (1943-1965); Jackie Coogan (1937-1939)
Children: Victoria Elizabeth James (1944); Jessica James (1947-2016)
Height: 5’4″ (1.63m)
Net Worth: $30 million
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Humanitarian Causes: St. John’s Hospital, USO
Trivia:
- Her pin-up poster was named by Life magazine as one of the “100 Photos that Changed the World”.
- Hugh Hefner credited her as the inspiration for Playboy magazine.
- Voted Best Figure in 1941.
- Her legs were actually insured for $1 million by Lloyds of London.
- She was awarded a Hollywood Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960.
- Appeared in 62 films during her career.
- Suffered from a fear of crowds, and was a sleepwalker.
Quotes:
- “There are two reasons I’m in show business – and I’m standing on both of them.”
- “There’s nothing mysterious about me.”
- “Go and get yours honey, I’ve had mine!”
- “It’s loud. It’s cheap. It’s gaudy. It’s like everything I’ve ever done – and I love it!”
- “I’m strictly and enlisted man’s girl.”
- “You’re better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn’t wanna wonder from the stable at night.”
- “The practice of putting women on a pedestal began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.”
Source: Projection and Longevity terms: Fragrantica.com.