Who ever knew that the forbears of today's Axe-oversprayers were immortalized in opera?
I listened to Puccini's 1917 opera La Rondine today and was greatly amused by this exchange between two older gentlemen following the departure of the young Ruggero after he had paid a brief visit.
Prunier: He had all the perfume of his youth. The air is full of lavender. Can't you smell it?
Rambaldo: I smell it and I'm getting out of here because of it! Good evening.
Things really never change.
I listened to Puccini's 1917 opera La Rondine today and was greatly amused by this exchange between two older gentlemen following the departure of the young Ruggero after he had paid a brief visit.
Prunier: He had all the perfume of his youth. The air is full of lavender. Can't you smell it?
Rambaldo: I smell it and I'm getting out of here because of it! Good evening.
Things really never change.
