Fresh Breeze: Pure White Linen

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ESTEE LAUDER does what it does very well. It's been making variations of its Pure White Linen fragrance ($35, Esteelauder.com) since it premiered in 1978, and it's not musty yet. It's classic and lovely, in a Park Avenue sort of way. There are hints of grapefruit and ginger that fade into a gentle cedar scent, with just a hint of freshly printed money. This is a perfume for classy women — or those who just want to smell classy.

Estee Lauder has added a few fun elements to its traditional scent, perhaps to cash in on the funky fashion sense that will have overtaken women drunk on the shopping montages of "Sex and the City: The Movie." But the fragrance can't really change its stripes. Luckily, it was nice to begin with.