The Beauty Closet: The Beauty Closet: Prada Infusion D'Iris

Would Peggy Guggenheim have had the sheets at her Venice villa ironed with Prada linen water ($75, Neiman Marcus, 800-937-9146) had it existed at the time? Here's the thing about linen water and being grand: You've got to be grand enough to have a staff to iron with said water, or you've got to be willing to do so yourself. I am neither, so I am going with these drawer liners, which accomplish a similar thing—fragrance-wise, at least. Plus the soap ($40 for two) and the eau de parfum, just for good measure. Any way you slice it, the scent is as grand as it gets: Lemony and airily sophisticated, with a touch of earthiness—it's iris root, for aficionados—that to me says "crumbling estate" like nothing else.

PRADA INFUSION D'IRIS EAU DE PARFUM SPRAY, $90, NEIMAN MARCUS, 800-937-9146

SCENTED DRAWER LINING PAPER, $60, NEIMAN MARCUS, 800-937-9146