- Say, that is a nice perfume.
- Do you like it?
- Uh-huh. It's essence of violet. I save it for special occasions.
- Exactly the kind my grandmother uses.
— Esther Smith (Judy Garland), John Truett (Tom Drake)
14 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:40:06.070 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I have to turn them out everywhere: in the dining room, and in the living room, and everywhere.
- Sure.
- Well, it certainly is dark in here with the lights off.
- Shall we do the dining room next?
- Yes.
- Say, that is a nice perfume.
- Uh-huh. It's essence of violet. I save it for special occasions.
- Exactly the kind my grandmother uses.
- There.
- I'll just turn these last two out.
- Uh, hadn't you better leave those lights on for your folks?
- I'll just turn them down dim.
- Gosh, Miss Esther. I hope I'm not too presumptuous. You don't need any beauty sleep.
[...]