5/365: Perfume
Oct. 5th, 2008 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valadilenneI used to sell perfume, and I hated it. There was so much security involved, and so many people trying to steal Stetson and White Diamonds. If you're going to steal something, go for the Givenchy or Chanel. Honestly. Plus I hated answering questions about "what smells like flowers" and "what's a good one to give a boyfriend after two months of dating" (ANSWER: NOTHING. STOP BUYING COLOGNE FOR A MAN YOU BARELY KNOW.)
But I do like perfume--I don't wear a lot, and I don't wear it all the time, because I'm a firm believer in the natural smell of a person; the smell that we can't smell off ourselves but that everyone else recognizes as uniquely us.
This is what I like in a perfume:
- citrus
- cinnamon
- a really faint white flower of some kind
- a funky shaped bottle (no lie, that's half the purchase power)
Perfumes I own:
- Dolce & Gabbana Blue (it's perfect. You can't improve it, that would be impossible.)
- J'Adore by Dior (I bought this in the Gatwick airport back when you could carry on bottles of liquid. I would be consumed with rage if I had been made to throw it out.)
- Princess by Vera Wang (it really is a nice smell, and my mom got me the Christmas gift set last year)
- Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker (I hate her, I hate Sex and the City, but I really like that this smells like green apples)
- There's one in a peculiar little red bottle where the spray goes through a metal loop, but I can't remember its name. It's very dark and spicy, but sweet and young at the same time.
- Black Raspberry Vanilla from Bath and Body Works (something about this really works on me. I dunno.)
So here's my super-obvious tip for perfume-wearing-times: spray it twice into the air in front of you so it makes a cloud, step into the cloud, do a 180 catwalk turn, spray once again and walk into that.
But I do like perfume--I don't wear a lot, and I don't wear it all the time, because I'm a firm believer in the natural smell of a person; the smell that we can't smell off ourselves but that everyone else recognizes as uniquely us.
This is what I like in a perfume:
- citrus
- cinnamon
- a really faint white flower of some kind
- a funky shaped bottle (no lie, that's half the purchase power)
Perfumes I own:
- Dolce & Gabbana Blue (it's perfect. You can't improve it, that would be impossible.)
- J'Adore by Dior (I bought this in the Gatwick airport back when you could carry on bottles of liquid. I would be consumed with rage if I had been made to throw it out.)
- Princess by Vera Wang (it really is a nice smell, and my mom got me the Christmas gift set last year)
- Covet by Sarah Jessica Parker (I hate her, I hate Sex and the City, but I really like that this smells like green apples)
- There's one in a peculiar little red bottle where the spray goes through a metal loop, but I can't remember its name. It's very dark and spicy, but sweet and young at the same time.
- Black Raspberry Vanilla from Bath and Body Works (something about this really works on me. I dunno.)
So here's my super-obvious tip for perfume-wearing-times: spray it twice into the air in front of you so it makes a cloud, step into the cloud, do a 180 catwalk turn, spray once again and walk into that.