I know, this is an easy cop out. I am driven to such distraction, I can't get my own thoughts out right. Getting ready this morning, I just about sprayed myself down with hairspray instead of the perfume bottle. Yes, I put on perfume every day. Bath & Body Works White Citrus to be exact. It's nothing classic like what my Mom wears (which I can't remember right now because I'm just frazzled) but it works for me. I think scent is a very strong memory maker. I can catch the scent of what my mom wears and immediately think of her. We go to her house or she comes to mine, and the scent is what lingers the longest. (do you have to let it linger? yes, yes I do) When I was 12, I got to have a summer visit with my grandparents, all by myself. I was there for 6 weeks or so and when I got back, I put a shirt of mine in a plastic garment bag because I didn't want the smell of grandma's to go away. I have a couple of scents that I wear, but I didn't think my kids noticed until Eliza was about 5. She was helping me pick clothes up and put them in the laundry basket and she lifted my church blouse to her nose and breathed in deeply.
"Ahhhh, it smells like you, Mommy!"
Now, that's not the only reason I wear perfume. I'll go for months without wearing any certain kind, but when I find a scent I like, I stick with it. It also makes me feel pretty, oh so pretty, even when I'm not. Little Black Dress by Avon was a first favorite. Golden Pearls by Avon has also stuck around for a while. I only recently discovered the perfume scents by Bath & Body Works and I love them! White Citrus is just my style; Butterfly Kisses by B&BW works too. I'll take another post to plug their alluring scents, but, as stated earlier, my brain is fried.
To thread one topic into another relation, Cairo is another place full of memory-rific smells. Not always pleasant, but definitely embedded in memories. My friend, Simmone, lives in Cairo with her husband Dan. She is one chick that is full of energy for life. This video is one of her recent projects. Careful, it's a catchy tune. But not in the annoying sense like earlier this week.
**i hope i didn't need a copyright waiver or something. oh well, simmy loves me anyways.**
4 comments:
I love that. I have smells that remind me of mom. I love Victoria Secret's "Pear". So good! I bet I would like that "White Citrus" too.
Funny how we associate certain smells with certain people, places or even incidents. Every time I smell melting chocolate I think of my nana, melting it for the top of her wonderful chocolate cakes. Moth balls reminds me of my great-gran and Easter. She used to keep our chocolate eggs in her wardrobe and they always smelt of moth balls and ended up in the bin because they tasted of them as well - yuk.
The only perfume I ever wear is Nina by Nina Ricci. It smells gorgeous and comes in a pretty, apple shaped bottle.
Ooh, I love a unique shaped bottle!
I love scents! Perfumes, oils, incense... ahh. If I am feeling down or frazzled, a spritz of perfume on my pillow is an easy way to relax and sleep (yes, good thing I don't have allergies). I have different favorites based on my mood, but I've been hooked on Poison since forever.
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