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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:17 AM (Eastern)
It's been well pointed out that scent and memory are intimately entwined...which is why I do have a signature scent (see Givenchy Organza in my previous post). I have had a signature scent since discovering Sung by Alfred Sung, way back in...erm...sometime in the early 90's I think. From there I went to Gio, and then Organza.Organza has lasted the longest for at least one singular reason: it has good staying power. At one point I decided I would no longer pander to those yummy-smelling, yet quickly fading, scents. And there is the complexity, the versatility (I've worn it for every occasion), the bottle...it's not how the bottle looks exactly (I don't have a vanity to put it on), it's the plain fact that someone designed it. The "organza" dress has a niche for your thumb, making it sublimely easy to grasp and apply. I dunno, for a programmer that's a nifty feature.
There is also the "sweater factor" (how long a scent lingers on your sweater!), reasonably good sillage, the fact that I don't smell it often (and never did, even when it was new), et cetera.
All of that said, I seldom wear only one perfume, yet I have never owned numerous ones. I've always been fuddled by the notion of a large perfume stash. It's not that I don't understand the concept...there have been posters on LP who have owned a hundred lipsticks, or two hundred, and they who use one or two lipsticks might well find that fuddling (which I don't, not at all). Each girl has her own poison. It's just that perfumes aren't mine.
Currently I have the dregs of Organza, 2/3 a bottle of Armani Code (which is a beautiful scent but light; you need lots), GF Ferre Lei/Her (likewise), mmmm, that's it.
What should I try next? I have no idea right now. I've been doing some research though...pondering....
Oh yeah, why the mention of memory? Memory is not an entirely passive entity, or at least it shouldn't be, not at my age. There comes a point when you realize that you can create memory; you can plan it. The stitches you sew today, and tomorrow, and the next day, become the tapestry you finish years from now. In youth of course you don't fully grasp that.
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