i bought that perfume i was talking about in my last blog: "a la nuit" by serge lutens. it's heavenly. three different types of jasmine! my love of perfume is growing. i'm trying to smell as much as i can. it's hard-- many department stores are stingy with the perfume samples. and to be honest, many of the perfumes in department stores make me want to gag. i've become a bit of a perfume snob. the cheap ones give me a headache. the other day a guy i work with came into the office and told me he wanted to plug his nose on the elevator because he was in there with 3 smokers. i told him it's the same for me when i'm stuck with someone wearing cheap perfume.
i'm still learning, though, and smell is so subjective. i'm trying to keep an open mind. there are a handful of websites that offer sample programs-- a cheap way to try extraordinary perfumes. so far i've ordered from two of them. i'm also trying to keep journals of what i have, what i've smelled, what i'd like to smell, etc.
there's so much in life that can bog you down: work, riding the bus with idiots, yuppies, people who don't watch where they're going, whatever. 85 percent of the time i'm all for living and letting live. the other 15 percent, i can feel so discouraged with humanity and america and people who drive too much. so i'm trying to think of ways to lift myself up during the 15 percent, and maintain lift during the other 85. perfume is one of my lift things.