Are You The Only Perfumista In Your Family?
10 years ago
So my daughter was visiting and I was showing her my collection. Her eyes roamed the bottles. I was attempting to find some that she might like so I could decant some for her.
Bottle after bottle I'm opening, she's sniffing, and I know she's not really into perfumes as I am, but I'm attempting to find one that she might enjoy.
My 2005 Miss Dior Cherie she tells me is "too strong". Forget the Chanels. Maybe Taylor Swift's Wanderlust, she likes the vanilla in that one. She sniffs Juicy Couture and says she remembers she thinks she likes one of those.
Finally, I don't want to overload her, and she's not liking any, which is frustrating, but that's ok, she's entitled to her likes/dislikes. She really doesn't wear perfume, she says. She says she knows how much I love my "babies", and she will treasure them one day.
We finally laughed about it, which is good, knowing that it's ok that we're not identical people.
I've always loved perfumes, and began my journey with them when I began selling them. But no one else in my family was ever like I am in collecting them or seeking the ultimate bottle. Working around them just intrigued me so much, it lit a fire along with that first whiff of Shalimar at an early age.
So here are my questions:
Are you the only perfumista in your family? At what age did you become one? And did anyone influence you to become one?
Bottle after bottle I'm opening, she's sniffing, and I know she's not really into perfumes as I am, but I'm attempting to find one that she might enjoy.
My 2005 Miss Dior Cherie she tells me is "too strong". Forget the Chanels. Maybe Taylor Swift's Wanderlust, she likes the vanilla in that one. She sniffs Juicy Couture and says she remembers she thinks she likes one of those.
Finally, I don't want to overload her, and she's not liking any, which is frustrating, but that's ok, she's entitled to her likes/dislikes. She really doesn't wear perfume, she says. She says she knows how much I love my "babies", and she will treasure them one day.
We finally laughed about it, which is good, knowing that it's ok that we're not identical people.
I've always loved perfumes, and began my journey with them when I began selling them. But no one else in my family was ever like I am in collecting them or seeking the ultimate bottle. Working around them just intrigued me so much, it lit a fire along with that first whiff of Shalimar at an early age.
So here are my questions:
Are you the only perfumista in your family? At what age did you become one? And did anyone influence you to become one?