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Perfume

Perfume

Date: Apr 11 2008

Themes: Fashion, Health

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Everyone wants to smell good. Of course, not everyone has the same idea of a good smell. Hippies might try to smell like incense and mud. But that’s another story.

When most people want to smell good, they put on perfume. But as with many things, a lot of perfume can be too much of a good thing. Jason had a hard time getting up the elevator to Marni’s apartment because it was full of perfume.

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Jason

Jason

Marni

Marni

Jason:  Yeah, sorry it took me so long to get up here. I had to take the elevator twice because…Well, I had to wait for it twice because I hit “up” to get up to your apartment and the elevator came and it was, like, full of perfume. There wasn’t even someone there, it was just someone who had been in it had left this insane perfume smell.

Marni:  Just lingering over…

Jason:  That’s how much perfume she was wearing!

Marni:  Wow, I…

Jason:  So I had to just hit the button for a random floor and let it go up, and then hit it again and wait for another elevator to come down and then come up here. Because I’m actually allergic to perfume.

Marni:  That’s amazing. I, myself, am not a big fan of perfume because it’s just…People, like said person in the elevator, seem to just, like, bathe in it and it’s so overwhelming it gives me headaches.

Jason:  Yeah! Yeah. I don’t know what’s in it, but there must be something somewhat toxic or chemical in it.

Marni:  It’s pretty baffling to me just the way people wear, like men with cologne, they’ll just kind of, sometimes they’ll just douse it on, and I think the point of that is to attract female attention, and it’s the opposite for me. It’s a repellent.

Jason:  Same for me with women wearing tons of it.

Marni:  I don’t get it. But there’s some perfume that I don’t mind the smell of, and some people seem to know how to wear it, but overall…

Jason:  Yeah, a small amount of it, I can see that being helpful for certain situations and things. But it’s nice being allergic to it in a way because I’m not bothered by, you know, natural people smells because they’re the exact opposite.

Marni:  Yeah. But isn’t it interesting? People never think about the fact that you can be allergic to smells and they just, like, put it on willy-nilly.

Jason:  Just broadcast it!

Marni:  Yeah, it’s pretty obnoxious.

 

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Discussion

When the elevator opened up for Jason to get in, there weren’t any people in it, but it was full of perfume. So he pushed a button inside and sent it away and waited for another elevator to take him to Marni’s apartment. He explains that he’s allergic to perfume.

Marni understands. Too much perfume gives her a headache. Neither of them is sure why a lot of perfume can make you sick. There must be something toxic in it.

Jason and Marni understand that a little perfume can be nice. But they think it’s weird when people put on a lot of perfume to try to attract mates. They smell so strongly they probably drive them away!

Do you like to wear perfume or cologne? Can you think of some other things that are only good in small amounts?

 

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melody children

China

perfume..uh,i'm not an expert in that field,though,but if,I'd like to take one with not that strong smell,or it'll be a little sort of overwhelming..oh,man…it can make me sick..Actually,i wouldn't push the bottle of the perfume away,the bottles are always very apealling to me,lol…

05:36 AM Apr 11 2008 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

I'm really particular about perfume smells and i always go for cool smelling perfumes rather than strong smellings.I wear perfumes everyday but different smelling perfumes for different occasions. Hey ! too much of anything is no good specially consumption of liquor.

05:06 AM Apr 11 2008 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

I’m really particular about perfume smells and i always go for cool smelling perfumes rather than strong smellings.I wear perfumes everyday but different smelling perfumes for different occasions. Hey ! too much of anything is no good specially consumption of liquor.

05:06 AM Apr 11 2008 |

j.ion

j.ion

Thailand

Wine!!!!!!!!!

04:52 AM Apr 11 2008 |

melody children

China

perfume..uh,i’m not an expert in that field,though,but if,I’d like to take one with not that strong smell

04:45 AM Apr 11 2008 |

Undraa

Mongolia

i like a perfume.it smells good. Perfume is important in my life…kkk

04:22 AM Apr 11 2008 |

Ingfar_tk

Ingfar_tk

Thailand

Ii didn't like purfume, i have a headache when i smell it. i wear a little cologne for self-confidence.

04:18 AM Apr 11 2008 |

lijishan

China

I think that people should wear the perfume felicitously. If you wear too much, maybe others will feel obnoxious and uncomfortable.And I consider that the wine is the same as perfume, they are only good in small amounts. However,if you never drink wine, your life may be  inanimate. That is my idea.

04:08 AM Apr 11 2008 |

t5gb

Taiwan

i don't like people wear too much perfume.

it's hard to close to them because of their tons of perfume…...

03:12 AM Apr 11 2008 |

Bob Ishida

Bob Ishida

Japan

After thinking of something that is better in small amount, I found out that's food. If you think something is not good taste, fast for a while. After that, you can enjoy it far better. Don't you think so? As to perfume, it should be a little so that poeple around you feel good.Wink

01:45 AM Apr 11 2008 |

MR.belmur

MR.belmur

United Arab Emirates

i think that the perfume is just a tool to let the person feel good and relax.in other way we can say it is good to use it but with limited b’caz every person not like the other so we must care about other people.

01:44 AM Apr 11 2008 |

rexlin988

China

I agree that sometimes it really bothers people who near by the person  wears 

tons of perfume.  Most of people accept a little amount of perfume. Rarely will

 people like you wears lots of it , not mention to attrack opposite.

 

01:31 AM Apr 11 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

Wow, I can't believe it. I am the first one that posts my opinion on Forum for today's topic. Yay! By the way, I love Guerlain's colors of love. It's a pink color perfume, and it smells sweet. I love it. It rocks!

01:01 AM Apr 11 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

I think that it's weird when people try to attract mates by wearing too much perfume, and it gives me a headache, too. So does the mixture smell of perfume, cosmetics and shampoo you wear. However, I guess it's polite if you smell good in public sites, so I try various perfumes in different situations.

12:58 AM Apr 11 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

I think that it’s weird when people try to attract mates by wearing too much perfume, and it gives me a headache, too. So does the mixture smell of perfume, cosmetics and shampoo you wear. However, I guess it’s polite if you smell good in public sites, so I try various perfumes in different situations.

12:46 AM Apr 11 2008 |

aymoooone

aymoooone

Saudi Arabia

i love to use prfume
i thinke that is very importent in my life …...
neat people like to use it …...

12:06 AM Apr 11 2008 |

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