"i hate perfume", scent is life

i'm a smell person. i love a beautifully scented candle and i love perfume. what i don't love is smelling like everyone else nor do i like that weird, synthetic after smell of a lot of the over-the-counter (department store) perfumes. certain scents remind me of people i've known, experiences or eras of my life (both good and bad)

'norell'= the closet of my childhood friend's 70s-hip mom

'gorgio'+ 'spritz forte'= the hallways of the kappa house

'love's baby soft'= 7th grade roller skating on friday nights

"fried food"=the neighbor's house when i was a kid, around 5:30 p.m.

"pinon wood"= aspen at night in the winter

"new doll face"= christmas mornings of my youth

ralph lauren, "tuxedo" perfume= my older, teenage sister circa 1976

'baking bread and chamomile tea' = my mom's kitchen

'garlic in a hot wok/chinese 5 spice'= everyday around 2:30, my house in san francisco (the area restaurants, readying up for dinner as the fog rolled in)

we all have smell association. some weird, some good but always a memory or emotion stirred. smell is one of our most primal olfactory 'connection' instincts.

"CBi hate perfume" owner----artist/perfumer/nose , christian brosius, has created this beautiful and eclectic collection of scents that are reminiscent of, well, exactly what he says......"i am a dandeloin', 'wild hunt', 'fire from heaven', 'greenbriar 1968','memory of kindness' and more, many more what does 'black march' smell like?

"Rain Drops, Leaf Buds, Wet Twigs, Tree Sap, Bark, Mossy Earth and the faintest hint of Spring Flower Bulbs as pretty and bright as rain drops on black twigs in March"

or what about "at the beach, 1966"?

"Coppertone 1967 blended with a new accord I created especially for this perfume – North Atlantic. The base of the scent contains a bit of Wet Sand, Seashell, Driftwood and just a hint of Boardwalk. The effect when you wear At The Beach 1966 is as if you’ve been swimming all day in the ocean."

i think that this may be my favorite of the collection (although how do you choose?) "Delicate spring flowers (hyacinth, daffodils, jonquils & crocuses), green shoots, wet dirt & a bit of moss"

In the words of brosius:

"Scent is the record of your own special life – it’s your experience.My mission is to capture that experience. I bottle it so you can have it, use it and love it whenever you wish. I can give you scent experiences you never dreamed possible. I create perfumes as unique & individual as those who wear them. And I use a great many scents never before thought of as “perfume”. But I know these are just the scents that really hit us where we live – they’re the ones we remember and love. These scents are life."

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