A Personal History of Fragrance
Why do we wear fragrance? How do we choose one that is right for us? Is it based on memories of how people we love smelled? Is it based on how we want to feel on a particular day? Or who we are trying to attract? Even those people who can’t wear perfume in spray form (allergies or irritation) find a way of fragrancing themselves, maybe with a solid perfume, an oil or a scented lotion. Perfume has a long, interesting and sometimes even disturbing history (Parfum a la Guillotine, anyone?). Mary and I have been discussing her love of perfume and its history and we have decided to share a few things with you over the next few weeks that we have discovered.
Why do we wear fragrance? How do we choose one that is right for us? Is it based on memories of how people we love smelled? Is it based on how we want to feel on a particular day? Or who we are trying to attract? Even those people who can’t wear perfume in spray form (allergies or irritation) find a way of fragrancing themselves, maybe with a solid perfume, an oil or a scented lotion. Perfume has a long, interesting and sometimes even disturbing history (Parfum a la Guillotine, anyone?). Mary and I have been discussing her love of perfume and its history and we have decided to share a few things with you over the next few weeks that we have discovered.
For this post, I used the wonderful fragrance directory from BaseNotes.net to take a look at the fragrances I associate most with my parents and if they are at all responsible for the scents I have chosen to wear over the years. [read more...]
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