It’s a new year, another new begining. This is the ideal time to look at the past, and to fondly remember first memories.
When I first started working at what would be one of my longest lasting jobs, I worked at a drugstore. I think part of the reason I lasted so long was because I had a boss who liked me, and saw that I was a good person inside, and that I had good intentions. Let’s just say that it was not because of my customer service ablities.
My first drug store perfume was bought there, actually two of them. The first one was obsession- I bought a tiny miniature bottle, I remember saving up and waiting for the right oppurtunity… I think it as around a holiday and there was a coupon involved. I remember that I loved that perfume. And when I ran out, I bought a bigger bottle. I remember feeling proud about earning the money for this splurge of an item. The smell of obsession is very mature… maybe more mature than I was when I got it the first time. It has a sweet slightly powdery smell.
The second one was at a k-mart, it was and still is one of my favorites- and after I bought two bottles I never saw it after that… it was called dulce vanilla. I think it was by calgon… but I’m not really sure. I still have the second bottle that I found…. I’m more sparing with it these days. It is a great smelling scent.. it reminds me of being a little girl, because it smelled like vanilla icing. And as a younger girl I would frequently enjoy wearing a bonnie bell lipgloss that had a very similar taste.
These may seem like two totally different perfumes, and I suppose in a way they are. One that seems more mature, and the other that makes me want to cling to my childhood more.
But I think those two were the first perfumes I purchased, when I started to enjoy more ‘girly’ items, and felt a desire to make myself feel pretty. And what little girl doesn’t like to play with makeup, usually way too much of it… and dress up.. and try to grow up a bit too fast. Having two contrasting perfumes I can wear at different times makes it possible to cling to both parts of myself… the woman who likes to feel mature, and the little girl who can’t wait to grow up.
When I first started working at what would be one of my longest lasting jobs, I worked at a drugstore. I think part of the reason I lasted so long was because I had a boss who liked me, and saw that I was a good person inside, and that I had good intentions. Let’s just say that it was not because of my customer service ablities.
My first drug store perfume was bought there, actually two of them. The first one was obsession- I bought a tiny miniature bottle, I remember saving up and waiting for the right oppurtunity… I think it as around a holiday and there was a coupon involved. I remember that I loved that perfume. And when I ran out, I bought a bigger bottle. I remember feeling proud about earning the money for this splurge of an item. The smell of obsession is very mature… maybe more mature than I was when I got it the first time. It has a sweet slightly powdery smell.
The second one was at a k-mart, it was and still is one of my favorites- and after I bought two bottles I never saw it after that… it was called dulce vanilla. I think it was by calgon… but I’m not really sure. I still have the second bottle that I found…. I’m more sparing with it these days. It is a great smelling scent.. it reminds me of being a little girl, because it smelled like vanilla icing. And as a younger girl I would frequently enjoy wearing a bonnie bell lipgloss that had a very similar taste.
These may seem like two totally different perfumes, and I suppose in a way they are. One that seems more mature, and the other that makes me want to cling to my childhood more.
But I think those two were the first perfumes I purchased, when I started to enjoy more ‘girly’ items, and felt a desire to make myself feel pretty. And what little girl doesn’t like to play with makeup, usually way too much of it… and dress up.. and try to grow up a bit too fast. Having two contrasting perfumes I can wear at different times makes it possible to cling to both parts of myself… the woman who likes to feel mature, and the little girl who can’t wait to grow up.
