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Perfume

Date: Apr 11 2008

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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.

Dialog

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Jason

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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justinakira

Germany

i love using perfume =] i use daily but i won’t spray too much on my body, currently i am use Anna Sui Flight of Fancy <3

yeki9

Peru

well i agree with jason and Marni.a lot of perfume gives me headaches .But i have used diferents perfumes ,but they`re nice.i don`t like strong perfumes.however i think is very important someone use a perfume ,but a nice perfume.hehehe

Rak

Brazil

I love perfume. Men with perfume is what have! ;)

nitu_ch

India

I think perfume is good but do not apply too much.people should try to use good company's perfume because some hard chemical can be harmful for your health.

nitu_ch

India

I think perfume is good but do not apply too much.always try to use good company’s perfume because some hard chemical can be harmful for your health.

Nellylara

Mexico

WELL I LIKE TO WEAR PERFUME BUT LIKE THEY SAID EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF A GOOD SMELL. THERE ARE SOME PERFUMES THAT I DON´T LIKE AT ALL AND I CAN´T STAND BEIGN NEXT TO SOMEONE WEARING ONE OF THEME. ANYWAY I PREFER FLOWERS OR FRUIT SMELLS A SOFT SMELL WILL BE PERFECT FOR ME

rams_bittu

India

perfume !!!!! is a sweetest thing when i find on a gal.

if anybody wears it too much it wil not be fair.but Indian gals wears flowers on their blond hairs instead of perfumes.it look better n smells good. Indian boys can feel it hahahah

The Jasmine

Syrian Arab Republic

i like perfumes alot . i like smelling good ,sure not to over dous as if u take shower with perfume. i'm attracted to nice perfume men. they look fresh and clean but sure in moderate way…i like armany's perfume from both men & women …..

inno

Ghana

i think it all part of life.

inno

Ghana

I’m really like the smell a perfume and i always like the cool smelling perfumes rather than strong smellings.I wear perfumes not always but different smelling perfumes for different occasions. Hey ! too much of anything is no good specially consumption of liquor.

kanomthai

Thailand

I sometimes put on a little perfume that is fresh smell. I think perfume has good and bad thing. In bad thing, it make someone got headache. That's like that I experienced. I walked through a man that bathed a lot of perfume. The man attracted many girls on the street in bad way. They thought he had body odour or not took a bath that morning.

evanzhu

China

can we make friend each other ,?just add me .

Jenny58

Ukraine

i think chinese people wear perfume very seldom, but living abroad you often meet person with perfume, sometimes tons of it, espically when you are in a little place like in elevater,it makes me want to sick. i think i am allergic to some kind of perfume too. of course, i like the natural smell of rose, so a little of perfume with the smell of rose is good for me.

prejith

India

I think perfume is really a nice thing. But the fact is that each individual hav their own flavours, So one may like it and the other may not. So we can never say that Prefumes are annoying….

dofkele15

Lithuania

I think that using too much perfume is like a sickness….

dreamcoffe

China

perfume ,if you just put a little it will be nice .but too much will makes me headache.

SÉRGIO

Brazil

a good perfume is always pleasant, but a bit only!

li xu

China

I have read a report that come from the study of scientists They say oppsite pople are attracted by each other's smell maybe That's why perfume are so popular but I prefer the mild style

hemantacharya

India

I AGREE THAT PERFUME ATTRACT PEOPLE BUT ONLY MILD PERFUME.

canqemo

Azerbaijan

Hi to everyone. I like the perfume.But there must be some limit . I do not like when people use so much perfume, it makes me feel very bad. When i am on the bus and someone uses the perfume which i do not like, i regret for getting that bus. I like HAPPY TEARS and DOLCE CABANA perfumes very much