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Perfume

Learn Adjectives

Date: Nov 28 2011

Themes: Fashion, Romance

Grammar: Adjectives

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Scientists have found some surprising connections between certain scents and people’s feelings. The smell of lemon, for instance, makes us feel healthier. Lavender calms us, while eucalyptus makes us feel more awake.

For years, perfume makers have been trying to find the magic combination of scents that will make their customers feel beautiful and attractive. But for some, no perfume will ever be anything but stinky.

Marni can’t stand perfume. Hear Amy try to convince her that perfume is sexy, not stinky.

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Amy

Marni

Amy: Do you like this new perfume, Marni? Here, smell.

Marni: No. I have to be really honest with you, I really dislike perfume and cologne. I just…I just think it’s so overwhelming.

Amy: Really? But you can get subtle perfume that’s just a light scent. I mean, I don’t know, personally, I think cologne on guys is just so sexy.

Marni: Oh, gosh, I think it just stinks. I mean there’s nothing worse than being in an elevator or sitting on the bus or something, and someone sits next to you with this, you know, cloud of cologne or perfume. It’s just so overwhelming. It makes me feel sick.

Amy: But what about those classic scents like Chanel Number 5? Don’t they just remind you of a classy, older lady?

Marni: I don’t know, I keep thinking, like, stinky, overwhelming, irritating. Kinda makes my eyes water.

Amy: Does it give you a headache?

Marni: It does sometimes give me a headache if it’s too overpowering. I can’t stand it.

Amy: Well, I think putting on a couple sprays of perfume for a date or something is just that extra little fun thing you can do to make it more special. But I guess I know from now on not to wear perfume around you.

Marni: I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

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Discussion

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Amy just bought a new perfume. She asks Marni to smell it. But Marni doesn’t like perfume. She thinks it is stinky, overwhelming and irritating.

Amy says that perfume can be subtle and classy. She especially likes classic scents like Chanel Number 5. She likes it when guys wear cologne, and she likes to wear perfume when she goes on dates.

Do you like to wear perfume? Do you like it when other people wear perfume and cologne, or do you find it too overwhelming?

Comments

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Judi21

Ecuador

I love perfumes!! but the ones with soft smell.

zhaleh hoor

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I like wearing perfume and also like others wearing it too but not be overwhelming.

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

i wear a perfume so that i can smell nice.

yuuwon

Indonesia

i love perfume’s smell, but the important thing, it’s not overwhelming when used it

CatcheR

Iceland

Wear perfume to kill women lol

ei july

Myanmar

I like perfume.

yas-0612

India

When I wanted to live in, tied my way. When I wanted to praise, saying it is superstition. When I told my love is a lie. I wanted to cry, they are lies. When I laugh, they are crazy. World to keep, I want to get off

hamidgoodboy

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

Believe it or not, it is almost Happy Heart Day, so for Valentine’s Day Gift i suggest you perfume. I like to give my family little love gifts, i think it doesnt annoye others.i see another people have prob for wearing perfurm or cologne.do you khow what should they do?

Defang

France

Julito, I think stereotypes are strong in your country.. Personnaly I don’t wear perfume because I don’t like the odor of men’s perfume, it give me headache. However, sometimes I like when girls wear perfume, the odor is sweeter.

rose 99

Saudi Arabia

i am disagree ,perfume is nice & i thinck is important

ola33

Japan

The perfume has a really powerful effect if it’s a good one. Sometimes a person enters a room and you want to ask, ” What perfume are you wearing?”. And all the time a person is in a room, you keep on thinking about that fragrant perfume and want definitely to have it too. But some of the perfumes stink; I think it’s because of their expiary date is on or too much of the fragrance has been put on. Plus, for some people, alergic to parfumes, they have a hidden adversary effect by having a number of allergens…

julito

Argentina

Candycandice. i agree with you that perfumes must be subtle not strong and enhance the personality of the woman that is wearing it. France is famous for its perfumes and i believe that it was created by the french as a healthy and necessary substitute to the daily bath that were lacking in them. in my country, utilities (gas, power ,water ) are cheap , in Europe and the US they are expensive and the winter soooo cold , people might refrain from taking a daily bath , so they could resort to the use of perfumes to let others people know that they are clean” . are they?

4EVER

United Arab Emirates

i addicted to perfume,,i can’t stop buying it..:)

CatcheR

Iceland

Hi friend talking about perfume, I remembered one movie called ’’ The story about murderer /Perfume’’ Here http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0396171/ here the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NQsCG1NwYg&sns=em

CatcheR

Iceland

Hi friend talking about perfume, I remembered one movie called ’’ The story about murderer /Perfume’’ Here http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0396171/

ebr1981

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I like ,love,want cologne .

I love allways with nice smell.

koxa

Ukraine

It’s called allergy)

denisezhao86

China

I’m so surprised that when thinking about perfume,I never had one,I never buy a perfume for myself,and also nobody give it for me as a present.Anyway,I agree with amy,a couple sprays of perfume for a date makes people more special,but if it’s too overpowering,i can’t stand it.I’m curious why foreigners like wear too much cloogne.Maybe it’s just a culture?