“To attract men, I wear a perfume called ‘New Car Interior.’”

I’m on the quest for a new perfume.

I always had a signature perfume, and they’ve stopped making it. When I was on the road this year, I tried a few on for size, to see if I liked them. But it’s difficult. You know how it is when you put a little bit on in a store, and it smells good, but then, by the next hour, it has a cloyingly awful smell and you want to head for the nearest shower all over again.

My mother used to wear Chanel #5, or a pretty Caleche smelled beautiful on my grandmother, but every scent is different on a different person, and they don’t do much for me on me.

Now, I’ve no desire to drown out a room with scent, but I do like to spritz on a little bit after a shower every day, and I miss my old one. So for now, I’m actually asking for those little sample sheets in department stores that I normally avoid when being accosted during the holidays.

“Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.”
(-Christina of Sweden)