My Mistake?

I’m quite obsessed with perfume.  I seem to buy more perfume bottles than I can actually go through and my taste seems to change all the time.  A few years ago I was into more sophisticated scents, then I moved onto more white floral scents, and now I’m on a vintage run.  I like having different scents to fit my mood.  The only downfall with my collection is that fragrance doesn’t live on forever.  I have this beautiful antique perfume bottle at my parent’s home that I filled with none other than Ck One.  The perfume is still in there, but it’s now yellow and smells like perfume you might find in your grandmother’s attic.  The average fragrance’s shelf life is 3-5 years.  I’m cutting it close on a few of my lovely bottles. 

But, back to my point.  It happens to me all the time, I’ll be reading a magazine and start smelling something wonderful and realize it’s a perfume insert.  I’ll rub it furiously on my wrists and either love it or hate it.  If I love it, it’s bad news because I start to relate to the fragrance, I have to have it.  A part of me feels my senses perk up to a new scent because it’s not familiar.  My nose isn’t used to them and I start associating the newness to something unique and special.  The first time I smelled Guerlain’s My Insolence in a magazine I wasn’t impressed.  But many months later when it was featured in another magazine I had a different impression.  I kept smelling this exotic sweet fragrance and wondered where it was coming from.  I realized it was a fragrance strip in my magazine so I flipped to it.  I was surprised to see that it was My Insolence because I remember my initial feeling for the fragrance.  I rubbed it on my wrists and for the rest of the night I kept smelling them and continued to bask in the fragrance.  Once this happens I either have to force myself to forget about the fragrance or I decide that I can’t live another day without it. 

 I might have forgotten about it (or at least tried) if it wasn’t Christmas time.  Oh Christmas, the wonderful time of year where you can make a list of frivolous things you don’t need, but other people will get them for you.  I decided I would put this on my list and give it to my husband.  This was a present I was expecting, but when I didn’t get it on Christmas morning I was a little disappointed.  It turns out that my husband had one more gift for me that didn’t arrive in time, and I crossed my fingers that it was my perfume.  It was.  I was really excited and started wearing it several times a week.  At first I still was in my love affair mode with My Insolence, but after a few weeks I started to have second thoughts.  I no longer felt the fragrance was exotic, I started feeling like it turned into this baby powder smell after an hour or so.  I hate the smell of baby powder so this was not a good sign.  Then the worst thing that could happen, happened.  My husband informed me that he didn’t like the fragrance I was wearing.  It’s not like I can’t choose for myself, or I need his approval on everything; and if I like something, I like it.  But, the basis behind fragrance is to intice, to leave a lovely lingering smell.  So, when your significant other isn’t getting those feelings, it’s usually not the best thing.  And I had been having my own doubts about the fragrance, he was really just confirming them for me.  I haven’t decided if I’m going to part ways with My Insolence or not.  I might sell it on eBay, give it to my mom or just simply use it up (slowly but surely).

I will say that I did go out on a limb with this fragrance.  It’s not a typical “Sarah” scent and I wanted to try something different.  But, it’s just not my cup of tea.  I might trade it in for Burberry The Beat…oh, it’s a vicious cycle!  If any of you are interested in My Insolence here’s a run down on the fragrance:  “Capturing the bold femininity at the heart of every young woman’s dream, My Insolence embraces cheekiness, grace, and spontaneity.”  Notes:  Raspberry, Jasmine, Almond Blossom, Vanilla, Patchouli, Tonka Bean.  Style:  Graceful. Feminine. Capricious.  If this sounds like you, go for it…but if you read my post on Burberry The Beat you’ll get a list of all my fragrances and if those match up with what you like, you might not love My Insolence.  To each their own though!!