Last week a friend reminded me how it used to be popular to decide whether you were a “Betty” or a “Veronica” from Archie Comics. Later, the big thing was to figure out which of the Sex in the City women you were: a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, or Charlotte. Now you can even go on Facebook and take quizzes pegging you as a certain kind of dog (curiously, I’m some kind of shaggy pooch from Madagascar that can walk on its hind legs).
Somehow, as so often happens, my thoughts drifted from quizzes to perfume. Could the great, iconic perfumes symbolize personalities? Could everyone identify as one of them? I thought about Chanel No. 5, Jean Patou Joy, and Guerlain Shalimar. Each has a distinct and different character. Toss in Thierry Mugler Angel and 4711, and we may have covered almost everyone…
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