This may seem trivial but I kid you not, my best friend and
I had a legit long discussion about this topic and I found that this was a
situation that I need remedied. We’ve finally come to terms with the fact that
we are closer to thirty and yet still don’t feel like we’ve met many of the
traditional adult milestones yet let alone feel like adults.
I had that smacked on my forehead recently while cleaning
out some drawers. I’m really working on downsizing and while the idea of
minimizing is kind of appealing, I don’t think I could go all the way. But I
know I have way too much junk. In that same area, I have a rather deep drawer
for my makeup and my smell good stuff. That’s when it hit me….I have one bottle
of perfume. Of actual perfume. It was a Christmas gift in college, I think,
because it’s one of the Ed Hardy perfumes.
So I have this one bottle of perfume and I remember only
using it for special occasions because it was the only one I had. As a person
in the arts, for rehearsals, recitals and performances I had to smell good. My mom had always told me that there is no reason to not smell good. Also with
being a larger than the average girl both width wise and height wise, smelling
bad was a stereotype I wanted to make sure I didn’t fall into. So I had body
sprays. My store of choice as it is for many youngins and ladies of the like,
Bath and Body Works. And from the looks of my drawers, it looks like it’s the
only thing I do wear. Japanese Cherry Blossom, Paris Amour, A Thousand Wishes,
as well as a few that have been discontinued like the Wild Madagascar Vanilla,
Twilight Woods, and my Blushing Cherry Blossom circa 2009. I don’t have to tell
you that I’m a fan of the buy 3 get 2 free sale…or sales in general…..or
knowing when the sales come because one of my best girlfriends keeps me in the
loop or lets me know when my current addicted scent is going to be
discontinued….(Thank you Bona and I love you so much :D)
Obviously it’s a lot and it’s not that I don’t use them,
it’s just a lot. In high school, I had one at home and one at multiple places in school. In
college, I had one in my car and backpack as well. Now I have a spare at work,
a mini in my purse and car. I’m also not a person just to do one or two
spritzes either. Ya gotta do the body, the pulse points, the nether region and
the hair. It’s ok to do that because
it’s not as strong as a perfume and doesn’t last as long, especially when you
had dance class, marching band, swim practice, theatre rehearsals under stage
lights, etc. I used it like my life depended on it and for performances I’d use
the real deal.
But now that I’m not in school, a lot of my extracurricular activities
graduated to extinction with my academic life. I still wear them and have no
problem wearing it but I don’t feel as great when I’m working the Tahitian Paradise body
spray while my boyfriend is wearing Versace Cologne and I’m 3 whiffs from
attacking him, just saying. Ladies who know, will know that there is nothing
wrong with a man that smells good.
But I’m not a kid anymore and I’m not a student anymore. I’m
finding myself in between young lady and lady (insert throwback to Brittney's Not A Girl Not Yet A Woman). So why does it matter?
Everyone’s seen the memes about starting from the bottom with Lip Smacker and
now we here at Mac Lipsticks.
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I kinda feel like I’m missing out on that part so
to help me out I’m experimenting with some scents. Helping my bff in the
estrogen department by going to Ulta to get a refill on his Dolce and Gabana
Light Blue cologne, see the trend?? I picked up a roll on perfume from Kate
Spade. Small enough to not cost an arm and a leg and for now I like it as a
good summer scent so we’ll see how it goes. But I think it’s time to grow up a
bit.
