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So, there is a perfume, that when I smell it stops me in my tracks pretty much.

Posted by Bacon (aka redmond) Mar 28 '13, 14:51

There might be a couple but it's a specific type of sweet perfume that really just smells awesome.

For decades. It's not very common because I only smell it a few times a year.

Long story short, Hotcakes obviously knows I like this perfume but we can never find it. After smelling perfumes in a store I get to about 3 and my nose just is overwhelmed and I get a headache.

So she tells me the next time I smell it stop the woman and ask her what she is wearing.

Um, that's not awkward or anything I say. I am pretty damn shy in situations like this.

She says right up front just mention your fiance knows you like this smell and you noticed this woman is wearing it and we are trying to find out what it is.

So, today I am in REI looking for something for my GPS. And wham this perfume hits me like a ton of bricks. There are two women near me so I am not sure which on it is. I am also not sure if I have the fortitude to ask a woman what perfume she is wearing.

So after some fake looking at items trying to figure out which one it is. I figure it out. Of course is the younger better looking one.

She's going to think I am hitting on her and she's probably early 20s. Ugh... So I pulled the trigger.

"excuse me, my fiance and I are looking for a perfume for her to wear. I know what I like but we can never figure out what it is"

This woman is so nice she says, I have it in my purse. I am wearing a combination of two body mist sprays from Victoria Secret. She pulls out the bottles and I ask if I can take a picture so I don't forget. She holds them out and let's me snap a picture of each.

She tells me there is a Victoria Secret in this shopping center. Tells me where it is.

So I go in there show the pictures to the 19 something clerk and she knows exactly where they are.

I smelled the tester bottles and sure enough it's the perfume smell I have been looking for.

So freaking awkward but worth the work.

Yeah yeah, what is it called?

I can hear the jokes now. OMG she's going to smell like a hooker/stripper/20 year old/ blah blah blah.

I like it and I don't care.

Responses:

I have done this a number of times. Almost always it's some vanilla based scent. - zork Mar 28, 16:40 2
- heh, I just saw the vanilla discussion below -- nm - zork Mar 28, 16:59
- Yeah, that's the thing. The same perfume will smell different on different people. -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 16:41
Bravo! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 28, 15:13 10
- BTW for you my friend. - Bacon Mar 28, 15:30 9
  - I just saw the price and almost threw up. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 28, 16:02 1
    - I have two bottles behind the bottle I am currently using. I stock up at Christmas when it is sold in holiday boxes with aftershave and bonus stuff. - Bacon Mar 28, 16:07
  - Ha, I just went to the facebook page for it. Read the comments by the ladies. nuff said -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 15:32 6
    - *FINE* - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 28, 15:47 5
      - Dude - Bacon Mar 28, 15:48 4
        
        Where does one purchase such a fine concoction? Kmart? Walmart? Freddy's? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 28, 15:58 3
        
        I buy mine at Macy's or Nordstrom, which ever one has the better bonus items. -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 16:11 2
        
        I'm gonna have to drive to Salem, aren't I? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 28, 16:18 1
        
        You can buy it online I guess? -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 16:22
there should be a 'fresh baked chocolate chip cookie' smelling perfume -- nm - peglegpete Mar 28, 15:03 3
- Ladies, if you want to attract a real man, just dab a little WD-40 on those wrists. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 28, 16:41
- there have been/are. -- nm - b. Mar 28, 15:03 1
  - gracias -- nm - peglegpete Mar 28, 15:04
"Desperation" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 14:59
fwiw, I have some of their scented lotions in my rotation. they have some good ones. - b. Mar 28, 14:57 14
- I will say this. This stuff should almost be illegal. When I smell it I pretty much stop what I am doing and look for where the smell is coming from - Bacon Mar 28, 15:10 11
  - so which are they? I'm scent-finicky, but it may be good info. to have. -- nm - b. Mar 28, 15:16 10
    - spoilers. - Bacon Mar 28, 15:17 9
      - The second one is the better of the two that I prefer. - Bacon Mar 28, 15:21 8
        
        Ah, it's the vanilla that does it :) -- nm - Meg Mar 28, 15:23 7
        
        but it doesn't smell like vanilla at all. Vanilla Orchid :) - Bacon Mar 28, 15:24 6
        
        Hee, should I tell him or wait for Mara, or Loosi, or ......... ? - Meg Mar 28, 15:40 5
        
        That is funny because I never knew that. Wow -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 15:41 4
        
        Oh and this perfume doesn't smell like vanilla. I am guessing the flower and the bean are two different scents? -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 15:42 3
        
        I don't think the flower smells much at all. can't remember. the bean isn't botanically a bean, but it is the seed pod. -- nm - loosi at home Mar 28, 16:45
        
        The flower is probably more subtle - could be just an undertone to other scents in the mix. -- nm - Meg Mar 28, 15:57 1
        
        Who knows. I just know it is a euphoric scent -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 15:58
- I had to look-up the name, but I've repurchased Lovespell a few times over the years. fruity goodness, and not too bam-y. -- nm - b. Mar 28, 14:58 1
  - :) -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 14:59
What is Lolita lempicka midnight? No? What?! -- nm - Pope Amanda Mar 28, 14:55

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