All about me Friday
Fuck, Fridays suck, especially when you work most of the weekend.
But since this Friday is exceptionally sucking, I thought I would bring some sunshine to anyone who's pathetic enough to be reading my blog on a Friday evening and share two things I consider to be ME. Meaning that as long as I can remember, this is the way I have been:
1- I am a perfume snob. I think I've said this before, but I really have a problem with people who wear cheap perfume, or a lot of perfume, or just the wrong perfume for the wrong occasion. I am very selective about what perfumes I buy and wear. It's the ONLY thing that I buy regardless of its price. If I like it, I will buy it. It is the only thing that I exclusively buy designer. Also, most of the perfumes I prefer are by French designers, and I usually can tell a difference between the ones made in France and the one made in the US. So, whenever I'm in France, I always make sure I at least hit the Chanel and the Dior store. I'm usually the only one who looks like a commoner there, not wearing designer clothes. But no one complains when I end up buying two or three perfumes.
My theory on perfume is, less is more, and more is BAD, and wearing no perfume at all is better than wearing cheap perfume. You will never see me using regular off the shelf cheap perfume. If I ever run out, and I never do, I go for the clean out of the shower smell and body spray.
My all time favorite is Dior's J'Adore. I have used it for at least the past 10 years, and it usually comes from Paris, but when I really have to, I buy it here. See? I told you I was a perfume snob!
2- I don't do funerals. While it's normal not to like funerals, unless someone distant just died and left you $10 million, I am especially super uncomfortable at funerals. Well, I can't say I am uncomfortable at them, because that would imply that I go and get uncomfortable. I'm just uncomfortable at the thought. In my 29 years of living, I have been to only one funeral, and my mom made me go. I think this mainly stems from me not knowing what to do when people cry. I don't cry in public or in front of people, so it's really odd for me to see people crying, and sometimes, wailing. Then again, I grieve in a completely different way. Also, when I die, I don't want anyone there. I want to make sure that I'm taken away, alone, and the people who would have been at my funeral are at a party dancing to lame 80s music. I'll make sure in advance that everything is paid for, and it'll all be on me.
If I ever get stricken with a terminal disease, right when it gets close to that time (hopefully not any time soon), I will take care of my assets, pre-pay for said party (see above paragraph), and keep just enough money to go to somewhere in the countryside in France, to spend my last days there, probably with my favorite bottle of perfume that I will buy in Paris (see #1 above) when I land, before I go to the countryside.
Seriously though, I hope people don't get offended that I don't go to their loved ones' funerals. I send HUGE flowers arrangements, but I just can't be there. We all have our weird things. Let me have mine!
5 comments:
re #1: you DO come across pretty snobby there. but since i know you, i know you're not so it's okay :)
i just HATE sweet perfume *. i don't care if it's expensive or not, i hate it. i get headaches from it and i don't like headaches. i like good, fresh perfumes myself (read: calvin klein, jil sander, tommy girl...) but if i find something inexpensive off the shelf that i like, i'll buy it and use it as well.
oh and my all time favorite body spray is morning glory from calgon. i always stock up on that when i'm in the US. yum.
* i don't like smelly people (like sweaty smell) either but i would prefer that over sweet perfume any day!
Your perfume does smell good--and now I know what it is. But, I also know that I am too big of a tight ass to buy it. I wear Philosophy, Falling in Love--but I love all of their scents.
As far as funerals go--I don't like them either. I've only been to a few, my grandmother's being the most recent. I felt obligated to be there, but---when I was there, it was creepy and uncomfortable. I'd rather my last memory of her be when she was "here."
I hate cheap perfume too. I used to work with a gal who would say FDS when a customoron would come in smelling like cheap perfume. I also can't stand when someone smells like they've bathed in their perfume. I am like Kim...I don't like sweaty smelly people either.
When I was younger I felt a lot like you about funerals. The older I have gotten, I have been able to tolerate them. One thing I can not stand about funerals is when people look at the deceased and says "Oh doesn't she/he look good." Good Grief!! If you look good when your dead, you must have looked like shit when you were alive!!! When I die, I do not want my casket open so people can come along and say how good I look. I Don't want people buying me flowers when I die either. If somebody wants to buy me flowers, I want them now while I can enjoy them. And I want the party too.
I am like Marit...I would rather my last memory of a person be while they were "here".
I'm with you on the funerals too. Never been to one. Fortunately, our family is not at all big on them either. However, occasionally a family friend throws one. All the crying and maudlin thoughts. Lord help me if there is an open casket! Now that is down right creepy. What a last vision to get of somebody you love and care about. In a box going into the ground. *shiver*
I'm like you. Have a fun party on me and NO TEARS!
I also hate gross perfume but some of the ones I dislike would be considered very nice by others. Remember Dior's Poison? HATED THAT PERFUME! My friend's mom worked for Dior and wore it constantly. Puke! An old boyfriend got me some Coco which I thought made me smell like an old rich lady. Not in a good way. Another boyfriend bought me Polo by Ralph Lauren which I didn't like. Not sure if it was the smell or the fact he told me he had bought that scent for all his past girlfriends. I generally don't wear perfume as my body is very acidic and they usually smell very strong and medicinal on me after a while. A couple years ago I bought Happy by Clinique because I liked the fresh smell but it turned sorta rancid within a couple hours on my skin. WTF? Instead I now go for perfume free laundry soap and deodorant and lotion but use very nice and light smelling hair product. Not a lot of conflicting scents and it is very subtle. Also I like a true vanilla smell but as long as it isn't sweet which it generally is. It doesn't help that since chemo treatments my sensitivity to perfumes is very strong as well. The cancer clinic here is a scent-free building for that very reason.
Ok-I've blabbed enough about me. I don't think you are a perfume snob. I think you have a good nose and like what you like. If you can afford it then even better.
Kim - I don't like smelly people too. I guess a good smell is a good smell, and it's not really about the price. I just happen to like the expensive stuff. Hence the snobby comment about myself :)
Marit - I'm not quite as big of tight ass as you are, but I can be with certain things. I just can't help it with perfume.
I really like your view about funerals. I think it's probably the root of my dislike for them.
Daisy - No one likes smelly people. I'd be really worried if someone said, "I prefer smelly people!" :)
Kranki - Wow, that's a damn long comment :) That's funny, I hate those two perfumes too. My aunt used to wear Poison, and I made a comment that the name was very appropriate. DISGUSTING would've been a better choice. I hate really fruity and really musky scents. **GAG**
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