I walked into a major department store the other day and immediately noticed that the melange of perfumes typical of such establishments had blended with the holiday scents of candles and other items to produce the aroma of ... well ... vomit. It was more than a little disgusting, though faint, and the smell faded as I walked through the store. I had just begun to convince myself that I had imagined it, or that some poor unfortunate customer or employee had been having a worse day than me, when I walked into another store and was greeted by exactly the same scent. Actually it was worse, possibly because I was entering next to the cosmetics area.
You would think that someone would have noticed this unfortunate combination of scents, but maybe it's one of those things to which people quickly grow accustomed, in the same way that you can't smell the bar on your clothes until the next morning. And even if they notice, I'm not sure what can be done. I choose to think of it as a preview of New Year's Eve.
Oh, well. 'Tis the season, I suppose. Happy Holidays!
yet another reason i don't shop. especially over the holidays... but one possibility: perhaps the 'designers' have decided that 'vomit is the new musk'?
ReplyDeletedaisyfae, seriously I don't know what the designers are thinking these days. these are the times I feel the future slipping away.
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