Bond No. 9 ~ Eau de New York
My husband rarely comments on the perfumes I wear unless it’s one he already knows and loves. Imagine my surprise when unbidden, he asked about Bond No. 9’s Eau de New York. And then the conversation unraveled.
“That smell… what is that… is that your perfume?”
“Yeah, kind of smells like, uh, Pez at the top?”
“Sort of, but more like a martini.”
“A Pez martini?”
“Okay then. I guess I can see that. Smells like Pez martini, then.”
“But dry cleaning, too.”
“Maybe, but if it is, it’s dry cleaning in a new car.”
“New car?”
“I don’t know, don’t ask me. I smell a clean car, okay?”
“Ahhhhhh, now I’m getting grapefruit. Don’t you smell ruby red grapefruit, too? It’s strong, really fresh, really pulpy.”
“If you say so, I guess… sure. But definitely martini, yup. Yup.”
“Interesting… So you like it?”
“I like martinis. Wish I had me one.”
“… ? …”
“It’s not bad, I like it.”
“Huh. All right, then.”
“Wish you were testing out martini recipes instead. You should change your blog to Boozilla. I think I’d like that even better.”
“… ! …”
“I’m just sayin’. I’d totally be your guinea pig whenever you want then. You can test all your drinks out on me!”
“That sounds a lot more like it’d be Winozilla, hon. And? No.”
“Fine, but I think we’re missing out if you’re only going to smell Pez martinis.”
You have to love that man !
I guess that I’m suspicious of any house that churns out so many fragrances higglety-pigglety…
Some interest me, some fascinate me, but in general I’d have to say that the sheer volume of output is both annoying and puzzling…hmmmm-
New Harlem is nice, cozy.
Can’t say that I was wild for this one- will resample it, though, just to be fair-
Thanks for the laughter.
chayaruchama
29 Jul 06 at 3:03 am
I second the motion for Boozilla. And it doesn’t have to be *instead* of Scentzilla…just sayin’ :-D
marina
29 Jul 06 at 4:53 am
The M.O. of the Big Cheese is this: he’s always helpfully suggesting ways I could make money on the blogging. The idea that I could be doing this for pure pleasure, and that I do not wish to turn it into a JOB, continues to baffle him.
marchlion
31 Jul 06 at 4:40 am
chayaruchama, you know, thus far I’ve found all the Bonds of good quality. Just not terribly original or overwhelmingly great in some cases. Still, I feel it’s a solid house - I mean, one could do worse with other houses! I still haven’t tried New Haarlem - I keep forgetting!! Must try to remember that one.
Marina, ach Boozilla can be my husband’s pipe dream then. I haven’t the stomach (or liver!) for it. Maybe I’ll prod him into doing it himself :P
March, well I do sympathize with the big cheese - it would be nice to make money off a hobby of such passion. But? Eh. It would risk turning it from something fun and deeply gratifying into a regular chore, and who wants to risk that? I’m happy to settle for offsetting my hosting costs and nothing more with advertising, and I presume you and Patty must feel the same way?
Scentzilla!
31 Jul 06 at 3:56 pm
Sounded close enough to a compliment for me, I’d take it and run!
;O)
Victoria O
1 Aug 06 at 4:03 pm
It was a compliment for him, really. In a way, that is ;)
Scentzilla!
2 Aug 06 at 3:40 pm