Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The Signature Wedding Scent

Well, I was just about to post a blog about how Brian doesn't understand the difference between hearing and listening (I'm sure we'll come back to that eventually) when Brian said he was going to bring up my mid-week drinking in a comment if I did blog on his listening.  And so, to avoid that topic until Brian forgets his threat, I thought I'd go back to an idea suggested to me a while ago, where I discuss my different perfumes and suggest what they say about me and my life.  What prompted this, you might ask.  Well, I'm glad you asked, because I'm pleased to announce that I've found my wedding scent!


What is a wedding scent you now ask?  Well, despite common belief, it is not a perfume you use to douse the church and everything wedding-y with, nor is it the fragrance that you spray on every person who attends the wedding.  No, much simpler than that.  I, the bride to be, will wear the chosen scent on the wedding day, although I've dabbled in the idea of spraying the invitations with the wedding scent - we'll see.

The chosen wedding scent, which I still need to go buy, is Vera Wang's "Truly Pink."  I suggest you all go to the mall and smell it and post your opinions as comments, as it is not too late to abort the wedding scent plan... yet!

You are probably now wondering, "Naomi, what is the fascinating and complex path that led  you to this decision on your wedding scent?"  And, I'm not surprised, I questioned my very self on that!  And, without further adieu, I'll tell you.

Now, if you know me at all, you know that my personal signature scent is Love Spell from Victoria's Secret.  It has been for years.  In fact, I would posit, that I would not in fact be engaged now if I hadn't had such an appropriate signature scent to cast a spell over my special guy (who hears everything I say, but isn't really listening).

But, is Naomi one-sided?  Surely Love Spell doesn't get at the deep mystery that is SupNomes!  And, it's true, I have many sides, all of which can strangely be defined by my other perfumes...

Here they are in chronological order (high school to present)

CK One: Calvin Klein:  This androgynous scent shows that I do not subscribe to traditional gender roles, which is mostly cause my Mom made me wear boys jeans when I was little.

Curve:  Liz Taylor - This sassy smell shows that I'm not a straight shooter.  I'm likely to throw curve balls in my walk of life - so watch out!

Happy:  Clinique - I'm generally a happy person, except when I'm deep in critical thought, like when I'm blogging.

Cool Water:  Davidoff - Hello!  I'm from Michigan.

Inis - My Mom bought this for me when my parents were in Ireland.  So, naturally this perfume represents my Irish roots and my parents, who are somewhat Irish.

Dune: Christian Dior - Ann gave me this one.  Jeff brought it back for her from Europe and she didn't like it.  So, I inherited it.  What does that say about me?  That I will take anything free and never get rid of it.  But, actually I wear this one; it's my professional scent.  Which also shows that I am professional.

Basic Instinct:  Victoria's Secret - Surely there is no need to explain this one.

Glow:  Jlo -Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, I'm still, I'm still Nomey from the block.

And, that sums it up.  And, now I'm ready for my wedding scent (sniff).  Life moves so fast.  I wonder what scent I'll get for each child I have and what that will say about them.  Perhaps they should be named after the scent.  Aww! little Glow and Dune!

So, don't forget your task to go and smell my proposed wedding scent and let me know if you think it fits me and my very mysterious self.


17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

People, please do not respond to this blog saying "Naomi is hilarious." The last thing we need to do is add more fuel to the fire. I was wondering what she was doing for the last 20 minutes, since all I could hear were the laughs coming from upstairs as she wrote this entry. In fact, the whole time while I was reading the blog she was reading over my shoulder laughing hysterically while literally wiping the tears from her face as she continued to say how funny she was.

Does anyone love Naomi as much as Naomi??

8:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Probably not, but can you blame me!?! Shoot.

8:50 PM  
Blogger Alison said...

God. You guys are so MFEO.

11:24 PM  
Blogger christine said...

I gotta side with the sister on this one: Naomi is hilarious :)

5:14 AM  
Blogger Laura said...

I've never been a big perfume person so I don't know if I can offer much help, but next time I'm at the mall I'll check it out. I never know what perfume I like because once I start smelling them they all smell the same to me. I've had the same perfume (same bottle-not just same scent) since high school and Alison gave me that one. I decided on a new scent (also inspired by Alison) a couple years ago and still have hardly used any of it. Come to think of it, I don't even think I wore any perfume on my wedding day.

7:34 AM  
Blogger Laura said...

oh, by the way--on the question of hearing vs. listening I think that's just a guy thing. I tell Boris things all the time that he claims not to know about a week later when the issue/event comes up. If it's important I have to make sure he's looking in my eyes and listening intently before I tell him about something.

7:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I vote for Hassenpfeffer Haute. A fine scent derived from the musk glands of the common bunny rabbit after a winter of aging in the snows of Northern Michigan. It's sure to elicit mixed images of childhood glee and dread, and as I've found out, lasts literally forever. Dad

10:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...and as I've found out, lasts literally forever."

I vote for HH as your signature scent. It lasts forever, just like your marriage. I get teary thinking about it!

2:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, without even smelling it I don't like Truly Pink just from the name. Since you're trying to duplicate the mom and dad wedding how about going with the ole hippie stand by Ambergis oil?

2:55 PM  
Blogger Alison said...

Maybe you need some Sex Panther. 60% of the time, it works every time.

7:26 PM  
Blogger christine said...

I won't get to smell the signature scent until I fly out in May, I don't think they sell that at Wal-mart or Shop-Ko. Ahhh, the great city that is Houghton :)

8:22 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And to the comment "Does anybody love Naomi as much as Naomi?" Probably only her mom, and I do.

9:52 AM  
Blogger mary said...

I didn't take logics or anything, but if "Naomis' Mom" said only "her Mom, and I do" about who loves her that much, that must mean, Lois.... that you are not her Mom! Gasp! How did you keep this secret for so long.

And Naomi, you are going to have to hunt for a new scent called "Bastard Child" or "Eau de Illegitimate". Sorry you had to find out this way...

9:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obviously Mary you're related to the other person around here who could not read that sentence with the pause in the correct spot. The quote reads "Only her mom (pause) and I do."

5:40 PM  
Blogger Jef K said...

Naomi,

in preps for your blog on "hearing and listening", clearly you don't understand male efficiency, particularly in regards to memory space in our brains.

any male that has had a serious relationship long enough knows two key things about what they hear;

1 - 99% of it is unimportant

2 - the important stuff will be repeated at an appropriate time

Now given that, why would I waste my memory space on anything I hear.

Now what you should spend you keen research and writing intellect on is how the requirement to bring females presents from your business trip has evolved from our times as hunter gatherers.

Out of all the business trips I've gone on, I've been expected to bring back a gift 100% of the time. 99% of the time those gifts are not at all appreciated seconds after they've been given. And since most females don't have hi-larious nieces to give these unappreciated trinkets to, they go to waste.

So unless you are ready to blog me a story of all the gifts you brought back to Brian from your business trips, I think you can find comfort in the fact that the universe is balanced, and while we never listen to you,

we do bring back gifts to "surprise" you.

we can't help it, we're hunter-males.

good blog though, I did laugh, but mostly at the thought of you laughing while you wrote it,

and thinking of the "rocks you got"

9:05 PM  
Blogger mary said...

My bad, Lois. Don't hate me. You're back in the family, Naomi!

8:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Naomi is back in the family, I didn't hurt myself too badly practicing my downhill skiing today, nothing a glass of wine and several Advil won't cure (so I'm ready for the big mountains in Colorado on Thursday) and the Redwings just won so all is right with the world. Dad says I conquered the blue square trails at Treetops so I'm obviously all ready for the Rockies!

5:42 PM  

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