Perfume Stories

This is a special index to the perfume stories on Delusiastic!

1. "Farewell Caution" is the story of how a group of San Francisco Bay Area perfume lovers (aka perfumistas) banded together to help one of their own in her time of need. It is in three parts:

Farewell Caution, Part 1
Farewell Caution, Part 2
Farewell Caution, Part 3

2. "What I Chose" is a coming of age story about the first time I chose a perfume for myself—and my first lover. It is in two parts:

Choosing Myself, Part 1
Choosing Myself, Part 2

3. How Doris Lessing Was Indirectly Responsible For My Signature Fragrance is the story of a woman I knew as an adolescent who gave me my first bottle of French perfume.

4. The Wife is story of a woman I knew as a child whose perfume utterly fascinated me. It turned out she was not quite who I thought she was.


5. Five Stars is a reflection on my relationship with my mother and how she bought some of my very favorite perfumes for herself to wear.


by Nina Zolotow

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