Isn't Perfume, Just Like, Chemicals?
I have a lot of funny interactions when people find out I make perfume. After a while I decided I should start writing them down. So here's my collection of:
The wild and unexpected responses I get when people find out I make perfumes.
Q. "Aren't perfumes just a bunch of chemicals?"
A. Yeah I guess so, aren't you just a bunch of chemicals too?
Q. Oh! Have you seen the perfume movie?
A. The what? That's cool I'll have to watch that
So you must have, like, extra-sensory abilities?
Yes! I can smell dead people ;)
Can you replicate this perfume?
no.
Oh this smells good! What did you copy it from?
Bruh.
Do you know the perfume movie?
Yes, someone told me about that but I've never seen it.
Have you watched Perfume: Story of a Murder?
No, but that's funny everyone asks me that.
You remind me of that guy from the perfume movie!
Yes, I love murdering people.
Bro, you're like Tom Ford
(this is actually a major compliment I feel like I cannot accept)
You should start a business!
Good idea.
Oh you make perfumes? Can you make me a replica of this one?
no...
Have you seen the perfume movie?
not yet.... (it's been 7 years I still haven't watched it)
You should sell that and say it's handmade, I bet people would pay like 50 bucks for it.
Great idea!
Wait the smell changes over time? Wow so it's like Wonka perfume!
Yes wow that's a huge compliment, thank you, but technically all perfumes do that.
Hey this smells really good!
Thank you!!
"Can I have your autograph now so I can sell it on eBay after you're famous?"
Wait you MADE this? (After giving a Christmas present to a friend)
No I just bought perfume at the store and repackaged it into an uglier bottle for you.
*after giving a speech about how perfumes are manufactured in a public speaking class*
"That guy is gonna make way more money than us"
*meeting a random stranger on my college campus*
Nice to meet you.....wait are you the guy that makes the perfumes?
Word around here sure travels fast, yes that's me.