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| Portrait of a Perfume Ho "I love the smell of money!" |
I
do make an effort to boycott the movies and music of those so money hungry they
feel the need to promote stink, but every now and then I forget or I just don't
know the latest celebrity who is prostituting him or herself to a chemical.
There are so many! Since I do a lot of my shopping online, I ordered Beyonce's latest CD
"Four" from Amazon.com. As
soon as I unwrapped the plastic I could smell it. There was a perfume sample
inside. I've never encountered this before and was a little taken back. It took
me about two seconds to shove the CD in three plastic bags while holding my
breath and toss it outside. I had never returned an item to Amazon. In my haste (panic) I wrote
a really quick reason, ran the package to the post office, and carrying it like it
was a bomb heaved it into the post office's mail box. Only then did I step
back, relax, and breathe, literally, a sigh of relief. When the panic subsided and I came to my
senses, I re-read the return instructions thoroughly. I missed a few steps. I
surmised my reason for return didn't quite qualify as a valid excuse: A perfume sample? Are you people trying to
kill me?? I assumed I just lost
$12.00. What a waste. Why wasn't there some kind of warning on the Amazon website?
I
may have lost some money, but I wasn't going to lose the opportunity to make my
views known. I wrote emails to Sony Records, Amazon, fan site comment sections,
CD reviews, and several MCS support groups. The posts were titled,
"Beyonce Stinks". I figured that might get someone hot and bothered.
A
week later I received a refund from Amazon! I love Amazon! But now I'm quite
leery of ordering music from them. I guess it's time to splurge for an iPod.
Have
you found perfume in unexpected places?
Urrrmmmmm.... Nope. As every place has become an EXPECTED place as fragrance is everywhere. There's even a scratch-and-sniff jeans for those who do not want to frequently WASH their jeans and yet do not want it to stink. So just scratch the jeans and voila, you will smell perfume instead of stinky-unwashed jeans. Don't believe me? Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/scented-jeans-smell-raspberries-scratched-175539481.html
I've heard about smelly clothes. That's scary. I read some manufacturers are scenting clothes anyway just as a selling point. There was a store in New York that was putting perfume on their clothes. A bunch of people wrote emails, tweets and boycotted the place.
ReplyDeleteDon't you hate it when people don't wash or don't bath and then they try to cover it all up with a chemical? Do they really think it works? UGH!