Comments on: Scent Takes a Holiday – by Nava

By: Nava

Nava — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:52:16 +0000

Amen, Matt! Although, if I had to give up coffee for that long, I would have a much harder time.

By: Nava

Nava — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:50:32 +0000

Thanks Lucy. She is a piece of work, my aunt. And I do have my moments when it comes to her. I just try to have them in a safe warm environment free of knives and other dangerous implements. :d

By: Nava

Nava — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:48:32 +0000

Thanks Annette. I think I am at a sufficiently advanced age to be exempt from my Aunt’s sometimes suffocating maternal instincts. But, there are always exceptions.

By: MattS

MattS — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:13:47 +0000

I’m lucky in that my family and friends are all just curiously fascinated by my scent obsession and are usually kinda eager to take a sniff–three weeks with no perfume is no vacation!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:47:13 +0000

Nava, what a great post, so good humored. It occurs to me you are demonstrating a great example to your relatives of courtesy and tolerance. I agree this is about control, maybe ocd, and the crankiness and vulnerability that sometimes go with old age. It lovely of you to be so understanding and zen about most of it, even while chafing at the strictures.

Your aunt might benefit from getting out of the house a bit more. Sometimes when people don’t go out of their own territory often enough they start to develop a lot of rigid habits. Other people keep you flexible, in many ways.

Next time maybe tell her about all the hand made organic scents out there now (Ajne, Aftelier, Anya’s, etc). Your aunt might start to develop an appreciation for them with some exposure, if she could read up on them, check the labels and be reassured as to their organic hand-made authenticity…