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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
` Tuesday, January 10, 2006

I'm feeling rather devastated by a chance realisation of something that may have disappeared for good from the face of my grooming universe. The missing of the gorgeous golden-yellow bottles at duty-free shops and malls did not make things better.

I'm not a particularly savvy user of perfumes in general. However, it is definitely true that every individual perceives a perfume in different ways from the rest. I have been flippantly switching between several somewhat lacklustre scents for many years before I found "The One". At first spritz, I was instantly won over by how this dream bottle made the beginning of a day seem a little better. I loved the fact that it lingered subtly on the skin for the rest of the day without being overpowering like certain brand name products. The bottle itself spoke of a quiet elegance that I hoped to emanate when wearing the perfume on a day or night out.

However, I am sad that its days on the merchandise shelves seem to be over in this part of the region. It's the same dreadful feeling I experienced when Prescriptives pulled out of Asia and I was left feeling lost without my custom blend foundation and powder.

Thankfully, my friends have been so kind to present it as a birthday gift last year (after much heavy hinting of course), so I still have 80% of the bottle to be rationed. Fingers crossed for a comparable alternative to appear on the market soon.

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