Many people have their own special thing that is unique to them. Whether it’s a certain style, makeup, or hair, I love that it defines them and reminds other people of them. I saw other people find theirs, and I wanted one thing unique to me. I have found out that mine is my perfume. I was always so jealous of the people who had their own “signature scent,” and I could recognize their scent anywhere, so I decided to get my own.
I first tried to get my own signature perfume in seventh grade. My mom introduced me to the Glossier You perfume. I was first inspired by her, since she has her own unique signature scent. I was obsessed with this perfume, especially because it smelled different when you put it on compared to just smelling it from the bottle. It also varied by the person, and whenever my friends tried it on, it smelled different on them than it did on me. I loved how unique it was, since I didn’t have anything worth remembering about me, and I sometimes felt the same as everyone else.
I continued to wear that perfume until the beginning of tenth grade, when I found a new signature scent. Although I was obsessed with my Glossier perfume, I wanted a new one. I found one that I thought I liked (and spent way too much money on it), but I didn’t wear it every day, and that defeated the purpose of a signature scent. Other than that, I had my eyes on a certain perfume that I wanted to get for a long time—the Versace Dylan Purple perfume—and I finally got it. I loved it so much, and it became my new signature scent. I love that it is so unique to me, and I constantly bother my friends by asking if my new perfume reminds them of me.
I hope the signature scent actually worked, but I don’t think my friends quite caught on, or at least they haven’t told me about it. Right when I switched perfumes, my friend told me that she smelled the Glossier You perfume, and it instantly reminded her of me. Now that I know this, I hope I can have my new signature scent be unique to me.
My old perfume holds so many memories: my last day of middle school, first day of high school, first time driving, and so many more moments. Although I miss it and those memories, my new signature scent is like a new beginning, with so many more memories to come. I’ll still have half of the bottle of my Glossier You sitting in my bathroom, waiting to be used, but I’m excited to see what memories come with my new signature scent.
