I HATE PERFUME.
PERFUME IS TOO OFTEN ...
AN ETHEREAL CORSET TRAPPING EVERYONE IN THE SAME UNNATURAL SHAPE
A LAZY AND INELEGANT CONCESSION TO FASHIONABLE EGO
A PALE SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUE ALLURE AND STYLE
AN OPAQUE SHELL CONCEALING EVERYTHING – REVEALING NOTHING
A CHILDISH MASQUE HIDING THE INSECURE AND UNIMAGINATIVE
AN ARROGANT SLAP IN THE FACE FROM ACROSS THE ROOM
PEOPLE WHO SMELL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DISGUST ME
I KNOW THERE MUST BE MORE TO PERFUME THAN THIS
I KNOW WHAT PERFUME CAN BE
PERFUME IS A VEIL THAT REVEALS THE SOUL
PERFUME IS THE FANFARE OF OUR INDIVIDUALITY SOUNDING DIFFERENTLY TO EVERYONE WHO LISTENS
PERFUME IS A SIGNPOST TO OUR TRUE SELVES – A DIFFERENT JOURNEY FOR THE BRAVE TO TRAVEL
PERFUME IS THE WEATHER OF OUR INNER WORLD BRINGING LIFE TO A PERSONAL LANDSCAPE
PERFUME IS AN ART THAT SHOWS US WHO WE CAN BE IF WE DARE – AN INVISIBLE PORTRAIT OF WHO WE ARE
PERFUME IS DISCOVERED FULLY ONLY BY OUR LOVERS WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER - NAKED
PERFUME IS AN ADVENTURE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE YOURSELF, PLEASE YOURSELF, EXPAND YOURSELF
ALLOW YOURSELF THE LUXURY OF YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE
TO ME, PERFUME IS ALWAYS AN EXPERIENCE
IT IS ETHEREAL, EVOCATIVE AND - MOST OF ALL - EMOTIONAL
PERFUME IS MORE THAN MERE ACCESSORY - IT IS ART
THIS IS THE KIND OF "PERFUME" I MAKE
THIS IS THE KIND OF "PERFUME" I LOVE
christopher brosius
originally written 1992
copy-written & revised 2004, 2017