me and my stella.

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victoria loves her new perfume.

moments ago, i spritzed myself with stella in two (peony),

just because.

nope i'm not going to school or leaving my flat, heck even my room, for that matter. i'm currently in hibernation and i have the sainsbury receipts to prove it. i've bought enough food supplies to last me a couple of weeks - give or take - without having to leave the comfort of my room.

i simply felt like smelling pretty.. i've gone farrr too long without a scent to call my own. especially since forgetting to bring my CK one back with me to the uk twice. besides, i've been hunting for a new scent since forever. i think i outgrew CK one years ago, i just never managed to finish the bottle haha. thinking back on what NGR said, it really was the ubiquitous perfume of the 90s.

that said, i'm 21 now; coming of age, being a woman and all that jazz.. i wanted something that subtly turned heads and spoke volumes without me having to utter a word: I AM WOMAN. HEAR ME ROAR. *grin* not literally of course, but you know what i mean. i was weary of being treated like/viewed as a little girl, though i know my behaviour warrants that title - on the rare occasion *smirk*

for awhile i had my head set on either for her by narcisso rodriguez or lovely by sjp, fyi they have several common ingredients. however, for her was too overpowering (tried/tested: it was hard to eat when all you could smell was your perfume and not the aroma of your food) and lovely was too delicate - it gave me the impression of a limp-wristed ultra-feminine lady about-to-faint (no offence to those who wear it, it's a lovely scent just not for me.. i'm not exactly the ultra feminine type.. neither am i a... lady) i was looking for something tougher, with a touch of androgyny.. less flowery, more girl power! none of that cotton candy saccharine sweetness please (case in point: flowerbomb by viktor & rolf. ah cheung please don't kill me heh)

all in all, i'm really quite hard to please - scent-wise. nothing tickled my fancy until.. stella in two. when i flew home for christmas and then back again, i was constantly in and out of airports. inevitably, i spent alot of time hanging around waiting aimlessly and browsing duty free. the first time we crossed paths, it instinctively reminded me of YKW, (you know me *shrug* and my obsession with scents) so i sprayed a little on the tester card and kept it in my littleblackbook. subsequently, everytime i passed by duty free, i would squirt a little on myself (also for the sake of the passenger sitting next to me on the plane haha. you never know who you might end up next to. always be prepared!) and i was taken aback (pleasantly) by the way it made me feel: good *raises eyebrows* reaally good.

fast-forward to last week: i smsed mum to ask v1 to keep an eye out for it when she passes through duty free on her way back. she bought it, i got it. now i'm a v. happy nice-smelling girl. yay.

... that concludes the story of stella and i.

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