I am very big into nice smelling scents.  I realize some people prefer no fragrance at all and I respect that; I try not to wear my perfume too strongly when I go out.  Invariably someone will compliment me on it though and I will be horrified because since I have worn it for so many years I can no longer smell it.  So I worry and ask if it’s too much.  Dear Lord I will NEVER forget the days of women drenching themselves in Giorgio in the ’80s.  I found the scent so overbearing I literally could not stand it and would just hold my breath until the elevator doors opened.  I knew then I never wanted to be that person!  But I’m not going to lie, I love a good scent.  I tend to adore white florals (I realize some of you may be gagging right now.)  In junior high I remember getting Jungle Gardenia from the grocery store and thinking I was quite grown up.  And, I’m not going to throw it under the proverbial bus, I would still like it.  Roses are sacred to me because my Grandmother Maris always smelled delicately of Rose Milk.  Of course everyone’s body chemistry is different and what smells intoxicating on one person may smell horrid on another.  For years I wore Alfred Sung before the original Carolina Herrera came along.  It is becoming harder and harder to find; I’ll bet I’ve worn it for 20 years.  It is my “signature fragrance” and my husband loves it.  I FINALLY got him to start wearing cologne.  But I have gotten off topic.  My mother instilled in me an appreciation for scented soap (which she got from her mother) years before they were so commonplace.  I can remember the fancy bars of soap with something written on them we always had in our soap dish.  I believe bars of soap of any sort are now on the decline.  I confess I prefer the pump soap — mostly because I feel it’s more sanitary — but I no longer get anything with “scrubbers” (microbeads) as they are a detriment to the environment.  However I also prefer different scents in different places around the house.  For instance, a lemon scent might be great for the kitchen but I would enjoy something softer for the bathrooms.  All of which leads me to this:  sometimes it’s the little things.  I discovered this cleverly packaged soap the other day and loved the scent.  I do keep my red wine in the kitchen and often add it to what I’m cooking.  I have tried transferring soap into nicer glass containers but look how cute this is!  Apparently the “bottle” is being discontinued so I decided to stock up.  I will use the extras as spares if one should ever go out.  The Russian born American novelist Vladimir Nabokov once said, “Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.”  So go ahead — hit the bottle.