A Life Sentence

I use a certain brand of deoderant, and a while ago I found a scent that I really like. It's called "pure cashmere." Doesn't that sound great? It smells wonderful, too. Very fresh. Not perfumey.

But I've discovered that it's very difficult to find in stores. I always look for it. If I'm lucky enough to find my scent, I buy as many as they have on the shelf. Therefore, I've smelt great for quite some time.

But my stash began to dwindle, and I wasn't finding replacements. Then the other day I wondered if Drugstore.com would have any. So I went there, and sure enough, they showed that they had my "pure cashmere" scent. I was so excited. I ordered ten of them! I figured I was set for life.

Today they came. I eagerly opened the box. I pulled out a deoderant stick, and opened the lid. And sniffed. But it didn't smell great. It smelled perfumey. I looked again at the container, and it said "Smooth Perfection," but I couldn't see "Pure Cashmere" anywhere on the label. Did I order the wrong thing? I wondered. I looked at the packing slip and it said "Smooth Perfection." Oh, geez. I thought. I did screw it up.

I went to the computer to find my shipping notice. I'm good at saving all of my shipping notices until I actually get the product. The shipping notice definitely said "Pure Cashmere." I looked again at a label. It said "Smooth Perfection" in large bold letters. In smaller letters, at the bottom, it said "Pure Cashmere." Hmmm.

I went upstairs and got the stick of deoderant I was using right now. I decided what I needed to do was a sniff test. I took my deoderant downstairs. I got one of the new sticks of deoderant. I opened both sticks. I sniffed my current one. Mmmm...fresh scent! Then I sniffed the new one. Yuk. Perfume.

And with 10 sticks, this is how I'll smell for the rest of my life.