Fragrance, a Life Changing Experience
Did you know that fragrance helps in the development of blind people’s senses and that fragrance can help them
to mentally visualize a scene? If you haven’t ever seen a lavender field, but know what lavender smells like,
you can easily create a mental picture of a lavender field. Many blind people have chosen fragrance design as a career
after exploring various scents and the oils that are necessary to make them. As a result of developing their sense of
smell, some have gone on to become experts in fragrance design. This ability to use their sense of smell in a new way
is the same as learning a new language and a new way of life. Blinded eyes cannot see, but a developed sense of smell
brings new light and life through mental vision.
Those of us who can see should exercise the same diligence as
many of the blind by developing our sense of smell. Is your nose trained to know when you smell an authentic designer
fragrance rather than a knockoff or imitation? Many department stores have cards bathed in the perfume or bottle testers.
Using the testers allows you to become acquainted with the scent before you spend your hard earned money to buy it.
The “real” thing doesn’t come cheap. The smell from a knockoff or imitation is short lived and the
scent is in no way representative of the designer brand fragrance. This does not mean that there aren’t pleasant
scents among the imitations, but it does mean that you won’t enjoy the memory trail provided by a great designer fragrance.
The designer fragrance lives on after you have left. It is not over powering, but leaves a pleasant reminder of you
for your family, friends or co-workers.
We all like to feel confident about ourselves. There are many things
we can learn about confidence building. There are ways to walk with confidence without opening your mouth to speak.
Proper grooming and the designer fragrance you have chosen to become a part of your personality can truly lead to the comment
“she walks in beauty.” The “well dressed” man can also walk with assurance because he looks
good and he smells good.
Even though we can see with our eyes, there is much to learn from the blind. We
all should have the desire to increase our mental vision by learning to recognize the natural beauty of fragrance through
our sense of smell.
By: Delores Darden
