PeSuit and Tie

  the set scentlist a signature scent is something every magazine, girl, tiktok, talks about, almost all the time. scents in general are powerful time capsules. the smell of coffee and cigarettes reminds me of a cafe in croatia, or my mom's old friends visiting for coffee and gossip when i was a kid. my mom follows marilyn monroe's advice and sticks with chanel n°5 , and she'll remind us that the elizabeth taylor white diamonds  scent was what reminds her of her wedding with our dad.  there was an aeropostale perfume in 2012 that reminded me of happy days when i was finishing up middle school, including my first serious heartbreak, or a first hidden cigarette behind our gym. i think i found it on fragrantica, but it's been discontinued since. when we were kids, sib and i had a mary kate and ashley olsen perfume, perhaps our first ever perfume. can we consider that archival the row ? my mom used to collect perfume bottles when she was in her twenties, and i thought tha...