#Fragrance and memory

[retr0-dayz]

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Bath and Body Works Art Stuff Goodness Grapeness Cosmic Cool Body Splash

1996-2004

Found on Ebay ,user Tiffanyshome

@goldie-1996 Here's the spray!

[bisthefairy]

The average Mario Kart character owns 35 shitty businesses

[sofasoap]

On a date

Pairing : Kyle “Gaz” Garrick x F!reader

Summary: First date, fist kiss...? Prequel to Under the lemon tree 

Part of the Memory in a Fragrance series

Warning : T-M rating. Fluff.

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Master list

Double check. Triple check. Right. Deep breath in. Everything is there. Picnic mat, food in the basket.. Oh, can’t forget the bottle of ice wine that is sitting in the fridge… 

Kyle Garrick couldn’t remember when was the last time he was so nervous in his life. His first mission? His first school performance? He seriously couldn’t remember. But he knows he doesn’t want to mess up this date with you.

“Come on Gaz! I haven’t seen you for yonks!!! You’ll be in London for a while, right?” Will asked.

“Yes…?” Knowing his friend, he senses there is more than just a meet up.

“Good! Now there is a girl I want you to meet.”

Knew it.

“Look, I am not interested in dating at the moment…” And it is a valid excuse. The amount of time he spent being deployed, it wouldn’t be fair to whoever he will be trying to date. He has given up on the idea of finding his other half since he joined the force. “Give me a chance, trust me on this. You will love her. They are totally your type.”

“And how do you know who is my type?”

“I just know.”

Gaz shouldn’t have doubted his friend. He felt his jaw drop open as he landed his sight on you. 

“So this is the handsome man I've been telling you about!” Will laughed and smacked Gaz on the back, encouraging him to introduce himself.

“Um, hello, Kyle Garrick… but people call me Gaz.” Gaz wiped his sweaty hand on his pants quickly, before extending it out for a handshake.

He noticed your eyes widened for a second, a flash of surprise? Before returning the gesture and introducing yourself. 

The two of you hit off straight away. Similar taste in music, love in handcrafts and baking, and surprisingly well versed in video games, “older siblings.” you smiled. Oh, you have a beautiful smile. Now where has he seen that smile before…..

By the end of night, after another subtle shove and nudge from Will, Gaz summoned his courage to ask you out on a date. 

“There’s a beautiful lemon tree in the middle of the Botanic garden, surrounded by rose bushes, should we meet there?” You suggested.

You looked absolutely stunning in the white sundress, dotted with little lemon motifs.

“I can see a pattern here.” Gaz chuckled as he saw your eyes lit up as he brought out his mother’s signature lemon cheesecake from the picnic basket.

“I love lemon. Or anything citrus related.” You smiled as you thanked him for the slice of cake. “It reminds me of a pleasant childhood memory.”

Closing your eyes, rolling your head back slightly as you took a bite of the cake, letting out a satisfying moan. 

Gaz swallowed hard, face heating up, trying hard not to let his mind venture into unsavoury territories.  

He couldn’t resist. Leaning forward, cupping your face with both of his hands, staring into your eyes, silently seeking for permission. Dropping your sight towards his lips, and back up again before tilting your head up and meeting your lip with his. Gaz deepened the kiss as you shuffled yourself closer to him, looping your arms around his neck. The taste of lemon, wine and strong smell of roses from the rose bushes surrounding the both of you. He felt if there was a perfect moment in the world, this is it. 

“This might be a strange thing to say but… I felt like I have known you forever.” Gaz whispered as he broke the kiss, staring at your beautiful watery orbs. He felt no shame at all confessing his love for you. 

He has fallen hard. One date in, no, not even the end of the date and he knows you are the one. He’s not going to let you go. No amount of excuses will he let you slip through his fingers. That flash of surprise again in your eyes, just like the first night you two met. Battering your eyes a few times as you try hard not to let the tears fall, you replied with mystery words. “Maybe we have.”

The words Gaz said to Reader.. were pretty much exact same words my S/O said to me when we first met. Thanks for reading :)

Tag list ( I don’t know who to tag, I’m just tagging people that showed interest in my Gaz fics from last time also the fragrance list. )

@deadbranch

@kaplerrr

@homicidal-slvt

@voxyin

@lia0-0

@floral-force

@cr4shposts

@saltofmercury

@siilvan

@rileyslibrarian

@mistydeyes

@okayyadriana

@a-small-writer-in-a-big-world

@jynxmirage

@nrdmssgs @schr-torta

[vultursvolans]

the sun’s out, i’m seeing my boss’ boss at work, the blush is blushing, and i’m feeling a little more feminine than usual

so today’s fragrance is……🌸

[odoraful]

this kabedon had me so flustered like i didn't even know what to do with myself

[prismatic-skies]

[museenkuss]

When the bottle design is too good you just know it’s been discontinued.

[heartmaddie]

maddie . she/her . 20 (req + inbox open)

'REPLICA' *interactions from @wakeupmaddie

Originally: Evening Soirée

Provenance and Period: Vienna, 2014

Fragrance Description: Elegant warmth and lingering glances

Style Description: Memory in a fragrance

© heartmaddie all rights reserved. please do not repost my work.

[atarashiigakkoworld]

The Star-Spangled Banner America's national anthem offical video

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

Bath and Body Works Night Blooming Jasmine and Warm Vanilla Sugar Holiday Shimmer

1999-2001

Night Blooming Jasmine found on Pinterest, user Courtney Martin

Warm Vanilla Sugar found on Ebay, user sublime6787

[definitionsfading]

not super duper proud of this or anything but I made a nostalgic impulse purchase this afternoon after work and got a honking massive 3.3oz bottle of the britney spears 'curious' fragrance because it was only $14 on some amazon deal and I needed a dopamine hit after my baking plans fell through for the night. the thing I AM proud of, however, is that they don't seem to sell the bottles with their little heart crystal charms on them anymore, and I've actually saved the charm from my original bottle that was given to me back on Christmas 2005. you gotta get on my level. 13yo me knew 31yo me needed this win 19 years in the future

[sofasoap]

Beach Walk

Pairing : Kyle “Gaz” Garrick x F!reader

Summary: You can plan all you want, but half of the time they will never work out. Sequel to Under the lemon tree  and On a date

Part of the Memory in a Fragrance series

Warning : T-M rating. Fluff.

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Kyle Garrick is a planner. AND Kyle GAZ Garrick is a METICULOUS planner. 

This is why he is the best of the best. The record holder. Being mentored by the legendary Captain Johnathan Price. 

But his experiences and planning never prepared him for this question.

“... What is that bulge in your pants Kyle?”

Shit.

“You want to propose to her?” Price cocked an eyebrow, surprise evident on his face. 

Gaz nodded his head, shyly. “I thought it’s about time..” Looking down at his cup of tea. “I just want a bit of an opinion on how you guys did it..”

“Well, that I can give you a bit of advice on. First you need to get a ring…” “Soap. You blurted your proposal out of the blue. You didn’t even have a ring picked out. You didn’t even plan for anything.” Simon interjected. 

Soap shot Simon a look. “But it still got the job done, right?” 

“Can’t argue with that.” Simon grumbled. 

“Yours isn’t that much better.” Soap countered. “All you did was slam the ring box on the table and asked my sister to marry you.”

“Got the job done, right?” Throwing Soap’s argument right back at him, Simon smirked. 

Shaking his head, not getting any help from his two teammates, he turned towards his captain. 

Before he could open his mouth and ask, he heard a voice chiming in. 

“Don’t bother asking him. He wasn’t any better than Sergeant Soap.”  Chameleon laughed, moving from the door towards Price’s desk, she put his cup of tea down onto his desk. 

“Thanks love.” Price grumbled, “At least I had a ring picked out.” 

“That you did.” She leaned down and gave her husband a kiss on the head before turning back to Gaz. 

“Last I heard she had been wanting to go to the beach.” she hinted. “She always says you do the best picnic dates. So,” pointing to Gaz, “don’t screw this up.”

Your eyes brightened up when Gaz suggested a weekend getaway and picnic by the seaside. 

“I haven’t been to the beach in a few years!” you smiled, “We used to spend a few days there, after the mountain camping trip, where I met you.” you noted shyly. “But I haven't been there much since I moved away from home to study, and started working.. OH I am so excited!”

And now his plan has fallen apart. Running through plan A to Z. Nothing in those scenarios helps to answer the question you just asked him.

“Um.” He flustered. Think of something Kyle. THINK. “Just rubbish I found on the beach.” 

Pointing towards the bin a few metres away, “The rubbish bin is over there.” 

“Uh, it’s recyclable. Don’t want to throw it into general waste.” You pointed towards the bin right beside it, “Recycle bin is over there.” 

Fuck. That didn’t work. “ uh, It was an interesting shape of rubbish, I want to take it home and put it on my shelf.” He knew it was a bad idea to keep the ring box in his pants. But he didn’t want to leave it in the car or in the picnic basket where you can accidentally spot it or some random stranger or possible thieves to steal it. So the best option? Keeping it in his pocket while the two of you stroll down the beach.

“Kyle, you need to tidy up your study, you have too many things that you need to put away in there!!” you quipped.  “Come on, show me what it is. I want to see how interesting it is..” your hand reaches for his pocket, ready to take out the box he is hiding in there.

‘No. Nonono. No. Um. NO.” he grabbed your hand with a fast reflex, stopping you before you could reach it. 

“Kyle Garrick, what are you hiding from me?” your lips turn down into a frown. “You've been acting all strange for the last few weeks after you suggested the trip.” looking down at the ground, you started to kick sand around,“ you didn’t want to go swim in the sea, or even go near the water.” you looked back up into his eyes, eyes glittering with tears, “did you change your mind? Something is bothering you?” Did you change your mind about us? The hidden undertone and disappointment is evident within your voice.

His mouth went dry with the strong salty sea breeze blowing past, carrying a whiff of your citrus perfume that you love so much and the slight coconut scent sunscreen you insisted on applying.

“Don’t think you are in the UK and you won’t get sunburnt.” You chidded and started blabbering about facts on skin cancer etc as you smear on layers and layers of sunscreen onto his body. 

Now that sunscreen is making his hand sticky and slippery as he sweats with nervousness. Making him look more guilty. He couldn’t really explain to you he was scared to go into water before so his pants wouldn’t get wet and make the ring box more evident, or in that slim possible chance that the ring get washed away and disappear into the sea???

Taking a big gulp, he whispered,“Well, technically I am hiding something from you..” 

You look like you were about to burst into tears, he hastily kneeled down on one knee.

Plans be damned. For once in his life he will just wing it. 

“I.. I had all these things planned out.” he took a deep breath as he launch into his impromptu speech, “step by step, down to the tiniest details.” he did a nervous chuckle as you clench his hand tight, “ But, like the previous two times, you came crashing into my life,throwing me off unexpectedly,  giving me surprises after surprises.” he can feel himself trembling as he takes out the box from the pocket, where he has been hiding the ring.

“My darling, my first and only love. The beautiful girl with innocent eyes and the sweetest temper who had captured my heart.” You gasped out loud as you realise what is he about to do.

“I have been in love with you since the first time we ever met as a child. Right under that lemon tree.” his voice wavering, trying hard not to break down with high emotion.

“You have always been in the back of my mind. All those years. And I am so glad fate gave us another chance. Finding each other again. Although I failed to recognise you at first at our second meeting,” letting out a small chuckle.

“Can I be that lucky person, to spend the rest of my life with you? To be that person you see when you open your eyes first thing in the morning, and for you to give me goodnight kisses before I go to sleep at night, to remind me how fortunate and thankful that I have you. My forever love."

You couldn’t even let out a coherent response, just nodding your head furiously as you throw yourself at Kyle, arms around him tight as you start to cry, with happiness.

Both of you sank down into the sandy beach, with Gaz in relief everything worked out at the end, and with you finally find out why he is acting all weird for weeks.

And all of sudden both of you hear people clapping and whistling, shouting out congratulating words.

You buried your face into his neck, in embarrassment. 

“Oh gosh…”

“Oh dear.. Didn’t expect to have audiences gathering…” Gaz chuckled nervously. “Sorry, that was not part of my plan either..”

You let out a little sobbing laugh, “Always a planner.” ‘

“I sure am. But it didn't quite work out this time round.” pulling away from you slightly, he moved his hand to cup your face, “but I am glad it all worked out at the end. I love you, my darling.Thank you for everything.”

“I love you too Kyle.” Leaning into his forehead. “Now we have the rest of our lives to look forward to.” 

“So,I heard you had to wing it at the end aye?”

“Shut up Soap. At least I did have plans beforehand. It half worked.”

“Sure. Whatever you say…” 

partly based on how my friend's husband proposed to her. he kept refusing to go into the ocean because he had the rings in his pocket.....

Tag list :

@deadbranch

@kaplerrr

@homicidal-slvt

@voxyin

@lia0-0

@floral-force

@saltofmercury

@siilvan

@rileyslibrarian

@mistydeyes

@okayyadriana

@a-small-writer-in-a-big-world

@jynxmirage

@nrdmssgs @schr-torta @glitterypirateduck @devcica @cumikering @roosterr

@groguspicklejar

@obsolescent @whydoilikewhump

[luminarai]

You know when you read a piece of fiction - book, short story, fanfic, what have you - and there’s just one tiny detail that just takes you completely out of the story?

I just read a passage in a piece of original fiction where the main character hugs a friend and tells us she smells like the ‘delicate rose and jasmine of her familiar Chanel No 5’ and my brain just screeched to a halt. Tell me you googled ‘famous fancy perfume’ and picked the first two scent notes you saw without telling me. Many things can be said about that particular fragrance I don’t think anybody with a working nose would describe it as ‘delicate florals’.

[rimouskis]

alright, as someone who's an avid "skin scent" hunter when it comes to perfumes, glossier you has always seemed really scentless to me when I tested it in-store. I was determined to give it a real go, though, so I ordered a sample and it arrived today!

my verdict is this: is smells a lot like Room 1015 Sonic Flower, and that isn't a compliment coming from me. both of them smell weirdly like a shoe store to me. like a DSW, you know? or a Foot Locker. not shoe-funk-y, but like... big box shoe store. fresh, clean, but deeply consumerist and put-upon, artificial. chemically-laundered shoe materials and rubber. I feel like a sales associate is about to ask if I want to try another size.

I think it's the powder note. both you and Sonic Flower are heavy on their powder notes, and powder doesn't seem to be my thing, especially not when it dominates.

my favorite skin scenes—Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume (Superdose) and Phlur Missing Person—DO both have powder notes in them, but the powder is deeply overshadowed by musk, or wood. I also enjoy DedCool Xtra Milk, which again has powder, but more musk than powder.

I consider this a win, since I like you's bottle too much and am grateful that I will not be tempted to buy it now lol.