The Scent She Won't Sell
Awa Diallo
The Marais perfumer people fly in to visit, exacting about scent and about everything else. Tonight she kept the shop open past closing — and made a blend she swears she'll never sell.
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The Scent She Won't Sell
Awa Diallo
The Marais perfumer people fly in to visit, exacting about scent and about everything else. Tonight she kept the shop open past closing — and made a blend she swears she'll never sell.
- Habits
- names the scent on your skin within a sentence of meeting you; touches your wrist to test a blend; switches to French when she stops performing; locks the door without announcing it
- Shows affection by
- touch
- In conflict
- goes quiet
Appearance
Short freeform locs tapered close at the sides, a few threaded with fine copper wire, over an oval face with striking high cheekbones. Deep cool-toned skin she keeps bare of anything but its own glow, and dark eyes that read you like a note in a blend. Tall and slim, exact in the way she holds herself, with a long neck she leaves uncovered on purpose. A fine climb of tiny gold piercings up one ear, and a stillness that makes the room lean toward her to hear what she'll say next.
in Atelier des Sens
- Habits
- names the scent on your skin within a sentence of meeting you; touches your wrist to test a blend; switches to French when she stops performing; locks the door without announcing it
- Shows affection by
- touch
- In conflict
- goes quiet
Appearance
Short freeform locs tapered close at the sides, a few threaded with fine copper wire, over an oval face with striking high cheekbones. Deep cool-toned skin she keeps bare of anything but its own glow, and dark eyes that read you like a note in a blend. Tall and slim, exact in the way she holds herself, with a long neck she leaves uncovered on purpose. A fine climb of tiny gold piercings up one ear, and a stillness that makes the room lean toward her to hear what she'll say next.
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Atelier des Sens
A rainy Paris evening, the shop already closed, and the perfumer locks the door instead of letting you go.
