On Friday Jan and I went out together

on

a

date.

(This post is going to be an awesome post, can you feel it?)

I may not dole out a lot of advice her on Dawesome, but let me tell you, when I have a brilliant idea, you better believe I will blog about it!

Get ready for it, peeps, cuz I am about to give some advice for a FUN DATE (hence the clever title).

Last week for our date Jan and I went to went to fancy, fancy Saks Fifth Ave and picked out a new perfume for me and a new cologne for him. Not only romantic but darn right practical!

Here’s what I think: A husband should never buy perfume for his wife unless he is SURE she will like it. And vice versa. At the end of the day, who are we trying to smell good for? EACH OTHER. Hence, I feel that this is a decision that you should make as a couple, no?

A wife could love the smell of a perfume, but if her husband thinks it is “too fruity” well then, she might as well chuck that fruity regectamente in the trash can, says I. And if a husband wears cologne that he think smells positively manly and sophisticated but she thinks smells like a teenage boy that is trying too hard — that there cologne ain’t fulfilling the measure of its creation!

So, on Friday Jan and I went out and made the decision together, and in the process stumbled upon something WONDERFUL!

Ever heard of Jo Malone?

Perhaps you have, the company is about 20 years old.

For years I have eyed the Jo Malone displays in the snooty department stores and been intrigued, but terribly intimidated.

I still remember walking past stores like this one in Sloane Square – and wanting to go in, but felt I wasn’t fancy enough.

Anyway, as Jan and I were in the market for something new – and I was feeling courageous, we went up to the Jo Malone counter and learned all about it.

Here is what makes the Jo Malone fragrances different from other stand alone perfumes.  Dear old Jo came up with 22 different scents and the cool thing is this: they can stand alone but can also be combined or layered. Some are more masculine and some more feminine, but the whole idea is that you can layer them together and create all kinds of beautiful scents. The lady who worked at Saks and explained it all to us told us that you could have one scent for the daytime and then layer another one on top of that and voila! you all of the sudden have an evening fragrance.

You know my lifestyle here – and I totally need a morning scent and an evening scent. I like to start of the day with a light and airy smell and then I like to smell more exotic and mysterious when I am serving my family taco soup for dinner, wouldn’t you?

Now, I may not be fancy – but by golly, if I want to smell like a gardenia in the morning and a citrus lime cocktail in the evening – that is my prerogative!

And Jo Malone is making that possible! (Thanks, Jo!)

We took these two home with us and also were given a bunch of samples to try different combinations.

Since that day I wake up every morning and think to myself, “Hmmm! What shall I smell like today!”

There is no danger of a “fruity rumba” around here.

No, sir.

I smell good.

Real good!

Just ask my man.

He smells good too!