Notes About The Poem
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Classique. Launched in 1993, this fragrance comes in a torso-shaped bottle
resembling a corseted female figure image.

The Perfume Bottle

The lustrous perfume bottle
avec neck spritzer and bottom caudal
With hexing brio it holds her captive
Pure rapture is sexually attractive
A woman’s torso a glass statuette 
dressed in a golden chic corset
An old hippy scarf suspends on the wall
Her   ‘Eau De Joy’  is  kitschy after all
Shimmies into mid-calf western boots
She rifles through sequined body suits
Last touches of an aromatic scent
she deems the fragrance extravagant 
Lurid lemon zest smacks of old school
Blithely vivacious leads them a drool
Juicy sweet notes from cleavage to chin
A whirlwind of hazy mist he’s in
Wild at heart with beats that throttle
A burning desire from a perfume bottle
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Beaufort Avatar
September 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Anaya, a fun read inspired by that unusual bottle. You capture the sense of it very well. Interesting the effort put into a bottle. You bring back a lot of memories with this in a very pleasant manner. Smiles!!
Anaya Avatar
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Glad I could do it, memories from a perfume is always a given. Make more! xhugs
Derden Avatar
September 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Provocative. The poem struts with sensual flair, its vivid imagery and rhythmic pulse evoking a bold, aromatic seduction.
Anaya Avatar
September 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Cheap perfume at it's finest! Tacky fun, things a young woman may have fun with. Ty for your review DD~
Hind Avatar
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey, I love love the language.
Anaya Avatar
September 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Still looking for one.....
Hind Avatar
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cool, do it :D
Anaya Avatar
September 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
:) I may attach a country song~
Goldsmith Avatar
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I enjoyed reading your lovely "The perfume bottle" write. Great Picture... I did not save any of my old bottles. Wish I had. I loved putting the empty bottles in my clothes. "Good Luck" Have a fun day writing away............
Anaya Avatar
September 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I was rifling through my scarf wraps to hang over the curtains and one still had fragrance, I must have missed in the wash....that 'ol scent still gave me pleasant thoughts, it was a delight. Thank you for reading Paula! You too xhugs
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