Ooh, ooh that smell Can't you smell that smell?

In 1988-89 we hosted our 1st international exchange student.  She was from Hamburg, Germany.  Her name was Charlotte Jordan, but she went by the nickname “Tina” because she looked like someone in a movie.  Never heard which movie.  There are a lot of things that remind us of Tina.  Anytime a glass breaks, whenever we see a shirt with a boobenemblem, and when I smell the perfume Joop! le bain.  It’s by far my favorite and I haven’t ever found it here in the US.  When I went to Germany, that was one of my goals ~ find that perfume!  I did at the Munchen airport and I spent my last $20 Euro on it.  Then, when Mom & Dad went to visit the next year, I had them bring a bottle back for me AND when some of my Germans came for a mutual friend’s wedding, they bought me a bottle.  I will smell pretty for a long time.  And I will always associate the smell with Germany and Tina.  Sadly, Tina had a tough time assimilating back into her home after  her exchange experience and over a very short time, we lost contact.  I try every so often to try & locate her.  No such luck yet.  I miss her.

And I’ll have to explain the boobenemblem another time.  It’s a good one.