Before I started getting into perfumes this year, I expected I'd get a sense of place/setting from them. Instead I've getting character/persona, and that was unexpected and cool.

Usually it's someone I haven't met before, but sometimes it's a fictional character (or a famous person) I'm already fannish about. Serge Lutens' 'Gris Claire' is Gregor Vorbarra from the Vorkosigan series. And Piguet's 'Bandit' is Rachel Maddow. (It isn't just her - it could be other people too - but it's definitely her.)