Sunday, March 14, 2010

Perfumes & Passion Ltd - 341.

Sometimes I feel that I am not working in a perfume factory, but I am part of this Latin-American soap opera.

Episode 341.

Esmeralda, the new employee of Perfumes & Passion Ltd starts the day - like usual - with some olfactory testing in the presence of Santa Maria Rodriguez. They are training their nose to identify raw materials. When smelling Hydroxicitronellal, Esmeralda realises that for such a long time, she underestimated the beauty of this synthetic raw material reminding her of Lily of the valley.
Realizing this unbearable injustice, her eyes are filled with tears, which Santa Maria Rodriguez finds really moving and instantly have a secret crush on Esmeralda.

What Santa Maria Rodriguez doesn't know is that Esmeralda has her period, that is why she is having such emotional roller coaster. Esmeralda anyways has a secret crush on the President of Perfumes & Passion Ltd, the aging Senor Carlos Alvarez.

Esmeralda later participates during another olfactory testing session, which aims to prepare the perfumers to recognize instantly the Top 100 perfumes on the market. She exercises with Juliano, a young sales men, who is the best friend of Adalberto from the production site and the archenemy of the President's successor, Basilio Alvarez.

Esmeralda recently found out that Juliano and Basilio Alvarez loved each other like brothers for many years until the day Juliano's lover has been fired from Perfumes & Passion LTD. Accordingly, because President Senor Carlos Alvaro's wife was jealous of her.
Since than, the two friends don't even say buenos días to each other.
According to Basilio Alvarez, it is Juliano who indirectly blames him for the dismissal of his lover, and according to Juliano, it is Basilio Alvarez, who stopped talking to him, once his lover was sent away.
Esmeralda thinks they are both nuts.

From the production site, Adalberto, the best friend of Juliano, comes in a rush to the President's office, complaining that some employees are not wearing their protection shoes - in spite of his repeated warnings. Mr Carlos Alvarez takes action immediately; he asks Basilio Alvarez to take action immediately, who knowing that Adalberto is the best friend of Juliano, sends him back to the production site to continue to give warnings until he is able to successfully manage the protection shoes issue.

Esmeralda is heading to the dining hall, where Alejandro, the best friend of Mr Carlos Alvarez, is showing off with his love bite. Esmeralda pretends that she is worried about the mysterious bruise and she suggests to Alejandro to visit a dermatologist. Esmeralda doesn't like Alejandro, because he is hitting on her despite the fact that he is married and taken into consideration the love bite, he is married and having a regular sex life too.

Esmeralda is also secretly jealous, because she doesn't have a regular sex life, her fiancée, Pablo is living in Mexico city, hence they can only meet every 2 weeks. She thinks of Pablo, how much she misses him, and she starts to eat with her eyes filled with tears. Alejandro misunderstands the tears of Esmeralda, he thinks that Esmeralda is jealous of his wife and continues to hit on Esmeralda even more openly. Esmeralda thinks he is an idiot.

In the afternoon, Esmeralda has back pain, can hardly stand on her legs, but doesn't share her suffering with any of her colleagues. Not even to Marco, the chief perfumer of Perfumes & Passion Ltd, with who she usually talks when she feels insecure in the perfume business. Marco is a very competent perfumer and offers his help to Esmeralda, but she feels that Marco has no time to spend on her training, because about 80% of Marco's work time is taken by sucking up to Senor Carlos Alvarez, the President of Perfumes & Passion LTD.

Marco asks Esmeralda to evaluate some new samples but also tells her that she doesn't have to do it right know, he emphasis that answering requirements immediately is not recommended in perfumery.
Esmeralda thinks that he is a weirdo, and she starts the evaluation directly. However, she accidentally pours the totality of sample No.12 on her skirt. Esmeralda is being sent home from Perfumes & Passion LTD to have a shower.
Esmeralda thinks that at least he would follow Marco's advice, the evaluation has been postponed until tomorrow.

On the way back to home, Esmeralda wishes she had chosen a bigger company to work for, and she prays that No. 12 doesn't leave marks on her skirt.

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