My GCSE English teacher, Miss Gamblin, wore this really overpowering scent which we all really hated at school. We loved her though, she was a brilliant teacher, really strict sometimes and scary, but very funny and fun too. I loved her lessons.

After I left school I temped for a while, and a woman where I worked wore that same scent and I immediately thought of Miss Gamblin. I actually went to Boots and sniffed all the mature perfumes at the counter until I found hers. It was an Elizabeth Arden one, but now I actually really like it now as it reminds me of her and I will occasionally spray it when I'm passing the perfume counter, it makes me smile and feel really happy when I think of her. Thinking back we didn’t understand more sophisticated scents back then, but now we’re older it’s a different story. I'm positive everyone in my class would instantly recognise that scent too.

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