Identifying Perfumes

Nothing to it!  I simply use my sense of smell to help me out and it's what probably much of the sighted world does as well.  However, the sighted world has one other technique to help them.  They can read the labels on the bottles of their perfume.

 

When I had enough vision, I used to identify perfumes by the color of the bottle but now I depend totally on smell.  Believe it or not, each perfume does indeed have a unique fragrance but every now and then I run into perfumes that are close enough in fragrance.  So, I shift gears to my next strategy.  I make sure that I memorize the shape of the bottle or better yet; I place tape on one of the bottles that is close in fragrance to the other. 

 

Now, I can use my Pen Friend device to help me identify bottles.  If you would like to learn more about the Pen Friend you can visit www.independentlivingaids.org.  This nifty device was developed in Britain and you can also visit www.rnib.org to learn more.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and inviting you to go out there and tell others how blind persons go about identifying perfumes.