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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I commiserate. A coworker did this to me. It was the lawyer in the office across the hall from me, and it got really weird. At first it was glasses; I got glasses for reading and for looking at the computer screen. She got the exact same glasses -- with zero prescription. She always wore ugly loafer type shoes, but then she started wearing high heels that looked just like mine, and she couldn't walk in them to save her life. Then it was my bag, she got the same one. Then she started ordering the same Boden dresses I was wearing. It creeped me the hell out. I never said anything -- what was I going to do? Cry out "You're copying me!" like an 8th grader? No longer at that job.

My sister has done some of this as well. A few years ago at Christmas my niece was holding a bottle of perfume and saying how "We get it for mom every year! It's her signature scent! She's always been known for it!" ... and... it was my signature scent. From about 20 years ago. I love that perfume and I was known for it, not her. I don't wear it anymore, it's very out of date. Super irritating anyway.

To the people who think it is flattery and say people shouldn't be annoyed -- I say it is more like IP theft. It annoys the hell out of me.  [/quote]

You are nuts. You do not own a fragrance. You do not have a signature scent. Anyone can buy any perfume they want. The fact that you think you own it speaks volumes about you. [/quote]

Someone touched a nerve![/quote]

NP. Unless someone’s “signature fragrance” is something they actually designed themselves (which is totally possible—online companies do it, so does that perfume shop in Georgetown), then it is a popular fragrance. Whether it is Chanel No. 5, Angel, Donna Karan Cashmere, or something by Jo Malone, it’s not “signature,” it is off the rack, it is marketed, it is widely available online and in retail stores nationwide and worldwide. It’s not “signature” if anyone can purchase it from any department store, Sephora, etc. Even if it is some “unusual” fragrance like grass or pepper or salt or whatever. Unless you custom-blended it, it is not unique. And even the “customizable” fragrances are paint-by-numbers, so if you choose amber, vanilla and a hint of ranunculus as your three choices from a set of 120 possibilities, someone else probably chose those same components, too.[/quote]

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