Astrology, neo-Babylonian scientists and signature scents

From the blog Yesterday's Perfume, which I recommend for its reviews of vintage and classic fragrances, I discovered my star sign is Aquarius and not Pisces. Oddly I'm not surprised, my birthday was on the cusp and on my whimsical, astrology-leaning days I would always read both.

http://yesterdaysperfume.typepad.com/yesterdays_perfume/2011/01/whats-your-signs-signature-scent.html

My recommended signature scent is Chanel No19 which I love but avoid because my oldest and dearest friend wears it. She,, however is still a Pisces and maybe should give Fidjii a try. Does this let me off the hook in terms of No19?

My Chanel: the three Cristalles

I've written before that my mother's signature fragrance is Chanel No5, my best friend's is Chanel No19, and my sister sometimes wears Coco. I have flirted with Coco, buying a bottle of it when it first launched from Harvey Nichols - out on a shopping mission in my lunch break. It was the first bottle of perfume I ever bought myself and at 21 it felt a very grown-up thing to do. I eschewed Cristalle as a younger woman as too watery, too much like the aquatics that flooded the perfume market. Now, my tastes have changed and just as I got to the point when I thought I'd not find a Chanel fragrance for me, I've tried Cristalle again because of the launch of Eau Verte and have become obsessed by it in all its three forms: the classic eau de toilette, eau de parfum and Eau Verte - I'll even have the body lotion!