Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs

Intermediate 04: Love that Perfume


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Buying perfume seems to be as complicated as choosing a fine wine. There is a combination of personal taste mixed with a knowledge about top notes, middle notes and a whole list of different scents and aromas. In this lesson we take on the task of buying perfume, and in the end, even the decorative bottle becomes part of the purchase decision.

Dialogue

A: Bom dia. Você gostaria de ver algum perfume hoje?
B: Bom dia. Gostaria sim.
A: Para homem ou para mulher?
B: É para minha irmã. O que você sugere?
A: Bom, vamos ver. Quantos anos ela tem?
B: Uns 28 – 30 anos, por aí.
A: Tá bom, sabe, perfume é algo muito pessoal. O que agrada uma pessoa, pode não agradar outra. E depende muito também da personalidade da pessoa, viu?
B: Sei, bom, eu sei que ela não gosta das fragrâncias de aroma cítrico. Agora, perfume floral, acho pode ser.
A: Deixa eu ver, tem assim algum outro que você sabe que ela gosta?
B: Ah sim, eu sei que ela gosta do Coco Noir da Chanel. Você tem alguma coisa que é mais ou menos igual?
A: Sei, cê está falando desse que tem essências de base de sândalo, almíscar branco e cumaru brasileiro, não é? Ah, é muito bom. Que tal esse? O perfume Laguna é uma fragrância criada pela marca Salvador Dali. Veja, veja se você gosta desse?
B: Deixa eu ver, umm, não, esse não. Prefiro alguma coisa um pouco mais, não sei, alguma coisa mais divertida assim.
A: Eu sei, mais alegre. Que tal o Dot de Marc Jacobs? O que você acha desse?
B: Deixa eu ver. Nossa! Gostei. Como se chama esse?
A: Dot, de Marc Jacobs. Tem uma fragrância floral de jasmim no coração, mas eu gosto muito mais também dos aromas de baunilha e almíscar que tem nele.
B: Gostei, e esse frasco é interessante, né? Parece assim uma joaninha. Bom, vou levar esse.
A: Beleza.



A: Good morning. Would you like to see some perfume today?
B: Good morning. Yes, I’d like to.
A: Is it for a man or a woman?
B: It’s for my sister. What do you suggest?
A: Well, let’s see. How old is she?
B: Around 28-30 or so.
A: OK good, you know, perfume is a very personal thing. What pleases one person, may not please another. And it depends a lot on the personality of the person, you know?
B: I know, OK, I know that she doesn’t like the fragrances that have a citrus smell. But, floral scents, those might do.
A: Let me see, are their any others that you know that she likes?
B: Ah yes, I know that she likes Coco Noir from Chanel. Do you have anything that is more or less like that?
A: Right, your talking about the one that has base notes of sandalwood, white musk and Brazilian Tonka bean, right? Ah, that’s really nice. How about this one? The Laguna perfume is a fragrance created by the Salvador Dali brand. Take a peek, see if you like this?
B: Let me see, umm, no, not this one. I prefer something that is a little more, I don’t know, and little more fun-like.
A: I know, a little more playful. How about Dot by Marc Jacobs? What do you think of this one?
B: Let me see. Wow! I liked it. What do you call this one?
A: Dot by Marc Jacobs. It has a floral scent with jasmine heart notes, but I also like the scent of vanilla and musk that’s in it.
B: I like it, and this bottle is interesting too, right? It looks kind of like a ladybug. OK, I’ll take this one.
A: Beautiful.
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