My good friend has been working at his job for the last 4 years. It's a pretty good job with real potential. He's unmarried and ready to find a good woman and get married, so he's making an effort to look for the right kind of person. Since he listens to Dr. Laura, his standards are high. No time to waste on anything less! But what does this story have to do with an air purifier?

To tell you the truth he began to notice that one of his associates is quite pretty - not only that, but she's also sweet, hard working and, more importantly, she isn't a gossip.

So anyhow, a while ago she brought a small, portable air purifier to the office and my friend was somewhat curious. You know the sort of item I mean - it is one of those electrical air purifiers with a motor that turns a little blade within it. You pour the fragrance into a bowl with water, set the cap topped with the pump and voila. It goes buzzing away, perpetually purifying the air in the entire room.

Now, during his break, this guy managed to work up the courage to go to his colleague's cubicle to ask her where she picked up her snazzy air purifier. As he was walking towards her, she turned, took one look at him, and directly turned to the air purifier to increase the amount of the lavender essence in it. My friend amused. He had been thinking that she wanted to make her cubicle more appealing, which is why she got the air purifier, while all the time, she was hoping to reduce a bad smell.

Not that this guy was a stinky person by any standards! Of course in the heat, he sweats as much as the other man. But that was no rationale for being so snooty about it. Well, to continue, he went on as though as he hadn't noticed her air purifier at all and decided to buy himself some good smelling deodorant. And maybe some breath mints would be a good idea too.

Despite his distaste of the air purifier from that day forward, he did begin to notice a lot more about that colleague. For one thing, the scent of the air purifier was an accurate reflection of her moods. Anytime she was happy and the whole world seemed joyous, she would make use of a heady citric scent. If she was gloomy and wanted to crawl under a rock, it would be lavender. And if she was in one of those strange vague moods, the scent, too, would be vague. My friend said he later discovered that it was some sort of oriental blend that included ginseng and a whole lot of other interesting things.

Anyways, to turn a long story short, this air purifier colleague started noticing that there was a pleasing scent about my friend. And instead of a scared and horrified look, she started giving him a weak smile - occasionally. She eventually realized that he's a good guy and she decided to risk going out with him. Irregularly at first, but more frequently later. They're still going strong. All thanks to a little air purifier.