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Many perfumes promise to lure men to women. None of them smell of motherhood. None of them proclaim the wearer to be tidy, thrifty, and sensible.

Janette Rallison

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Janette Rallison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 1
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Pullman
Washington
C. J. Hill
Sierra St. James
Sensible
Wearer
Smell
Perfumes
None
Thrifty
Promise
Tidy
Women
Proclaim
Many
Lure
Men
Perfume
Motherhood

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