Chapter 488 Where Is He Burled?
“You’ve changed a lot too. I remember you being very pushy in the past. You didn’t have this kind of patience…” Melanie smiled and changed the subject, trying to stop the awkwardness.
“You changed me.”
Gabriel smiled. “From the moment that I almost died for you in the flames and you saved me, I’ve been starting to become more normal now.”
“Really?”
Melanie didn’t expect that he would steer the conversation back, and she lowered her head.
She had just lost Jeffrey and was having a child, and even her dreams were filled with Jeffrey… Gabriel had really chosen a good time to express his feelings…
“I’m not someone that can read social nuances. You know that. I’ll say whatever I want to say,” Gabriel smiled. He then changed the subject after he finished his confession. “When are you
expecting?”
“Huh?” Melanie couldn’t quite grasp such a sharp change in topic. “Three more months.”
“Can you still enter the fragrance blending room?” Gabriel asked.
“What do you mean?”
“To be honest, the main reason I’m here is that I need your help.”
Gabriel then told her the reason. He had been trying to blend a fragrance, but felt that he was missing something no matter what he tried–he couldn’t find the scent that he wanted. “I thought about it, and only you can help me. I know that it’s a bit sudden to suddenly say something like
this at this time.”
Melanie forced a smile and said, “I’m… no longer blending any fragrances…”
Gabriel frowned. He didn’t ask why, because he knew.
“I won’t ask you to blend it personally, but can I pick your brain for a moment? Maybe all I need is a clue and I can create a fragrance that will be famous for generations.” Gabriel didn’t give up.
“Alright. I’ll give it a try,” Melanie could only agree to it.
“That’s great!” Gabriel said happily and instinctively adjusted the hearing–aid in his ear. “I’ve
asked for Joseph’s permission to borrow a fragrance blending room. It’s right in the backyard.
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Melanie laughed and nodded. He was truly a man obsessed with fragrances,
Gabriel took the perfume that he’d blended into the fragrance blending room.
Melanie followed him in after changing Into work clothes. She needed to wear a men’s extra–large sized overall so that she could zip it up to her chest.
“Give it a whift. Why do I feel like my middle note isn’t that holistic? As if the scent is a bit extreme?” Gabriel handed the perfume to her, asking questions excitedly,
She took the bottle closer and gave it a smell.
The orange blossom scent of the top note was quite lively, but obviously, he’d added a little something for the middle note…
Agarwood?
Melanie couldn’t help but raise her head and looked at Gabriel curiously. “You added agarwood?”
“That’s right. It’s a new direction, right?” Gabriel said, waiting to be praised.
Agarwood was mainly used in incense. Few fragrance blenders would use it in perfumes.
“This is perhaps why you can’t find the balance point for your middle note,” Melanie said
accurately.
But she’s also scared that she would demotivate Gabriel, and so she said, “Well, the early
adapters will always be the one that does the exploring. I’ve never used agarwood, but I believe
that since you added magnolia, daffodil, and common stock into it… You want to make a perfume
that could make someone happy, don’t you?”
Gabriel nodded.
He knew that Melanie was a beloved prodigy of the fragrance blending industry! She was able to
discern a perfume’s secrets from just one whiff..
“But you’re not using normal agarwood. Normally, they’ll only use Honeycomb Wood or
Albuswood, but you used the best type of agarwood: Yarawood!” Melanie continued to analyze.
Gabriel’s eyes lit up. “You could tell all that!”
“I had a chance to smell agarwood once.” Melanie fell into deep thought as she held the fragrance
in her hand.
Normally, the people in the past used to grade agarwood depending on buoyancy. She had been
and Yarawood.
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Out of all of them, Yarawood was the most precious. On one hand, its formation was very complicated: it could only be extracted by a farmer after a tree had been infected by a unique kind of fungus for hundreds to thousands of years.
“Yarawood is known for its powerful and unique smell. That’s why these flowers, which will
usually make people happy, can’t balance it.” Melanie said as she thought of possible ways to deal with it. “Why don’t you use rose, cananga, and white musk?”
Gabriel frowned and gave it a thought before his eyes opened white. “How can you get it right in
one try? Why didn’t I think of that? It’s not like it’s a unique combination…”
“You didn’t think of that? Or are you letting me think of that?”
Melanie pouted and frowned, saying, “Agarwood can help lessen stress, insomnia, and
depression. I’m feeling much better after smelling it.”
“Tsk.”
Gabriel was surprised. “You found out?”
“You’re a genius. How can you not think of that?” She waved her hand.
“To be honest, I did try to improve on it in that direction, but it wasn’t as good as your recommendation. I’m going back to give it a try right now!” Gabriel said with a smile. “No matter
what, I owe you one today. If you need my help, just let me know!”
Melanie’s expression suddenly changed, and she looked at him. “Gabriel Lindsey… Is that your
real name?”
“What?”
Gabriel was confused. “What do you mean?”
He had hearing problems, and could easily use something like Yarawood in his formula, and she
remembered that Gabriel had told her that he was from Delfino…
She couldn’t help but be suspicious…
Just when she was going to ask him more about it, his mobile rang.
It was Annie.
She got up and picked the call up as she walked to the window.
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Annie’s voice was getting a little anxious from the other side. “Melanie, I’ve been investigating the Morgans for a while now. But… They didn’t get a cemetery plot for Jeffrey… And I still haven’t found out where he’s buried…”
