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Eau de Toilet

(Eric Shansby)

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If you are reading this Christmas morning, my wife will be reading it the same time you are. I hope she will now understand why she is getting only one real present from her husband this year.

The fragrance is called Plus Que Jamais, which means More Than Ever, which answers the eternal conjugal question: "How much did you spend for this present, darling, compared with anything else you've bought me?"

Gene Weingarten's e-mail address is weingarten@washpost.com.

Chat with him online Tuesdays at noon at www.washingtonpost.com.

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