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April 8, 2022August 24, 2023Music

“If You Leave” by OMD, and how a song stays with you

St. Alban's Cathedral churchyard at sunset, November 2011

In this blog post, Mary recalls how the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) song “If You Leave” became a fixture of her college experience. She also shares what insights she has gained about why it resonated with her then and how her younger self would be mystified with what has happened since.

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  • “If You Leave” by OMD, and how a song stays with you
  • Seduction and perfume, and is that expensive fragrance worth its price? (mini-podcast episode #3)
  • The connection between food and fragrance, how to try on perfumes, and asserting yourself (mini-podcast episode #2)
  • My foray into fragrance: an introduction (mini-podcast episode #1)
  • Love shouldn’t hurt the way you think
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