[madmmac]

My wife has been an antique collector for over 35 years. About 20 years ago she bought an old 1860's-70's hall mirror with hat racks on it.

Shortly after buying it, I would be watching TV around 930-1030 pm and I would get a strong perfume odor. The mirror was hung right beside my recliner in the TV room. At that time we had no kids and my wifes job during that time almost guaranteed that she was almost always in bed at 900 pm. This happened pretty much every night after we purchased the mirror.

After a few times of the smell happening, I went up and woke my wife to come into the room and take a whiff. I did this a few times and everytime we came back down together, the perfume smell was gone. She kind of thought I was a bit whack.

Finally, I just stayed in my chair and called my wife on the phone the next time when it happened. The wife walked down and she could smell the heavy scent of the perfume. This was the only time that she ever smelled it. I was only partially whack.

The only thing that had changed recently in the house was the purchase of that mirror. I felt like an idiot, but I said to the mirror that everything was OK and you are more than welcome in our home.

The perfume smell never occurred again.