Summary Of The Fruit Cake Special

The story is about a young lady, Anna, who works as a chemist in Amos Cosmeticsfactory in New Jersey. She tries different concoctions to create the best perfume. One day, sheaccidentally discovers aperfume that can charm men and make them fall in love with her. Inaddition to using “the usual mix of flowers and things”, she decides to throw in a piece of fruitcake into the mixture. The mixtureproduces a perfume which smells pleasant. Anna dabs alittle of the perfume on the back of her hands and keeps the rest in her handbag. She does notthink too much of it as she knows that she has to makeperfumes in a proper way. However, shelater discovers Mr. Amos, her boss, is suddenly attracted to her. He even invites her for dinner and she accepts it.That night, she uses her usual perfume calledIntrigue
for her dinner date. Mr. Amosbehaves strangely when he comes to pick her up at her home. Instead of the friendly and flirtytone in the office, he seems uninterested. He tries to end thedinner quickly and tells her that itis a reward for her hard work at the factory. Anna is puzzled at the change in his reaction. Shethinks it has something to do with the perfume she is wearing. Sheexcuses herself to go to therestroom and applies a generous dab of the new perfume she has concocted. The perfume hasthe same effects on a waiter, who also declares his love for her. Upon returning to hertable, shediscovers Mr. Amos is once again besotted by her. Anna realises now that the perfume isresponsible for his strange behaviour. When she returns to the table, she finds Mr. Amos withSabina, abeautiful and young model. All of a sudden, Mr. Amos declares his love for Anna andthe waiter too starts singing to her. Soon, a fight starts between Sabina, Mr. Amos, the waiter.Several waiters tryto calm things down. Anna decides to leave the restaurant immediately andreturns home.The next day, she takes leave and investigates the fruitcake. Her conversation with AuntMimi reveals that Aunt...