Have you ever walked past a woman or man who is wearing a good perfume? Now, I don’t mean someone who took a bath in the perfume, but someone who puts on just the right amount. When you walk by or you enter the same room with that person, you smell the aroma of the perfume and you are attracted to the individual. Well, your reputation is like a good bottle of perfume; it will attract or reject people.

      Contrary to popular belief, Chanel No. 5 is not the most expensive perfume. The most expensive perfume is Clive Christian’s Imperial Majesty; it’s valued at $215,000 for 16.9 oz. The scent was created by famed perfumer Roja Dove and is made from rose oil, orris root, jasmine, and Italian cinnamon. The bottle is made of a material so difficult to work with that one of every three attempts breaks during the production process. The neck of the bottle is made of 18-carat gold inset with a five-carat brilliant-cut diamond. But according to Solomon, there is something more valuable than expensive perfume.

      “A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.” Ecclesiastes 7:1a (NLT)

      Did you see what Solomon said? A good reputation is of greater value than the most expensive perfume. How is your reputation? Is your reputation attracting or repelling people from being in your presence?

Be Blessed,

Bishop Jemmott