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Object

Perfume Atomizer

A small, elegant atomizer perfume bottle crafted from translucent glass with a fine mist spray mechanism. The bottle gleams softly under ambient light, emitting a subtle floral fragrance that evokes human sensuality and social ritual. Data carefully examines the object, highlighting its cultural significance as a symbol of intimacy and personal expression within human customs. The bottle’s delicate design and fragrant output contrast with the otherwise utilitarian surroundings of the Angel One guest quarters, marking a brief, poignant moment of cross-cultural curiosity before the away team is summoned away.
2 appearances

Purpose

To dispense a fine mist of perfume used in human social and sensual rituals as a personal fragrance enhancer.

Significance

Serves as a cultural clue illustrating human sensuality and social rituals, providing a moment of reflection on intimate customs amid the away team's diplomatic mission. Its examination by Data underscores the contrast between human and alien cultural practices and foreshadows the tension between cultural understanding and political conflict on Angel One.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S1E15 · Angel One
Data Investigates Perfume and Aphrodisiacs

The atomizer perfume bottle serves as the focal object that triggers Data’s curiosity, acting as a cultural artifact embodying human sensuality and social ritual. It is physically manipulated by Data to produce a mist used for olfactory stimulus and later briefly employed by Trent, linking this object to differing cultural perceptions and personal responses.

Before: Resting among various knickknacks on the table in the guest quarters, untouched and waiting.
After: Placed down by Data as the away team prepares to leave, momentarily seized and used by Trent before being carried out of the room.
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S1E15 · Angel One
Trent Summons Away Team to Audience with Beata

The atomizer perfume bottle serves as the focal cultural artifact around which the away team’s brief educational exchange revolves. Data’s examination and accidental spray trigger a sensory exploration of human sensual customs, symbolizing the delicate intersection of scientific curiosity and social ritual. Trent’s subsequent interaction with the atomizer before departing underscores its continuing presence as a cultural emblem even amid rising political tension.

Before: Resting on a surface in the guest quarters, untouched but available for examination by the away team.
After: Momentarily handled by Data, then picked up and sprayed by Trent before being carried out of the guest quarters.
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