Possible Clues:

• Serious-looking fellow embarrassed about perfume
• Mother has to think deeply about perfume holder
• Think about beginning to make a holder for perfume
• Scented ball
• Ball of perfume in a closet
• Ball of perfume
• Scent container
• Talc perhaps fellow provided for wife in scented container
• Think about getting mother involved in ball, that will add fragrance
• Think about mother's source of fragrance