There's a difference between perfect and perfection: perfection is the stage it reaches when it fits her, not just perfect application".
This, it seemed, was the perfect application for Pack's expertise: a breathing issue, but one with wide clinical implications.
"We'd been looking at Ductal for a while, and finally found the perfect application for it".
With children up to the age of 10 or 11, he said, "I don't insist on perfect application until they start asking questions".
"This is the perfect application for this type of material," she said, admiring the uneven texture, and noting that rag rugs have a tendency to wear out underfoot.
The job is, she says, a perfect application of everything she was trained to do, and had originally planned to do, for the private sector.
One agent, Radmila Rada Veselinovic, who sells properties in Manhattan and Queens, recounted how a seemingly perfect application from a couple with an Arab last name was denied.
"The name of the game is to think of the perfect application for your artistic ideas, using the technology," says Tory. "So the technology is like your paint, or your medium.
Another bright idea is Bourjois' new Volume Reveal mascara, £9.99, the tube of which features a 3x magnifying mirror for perfect application by the long-sighted or mobile user.
