Read the text and fill in the gaps with the suitable words.

All my family are professional musicians, but I was different. I wanted to become a ... or an inventor. I persuaded my parents to buy me some laboratory ... so that I could do some experiments at home. This was not such a good idea! ... I wasn’t very good at science when it came to doing experiments. I remember when I made an attempt to create a new perfume for my friend. The ... of the ingredients must have been wrong, because there was a small explosion, a lot of smoke and a terrible smell. After that, I decided to study properly to become a chemist. I had a big ... about it with my family  — but I won in the end.