What Smells?

[dr_mabeuse]

Is everyone wearing more scent these days? It seems like it used to be just teenage boys who didn't know any better and old ladies who were going nose-deaf who'd splash on so much cologne or perfume that they'd make your eyes water when they walked by, but now it's like everywhere.

Do you like scent on yourself? On a lover? How much and what kind? Do you have a signature scent? Anything that turns you off? How do you know you're not puttingh on too much?

What do you do when your hot date comes out reeking of Johnson's baby powder or one of those little girl scents? Ever had your car detailed and have it come back with the choking vapors of coconut pimp oil permeating the upholstery?

Do they still make Air-Wick?

---dr.M.

 

[cookiejar]

Is everyone wearing more scent these days? It seems like it used to be just teenage boys who didn't know any better and old ladies who were going nose-deaf who'd splash on so much cologne or perfume that they'd make your eyes water when they walked by, but now it's like everywhere.

Do you like scent on yourself? On a lover? How much and what kind? Do you have a signature scent? Anything that turns you off? How do you know you're not puttingh on too much?

What do you do when your hot date comes out reeking of Johnson's baby powder or one of those little girl scents? Ever had your car detailed and have it come back with the choking vapors of coconut pimp oil permeating the upholstery?

Do they still make Air-Wick?

---dr.M.

Could you ask a few more questions in one post?

 

[shereads]

1) Bulgari.

2) I have held my breath in a taxi cab for as long as 15 minutes. Guinness still lists the world's record dive without scuba as something less than 6 minutes.

 

[Guest]

LOL i remember air-wicks.. ghastly!

i hesitate to say that i like petchuli.. only because so many people use it to cover BO or pot smoke..its taken a bad rap. but i do like it mixed in with lavender soap..

i may be ill but i also like old spice.. (no daddy fixation, promise)

scents are huge when it comes to impression/memory. working in a hospital for many years.. we are not allowed to wear strong perfume.. but some of the soap that is used now is so scented they might as well have been doused in toxic odor.

if asked, i would say.. keep it light and its just right..

 

[cookiejar]

I wear Jessica McClintock, but just a spritz. I like cologne on a man, but it sometimes bothers me if we are in bed. I much prefer the musky smell of a man.

Yes they make Air-Wick.

 

[Guest]

A little scent goes a loooong way -

I don't use much, myself.

During the work day I like the clean, just-showered freshness on me and on others. I cannot concentrate with clouds of cologne.

And at night? Nothing flowery - ever. I don't wish to be reminded of my sweet Grandmother when I have lustful thoughts.

I prefer spicier scents, but I only apply lightly and in a few special places. As my hubby describes, he knows I'm wearing something, but until he unwraps me he can't tell exactly where I put it.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

To me scents are like a signature. I have my favorite perfume. I wear it and it reminds people of me when they smell it again. I don't marinade in it like some folks.

I'm like Vella, I like patchoulie and sandlewood also.

and yes, Air wick still exists.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

In college during summer's I used to proctor exams for the nurse aide liscence. 100 to 150 applicants, almost all women, crammed into an auditorium. I took bendrayl before the tests & tyleonl sinus afterwards and was usually sick to my stomach for upwards of three days afterwards.

I don't know the fascination in bathing in perfume, perhaps it' some kind of status thing? I can afford to use half a litre of ode de skunk on one night out?

When I wear perfume it's a light floral scent called sand & sable. I sometimes enjoy a nice perfume on a partner, but if we are going to bed, there is no aroma nicer than a fully aroused woman.

-Colly

 

[Xelebes]

I hate, HATE perfume and cologne. I'd rather smell someone who hasn't showered for two weeks than someone who puts on perfume. Just my opinion though.

 

[rgraham666]

I smoke a pipe, which means two things.

1) I have little sense of smell. Still I have noticed that some people use a little too much when they're "sprucing up".

2) I don't need cologne. I always smell of my pipe tobacco. Unfortunately, that often means I remind someone of their grandfather.

 

[cloudy]

I wear Dune, by Yves St. Laurent....light enough to be scarcely noticeable until you get right on top of me

When I was working in retail, there were times when I had to hand a customer to someone else, either because they had bathed in perfume/cologne, or because they just hadn't bathed.

I love a nice subtle scent on a man, but anything overpowering makes me envision 70's leisure suits and 20 gold chains.

 

[Guest]

Real perfume is expensive but does not assault the senses unless one is allergic to an ingredient. Most women wear ‘eau de cologne’ which is basically watered down perfume with added chemicals to make the scent stronger. I think that’s what annoys most people. Perfumerie is a real art, but I fear in the last few decades of popular designer scents the craft has become too manufactured. I think Jennifer Lopez was the most recent pop star to produce her own ‘perfume’. Yuk.

I ‘wear’ Feu d’Issey by the Japanese Issey Miyake. It’s an exotic scent given to me first as a Christmas present by a woman who said it reminded her of me. Men and women love it on me and often remark, “It’s you.” For a change I wear the Italian Il Bacio, Lancôme’s Trésor or Saint-Laurent’s Rive Gauche. (BTW, real perfume melds with one’s skin oils so that the same scent worn by different women is unique.)

I have yet to smell a men’s cologne I like, I prefer a man’s natural scent.

Perdita

 

[cookiejar]

I smoke a pipe, which means two things.

1) I have little sense of smell. Still I have noticed that some people use a little too much when they're "sprucing up".

2) I don't need cologne. I always smell of my pipe tobacco. Unfortunately, that often means I remind someone of their grandfather.

I like the smell of pipe, it reminds me of my dad. When I was a child I loved to pack his pipe. Funny how you remember tose little things.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I wear a little cologne once in a while, usually RED by Giorgio or sometimes Drakkar Noir.

I prefer a little prefume on women, just a little is sexy. Too much is overpowering.

 

[Guest]

I prefer a little prefume on women, just a little is sexy. Too much is overpowering.

Thanks, Cheerful bloke. I meant to say that real perfume is only dabbed on, no reason to overdue it. I think most American women don't know how to wear perfume.

redolently, Perdita

 

[minsue]

In college during summer's I used to proctor exams for the nurse aide liscence. 100 to 150 applicants, almost all women, crammed into an auditorium. I took bendrayl before the tests & tyleonl sinus afterwards and was usually sick to my stomach for upwards of three days afterwards.

I've had a number of people look at me like I'm nuts when I try to describe how sick I get from most perfumes. Don't get me wrong, I am nuts, but that has nothing to do with perfume. I can name off every woman I work with who wears perfume, even though most wear little enough that others don't even notice. I can't walk down the laundry aisle in the store, either.

Oddly, very few men's colognes have the same effect. Because of this, I used to wear cologne instead of perfume. Well, that and I just like the smell.

Now I usually just wear clove oil instead of perfume, on rare occasions wearing Dali (as in Salvador ).

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Thanks, Cheerful bloke. I meant to say that real perfume is only dabbed on, no reason to overdue it. I think most American women don't know how to wear perfume.

redolently, Perdita

You're welcome.

From a Cheerful Bloke.

 

[Boota]

I get compliments on the scent of my cologne all the time. The only thing is, I don't wear any. I use Irish Spring soap and that's it.

 

[sincerely_helene]

I wear The Body Shop Mango, Fuzzy Peach, or Tea Rose. They are not too overpowering, and seem to render the masculine gender "hungry" for more.

(Yeah, I'll blame the perfume.)

(11)

 

[shereads]

Thanks, Cheerful bloke. I meant to say that real perfume is only dabbed on, no reason to overdue it. I think most American women don't know how to wear perfume.

redolently, Perdita

Vogue says its because we use the same perfume repeatedly, and our own noses get used to it. We add more because we think no one else can smell it, either. This is a good excuse to spend too much money on several nice ones.

 

[oggbashan]

By the end of my working day my scent is usually old books.

Some like it; some hate it. Just like their attitude to books. Some love to handle old books; some wouldn't touch anything but a brand-new paperback.

Og

 

[wishfulthinking]

I hate heavy perfume. Often I get out of a lift with a headache after spending 15 floors with someone reeking of some heavy designer scent like poison or volupte.

My fav are Giorgio wings and so de la renta. Both are eau de toilet.

I absolutely adore men's cologne though! They never seem to give me a headache! CK1, mmm...

 

[cookiejar]

By the end of my working day my scent is usually old books.

Some like it; some hate it. Just like their attitude to books. Some love to handle old books; some wouldn't touch anything but a brand-new paperback.

Og

Og, my uncle owns a sawmill and always smells of fresh cut wood. It's a wonderful smell, one of my favorites.

 

[Guest]

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Vogue says its because we use the same perfume repeatedly, and our own noses get used to it. We add more because we think no one else can smell it, either. This is a good excuse to spend too much money on several nice ones.

It's called Sensory Fatiuge. You have to be exposed to the smell constantly for it to set in, like wearing a perfume. It can start in as little as 5 minutes.

That's why it smells like heaven (for me at least) when you first walk into a chocolate shop but after your there for a few minutes it doesn't smell as good.