The Sweet Smell of a Woman
June 24th, 2007I used to do a little but a little wouldn’t do it so a little got more and more
That’s a line from Guns and Roses’ Mr. Brownstone, about heroin addiction. I think it could also apply to people wearing perfume/cologne.
I’ve said in a previous post that the correct way to put on perfume or cologne is to put it on right after the shower. Hang up your towel or throw it on the floor (depending on your protocol), and as you’re standing there completely naked, spray twice in the air. Walk forwards through it, then walk backwards. No more.
Some of these people spray and spray until you could smell them from a mile away. You could even smell them ten minutes after they leave a room. I guarantee you, these will be some of the first people killed when the zombie plague starts.
You’ve seen the ads for pheromones. It’s no secret, there’s something in sweat that attracts the opposite sex. I’ve seen studies where sweat from a healthy male was put in a movie theater. Women went to the seats where the male sweat was, and men drifted as far away from those seats as possible. Now, sweat from an unhealthy person wards away both genders. The same is true with women’s sweat.
I answered a tag once where it asked my favorite smells. I listed gunpowder, a good bar-be-que, and Mrs. Z. That is, when she’s not stressed. When she’s stressed, I’d prefer her to wear deodorant. When she’s not, there’s nothing better than her smell.
Antiperspirant companies have Western nations convinced that we smell bad. While that’s true if we’re unhealthy or stressing, our default smells attract the opposite sex. It’s been proven time and time again. It’s just that any primal instinct in us has been beaten out of us in today’s society. God forbid you show signs of being human.
Now I’m not suggesting everyone never shower. I’m just saying don’t be so ashamed of your natural scent, because if you’re healthy, it just may be sexy. And easy on the perfume/cologne, unless you want to be devoured by zombies.
My godmother clogged the pores under her arms using that stuff ‘religiously’ and ended up with cancer. I am sure that radiation treatments under the arm is a special kind of torture.
If your diet is not good, or you have been unwell, eat lots of garlic instead of using those toxins. The garlic will overpower your own smell and is really healthy for you.
Are you counting the days till Zombie show up to do a good clean-up of the poor excuse of humans out there?
Anyhow, I don’t like perfumes, because too much tickle my nose, but I do like a little splash of eau de toilette. However I do smell when I am nervous, I can’t stand it, I need a shower and change of clothes. It’s probably our animal instinct, our body exerts bad smells so that whoever is scarying/upsetting us, leaves us alone. It is embarrassing nonetheless. Luckily it’s quite rare.
Clothosfate - In addition, garlic wards off mosquitoes.
Had no idea someone can die that way. That doesn’t sound like a good way to die at all. Yikes.
La Cremiere - No, just want to survive it, although it will do some gene pool cleansing.
Everyone smells bad when they’re nervous. It’s a defense mechanism. So yes, I do wear deodorant at work for that very reason. Taking care of computers can be very nerve wracking.
most women’s perfumes give me headaches so i almost never wear any perfume at all. i have a teeny weeny bottle of CK obsession that i very very occasionally use (like i think once inthe last year, lol) very cool post because i feel this way abotu the scent of a man. and i am rather fond of the smell of a freshly sweated man….not work up a stank and ferment in it all day, but if you come in from just having donw some hard work or exercise…..mmmm….
Lime - I had an ex who used to like how I smelled when I did physical labor for a living. I definitely believe those studies about pheromones.
Oh I adore a nice soft perfume, I’m really into the natural oils mostly as long as the eprson hasn’t literally drenched themselves in it. So many places here are going “no scents makes good sense” but I disagree with that too. They don’t realize that a great number of the chemicals used to make something “scent free” are actually worse for allergies and the environment than a drop r two of rose oil or whatever… I have a new trinket on order though - its a locket with air vents and it comes with dabber pads that hold oils. You put a drop or two of your favorite scent on the pads and just wear the locket as normal jewelry. I plan to drop it in my handbag when I enter one of those “no scents” offices.
As for natural scents - I appreciate a man who smells of real salty sweat from real work. These dudes who take all these chemical diet supplements and do nothing but while away hours at the gym just smell gross and I can’t stand the smell that comes from the skin of “recreatonal drug users” it smells unmentionably sour to me…
Jean - Meth users smell the worst. You can smell it through their skin.
Funny thing you mention gym smell vs hard work smell. Some blue collar friends and I had a conversation the other day about “pretty” muscle vs real muscle. You’ll see a guy with big muscles from a gym, and getting him to move furniture for more than an hour is like teaching your dog calculus.
I don’t know much about oils.
Zombie you know I love it when J comes home from a good day at work. Boy does he smell wonderful. I mean its a sweat mix with tire smell. Its just weird but I like that smell and trying to explain to him why is impossible. LOL… But I have like six bottles of perfume but rarely use them. Once a month if that. That is just like I have loads of nail polish but rarely use that also. But anyway nice post. I agree with everyone. Well catch you all later. N.
I don’t even like walking through a perfume section of a store.
Perfume/cologne should be worn in such a way that a person’s nose should be within an inch before any smell is noticed.
Ok so I have an unrelated comment, or question really. How did you end up with this sweet blog site? I am quite sick of Blogger as I seem to have great difficulty signing in ever since they switched to google or whatever. So basically I am looking for a new place to hang my hat. Any openings or suggestions?
Having quit smoking recently my nose is on extra alert, and yeah people wearing a lot of perfume can be quite nauseating. Especially if it’s a smoker trying to cover the smell of smoke with a ton of perfume/cologne. What’s worse is if you work with these people in adjoining cubicles so that you cannot escape the smell all day.
Hey, I didn’t know there was a single man out there who knew about the spray-and-walk method. You must become a cologne apostle and spread the word to the men of the world… Gotta admit, tho, I don’t like cologne on men. Tweety mentioned tires and sweat, and for me it’s Richard’s Varsol and newspaper ink. It’s certainly the man - not the cologne.
Ahem…I’m not gonna mention who taught SME the spray and walk method, but…
Teenaged girls are the WORST, right next to the 3-piece-suit-never-worked-up-a-sweat-in-his-life guys! SME used to drive us out of the house with her perfume use. It would travel through the heating vents and infest the house. You NEVER wanted to get in a closed vehicle with her…she made our eyes water! She was a lot better after I taught her “spray and walk”.
I prefer dabbing a drop of perfume on my neck and wrist pulse points. I’m not a big fan of spray perfume. It’s too easy to overdo.
I only wear deodrant at work too. I’ve been working on a post about all the chemicals women put on their bodies. It’s SCARY!
Tweety - I had an ex who liked the way I smelled when I came home from my tile job. so that’s cool you like how J smells.
Just - Exactly. I wish people would follow that rule.
Clothosfate - wordpress.org. You can download it if you own your own domain or you can actually have them host your site. I was asked to join this site by the owner of pretentiouscritics.com, because he thinks I’m pretentious enough for the site.
Bsoholic - Ouch! I’d hate to be stuck by a perfume/cologne addict all day.
SME - I used to live with some hot women who showed me a thing or two from a woman’s perspective. So I have a little bit of inside info.
Tshsmom - I wish everyone would teach their children this. It’s some of the most important info they could learn, and might save their life when the zombies come.
Good thing she finally got it.
The dabbing works. That way you only smell the person when you’re very close, how it should be.