U smell
Why don’t colognes and perfumes smell like things people already like?
It would seem to me, in this age where safe bets are all the rage (however somebody needs to explain to me why there needs to be a Smurfs movie!?) I would think that making people smell like cookies or toast or warm bread would make some company a LOT of money.
How about hot chocolate? Well, any kind of chocolate.
I think if I had to pick, my scent of choice would be COFFEE. I love the smell. It is the smell of love.
I sometimes get a little ground coffee on me when I make it in the morning and I usually just leave it. If I thought I could keep it fresh, I’d put a little packet of grounds in my pocket. But the smell of stale coffee is offensive me. And perhaps for others. But I love coffee. Did I say that already?
Anyway, I do wonder why no big company has unveiled a tried-and-true, familiar scent. I want to see “Baby” by Chanel. That weird smell new (clean) babies have that just smells like life or something.
Or how about Ralph Lauren coming out with “Garlic Bread”? I might wear that to dinner.
Maybe some exotic maker could try “Gasoline”. I know some people actually like that smell, and maybe those people should find one another.
I must admit that I have a guilty penchant for the smell of bed. It reminds me of …bed. I like bed. I guess I’m crazy that way.
Any way you slice it, the whole issue of how a person smells is kinda ridiculous. People should smell like people.
I have to temper that my saying that the smell of a dirty little kid is not music to my nose. Nor do I want to sit on a bus next so someone wearing “Old Guy”. But I think we’re just confusing ourselves and others when we hide one smell with another.
Myself, I try to keep all my toiletry products scent-free. I just want to be clean. It’s kinda disturbing when I feel compelled to wear deodorant that smells like “Fresh Mountain Breeze” or some such. When I lift my arm, I immediately get the feeling like some dude from a locker room just got too close.
No one really smells like flowers. Except maybe florists. I have worked in a few Mexican restaurants and brought that home, which was fine with me. I like Mexican food.
Not entirely sure where I’m going with this rant. I guess I’m for being honest about how we smell. Maybe not brutally honest, but at least not outright dishonest.
So, who’s with me? Raise your hand. Raise it high and proudly take a whiff of your own self. Start there. Because once you’re okay with yourself, then you can be okay with someone else.
I have heard that people who are compatible will find one another to smell good. So, go forth and find that one person in the world who doesn’t think you stink!
