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Post by imec on Oct 18, 2009 16:35:57 GMT
Do you wear scents? Use scented soap? Do you wear deodorant or antiperspirant? Do you go au naturel (we notice a lot of this in Europe). Do you smell like smoke (from cigarettes or from a wood stove)? Do you smell like your animals? What do you smell like?
Young Miss I smells like chlorine from October to beginning of July as she's in the pool at least two hours every day but Sunday (Sunday too if she has competition). Mrs. uses a delicate perfume, but not usually at work where it's outlawed due to some stupid policy. I usually smell like a combination of soap (Crabtree and Evelyn which I take from the Hilton or l'Occitaine Lemon Verbena which I take from the Four Seasons) and a scent or other (currently Guerlain Homme purchased at CDG). My antiperspirant is barely scented. Young Mr. I smells like his antiperspirant - something called Axe I believe.
What do you smell like?
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Post by cristina on Oct 18, 2009 16:49:51 GMT
I like this question. I think scent is so powerful. When I was little, I liked to crawl in my parents' bed after my Dad left for work so I could smell his pillow - Old Spice. My Dad died when I was 11 so that scent, however unsophisticated, always makes me happy. My Mom wore Joy when when my parents went out and so the whiff of that scent reminds me of her good night kisses before they left. My own children, especially my daughters, have said much the same to me. I used to get frustrated when my oldest daughter would borrow one of my watches without asking. Then she told me she liked to smell the wristband because it reminded her of me. All of my children like to sleep on my side of the bed when they are sick, for the same reason. So I have worn Ysatis pretty much ever since. Everything else I use, lotion, anti-perspirant etc, is unscented. My daughters smell like themselves. A weird combination of scents that is unique to each of them. My son, smells like dirty socks. But I still love him. And I suspect that I might miss that smell once its gone.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2009 17:14:35 GMT
Most of my friends refuse scents, yes including deodorant. They find it unnatural. Raised in the US, I do use deodorant, but I like additional scents as well.
I often use Boss, but I get more compliments for Fahrenheit 32 and everybody seems to like Kenzo even more, but I am tired of it. And I do not have any Kenzo on hand at the moment.
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Post by spindrift on Oct 18, 2009 18:27:25 GMT
Knowing the potential dangers of added chemicals I restrict myself to using only Chanel's 'Allure' bodycream. Everything else is 'clear' not even 'white', without added colour. The same goes for washing-up liquid. I don't wear deodorant ~ I've never needed it and rarely (very rarely) sweat. 99% of deodorants contain aluminium which, when applied under the arms, might easily be transferred to the brain!
As for scent - since I've had my babies I can't abide wearing it. I feel ill at the idea.
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Post by lola on Oct 18, 2009 18:46:06 GMT
cristina, that's lovely.
I like L'Occitaine Lemon Verbena, too, in the summertime. Otherwise Hermes Caleche in cooler weather.
When our daughters turned 15 we went to the dept store and picked out a Chanel fragrance for each of them: Chance and Coco Mademoiselle. It started a fad for scent in their crowd that luckily lasted only a short time with the boys; they bought bottles of cheap stuff and applied liberally. I love the smell that fills the upstairs when they're getting ready to go out.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 18, 2009 18:49:24 GMT
Right now? Cherry cough drops
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Post by imec on Oct 18, 2009 20:02:22 GMT
Ooooh lola, you reminded me of this fantastic soap they provided at the Hilton Cavalieri in Rome! We hoarded a pile of it and when Mrs. I broke out a bar from a hidden stash recently, the aroma instantly transported me back to our 25th anniversary trip to Rome.
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Post by lola on Oct 18, 2009 20:16:00 GMT
mmm nice I'd like a stash of that myself.
Sorry, fumobici.
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Post by lola on Oct 18, 2009 20:18:22 GMT
I bought my husband to be some fancy cologne during the courtship phase, only to offend him; he saw implied criticism.
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Post by rikita on Oct 18, 2009 22:32:54 GMT
no idea what i smell like, i would suppose i smell like me. i use perfume only very rarely, and a deodorant that supposedly doesn't have any smell, and even that not every day, usually more for days when it is really warm or i do sport.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2009 22:39:56 GMT
I hardly ever use perfume. Not sure what I must smell like. Hopefully clean! But more like my dog and cats...
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Post by imec on Oct 18, 2009 22:53:34 GMT
Right now? Cherry cough drops Maybe you need some of that Kashmiri Black pour Homme you've been talking about ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2009 23:36:43 GMT
no idea what i smell like, i would suppose i smell like me. i use perfume only very rarely, and a deodorant that supposedly doesn't have any smell, and even that not every day, usually more for days when it is really warm or i do sport. same here. I do like the smell of Vetiver and have sought out various colognes.soaps and perfume with this as a base.. Most are too masculine but there is a parfumer here that has got it about as close as I like. A friend bought me a tiny bottle of their perfume recently.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 19, 2009 3:54:23 GMT
I smell of 'Imperial Leather' soap, I hope... I find women don't smell, even if they don't use perfumes. I once had a (female) friend who said her boyfriend smelled of goulash. I don't think she meant it as a compliment.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 19, 2009 13:55:23 GMT
I do use byly deodorant (aluminium free and unscented) it is a cream one applies sparingly. But not when I'm working at home. Alas I probably smell of garlic, and more positively, of fresh ginger. I don't use perfume much, but it is not out of any conviction about smelling natural - I haven't found any that appealed to me. My mum always wore a touch of it - one of the classic ones, perhaps one of the Chanels. Renzo has a lovely faint odour. Cats keep themselves very clean and usually smell good, though I know many people are strongly allergic to them. Alas odour was probably the main reason I imposed That Nasty Operation on the poor beast. The odour tomcats used to attract females is their version of perfume, but really does not appeal to human beings. It can linger on for years. The stairwell where I lived before had a faint stink of tomcat urine, though it wasn't Renzo's, which no cleaning or airing could entirely dispel.
I would like to find a perfume that appeals to me, but I don't think I'd wear it every day.
I know some people are allergic to perfume, but it is odd to have rules against it across the board when there are far more toxic chemicals used in cleaning the average workplace.
But Axe - yecch. I think it was invented so teenaged boys could continue to gross out people. See imec jr is getting an early start at the Axe.
That Hermès soap looks lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2009 14:36:04 GMT
I think Axe smells so strong because it tries really hard to cover the stink of teenage boys, and that's a tough job.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2009 20:59:31 GMT
Right now? Probably of muffins, I've been busy baking.
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Post by BigIain on Oct 20, 2009 8:08:31 GMT
I normally smell of vanilla from my fave shower gel stuff from Ushuaia
Going out to work I only ever wear Hugo Boss original.
I love the scent of Elizebeth Arden's Red Door and Ysatis from the good old 1980s!
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Post by cristina on Oct 20, 2009 9:27:56 GMT
I love the scent of Elizebeth Arden's Red Door and Ysatis from the good old 1980s! Does this mean that I am stuck in the 1980's?
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Post by tillystar on Oct 20, 2009 9:36:05 GMT
I always use Sanex deodrant and Sanex body wash as I have skin that is quite senstive and these are mild. So they don’t really smell much at all.
I love Coco Madmeoiselle, which I wear now and then but for day to day perfume which I remember to spray on a couple of times a week I love Library of Fragrance scents – they do stuff like green apple, cut grass, clean cotton, ocean breeze – so like day to day smells that I love. At the moment I have the grass one on.
I love these kind of smells and our flat always smells of those scents from Yankee candles too. Well a mix of that and garlic ;D
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Post by lagatta on Oct 20, 2009 16:02:52 GMT
I changed Renzo's box, so at least I don't have to say "garlic and catbox".
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Post by spindrift on Oct 20, 2009 16:03:53 GMT
Marc Jacobs makes those grass-smelling solid perfume blocks...they're quite nice.
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Post by imec on Oct 20, 2009 16:05:36 GMT
Marc Jacobs makes those grass-smelling solid perfume blocks...they're quite nice. Kind of pricey for a cat's box though, no?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2009 16:42:17 GMT
Not if it makes the cat shit gold bars.
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Post by BigIain on Oct 20, 2009 21:23:52 GMT
I love the scent of Elizebeth Arden's Red Door and Ysatis from the good old 1980s! Does this mean that I am stuck in the 1980's? Of course not!!! That was when I first became hooked on those wonderful perfumes (on pretty ladies). Do you also remember the room-filling, sexy scent of Poison?
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 21, 2009 5:15:25 GMT
You liked Poison? I thought it was overpowering. And still think so. The lady sitting next to me uses it...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2009 5:33:31 GMT
Well, Iain did say it was "room-filling."
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Post by BigIain on Oct 21, 2009 7:20:05 GMT
The last time I was in a proper perfumerie store was around Christmas last year and I was amazed by how many of the men's fragrances smelt so awfully "chemically". Very srtong scents with no subtlety or undertones whatsoever. One in particular which had been advertised on TV quite a lot smelled so bad that it actually made me laugh out loud! That was Fuel for Life by Diesel (I think Diesel?) and I recall saying "fuel for a primus stove perhaps" to the assistant.
I also enjoy the smell of: Eternity for men, Jaipur and Egoist too.
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Post by bjd on Oct 21, 2009 11:20:11 GMT
The overpowering chemical smell is probably because a lot of cheaper scents use chemical ingredients rather than any natural essences.
I use perfume nearly every day -- stronger ones in winter, less in summer. I discovered that all have a jasmine base though: Chanel 19, Oscar by Oscar de la Renta, Dune, Opium. I have used others in the past. Never use scented soaps though.
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Post by imec on Oct 21, 2009 12:28:50 GMT
Has anyone noticed how certain scents can have a peculiar effect one one or some but not others? I recall a woman in the office many years ago regularly wearing a scent that smelled distinctly of ozone to me yet not to anyone else. The effect was instant and sometimes so intense that it felt like it was burning my nose. I believe it was a Perry Ellis scent.
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