Reply #80: Begging your pardon....

[AnneD]

but I have a VERY, VERY, keen sense of smell (I was actually tested and scored high in the scent recognitions). Had I been gotten to earlier-I would have been one of those specialized chemists. Among the unusual smells I recognize...tornadoes (an ozone quality),sex (yes, I can smell what I know now is pheromones when I walk into a house (it doesn't have to be isolate to the bedroom) and certain infectious agents and some cancers. It is a mixed blessing because I work as a Nurse. I don't wear fragrances at work because I know some folks are hypersensitive to them (peanut butter can make me wretch when I have a migraine).

I personally like the orange citrus and spice blend of Old Spice. Hi Karate is an assault to my nose-I smell more alcohol than anything else-they use cheap ingredients. Men's colognes have greatly improved but Old Spice is the best of the early colognes. Old Spice is especially fragrant in the winter and colder month's. The other fragrances I like for men are YSL and Obsession. I confess I have not been by a counter for men in a while.

For myself I like Opium in the coldest winter, Lauren in the fall and Cool Water in the summer, Shalimar in the early spring. I have purchased some fragrances overseas that one cannot take out of the country (don't ask)and have shamelessly indulged myself with them. I was in heaven when I went to the sandalwood capital of the world Mysore, India.

I once watched a lady go about the floor of a library in a random manner. I thought she might be lost. When she finally stopped at my table and sheepishly ask what I was wearing. Said she had been tracking down the source of that wonderful smell (it was Lauren at the time). I laughed and told her I did that all the time, and understood. If I ask someone what they are wearing and I keep getting the same name-I buy it.

So don't prejudge those of us that enjoy Old Spice.