Wearing too much perfume 'signals depression'

Telegraph ^ | 01/04/08 | Rebecca Smith

[gardengirl]

Same here! Yuch. Yuch. Yuch again.
I make potpourri and I can deal with that. Apple peels, orange peels and cinnamon sticks. If I use it as a boiling mix, I add a little vanilla.
I’m careful, too, esp about smelly things. Once I find a shampoo, etc that doesn’t bother me, I stick with it.
Some candles don’t bother me, but again, I have to be careful.
My youngest son uses Old Spice body wash. Nasty!
I love the older guys—is it Bay rum? That smells yummy!

[Pharmboy]

Whoa! Then that woman who got on the elevator two weeks ago in the hotel in Atlanta should be on a suicide watch.

[Ditter]

What is strange is things that I really like the smell of, will choke me. So its not a matter of things smelling good or bad to me, it is strong or faint.

A friend of mine grows is own grapes and makes his own wine. He wanted to show me the room where he does it all and after about 3 minutes in there I was gasping for breath but the smell was wonderful.

[gardengirl]

Love the smell of unleaded gas—memories of my father’s old massey-ferguson tractor. Talk about not good for you!
I think it’s how our bodies perceive smells. I work in a garden center. Most of the chemicals don’t bother me. You’d be surprised at the people who come in and complain about the chemical smell—they’re usually the ones wearing the most perfume! Go figure!

[Hyzenthlay]

I’d be willing to bet that 90% of those kids drenched in Axe or whatever knock-off they’re soaking themselves in didn’t read the can so they don’t know that 1) its primary function is being a deodorant, NOT cologne and 2) therefore it should be sprayed on skin, specifically underarms, and NOT clothing. If you follow the directions, it works just fine as a deodorant and you still don’t smell like cheap cologney stuff.

LOL, I remember a guy in my dorm who used the ‘hug test’ to determine the proper amount of cologne to use. His theory was that a girl shouldn’t be able to smell a guy’s cologne unless she’s close enough to hug him - and I fully agree.

[aruanan]

My theory is that the use of cologne and perfume, to the degree that it is overwhelming or noticeable, is a subliminal signal to others not to trust oneself, that one is using it to cover up something. It may be why freshly washed dogs go out and roll in crap and decaying stuff to hide their own scent.

[SMARTY]

Not really.

I always wore perfume because it’s a hangover from when I was a student in the 70’s. I loved to go into the girls room and fix my hair and put on some perfume. It intimidated the hell out of the mother earth types there. All the hippie losers didn’t wear perfume... actually, they didn’t bathe, wear deodorant, wash their clothes, wear cosmetics or comb their hair either. One of those girls actually had BLACK elbows! They hated anyone who was into the girlie feminine stuff. Now of course, they are all voting Dem. Some things never change.