Why You Can’t Smell Your Own Perfume

[SilverLady(SO)]

There is still no excuse for anyone to 'marinade' in their perfume or cologne . . . and this article proves it.


Why You Can’t Smell Your Own Perfume

Joanna Douglas
Senior Editor
Aug 27, 2014

"It takes years to find your signature scent. Then, once you do, you can never actually smell it on yourself. You’ve probably heard someone dismiss the complaint, saying you just get used to it, reassuring you that everyone else can in fact still smell the fragrance—which sounds crazy. It’s not."

Full article here: https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/why-you-ca ... 00803.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


- SL

[Eileen (SO)]

Oh, I hate those marinades! This article is especially helpful for those still hiding from your spouse. You may think you smell clean, even shower after getting home, but beware of which excuse you used to be out for the evening. Any remaining female scents, cigarette smoke, garlicky food, your loving wife will question where you really went off to.

Now that my husband is free to smell pretty when going out dressed, he is cautious not to over do it. Other girlfriends may still be hidden and don't want to much scent to leach over.
How much scent to use? If you can be smelled from across the room, that's way too much. I was taught that a woman's scent should only be noticed while being embraced.

Eileen

[Anthony Simon]

In the article, it suggests that you become acclimatised to a new scent after 2 breaths. That may work like your vision does. You notice if something changes in your field of vision rather than looking particularly hard at the things that are already there.

That probably have genetic advantages - like you want to pay particular attention to what is new to see whether it constitutes a threat or an opportunity.

If you're a CD, you're likely not to have the experience of wearing perfume and how these sorts of issues play out, so this is a particularly helpful article - and this site looks quite useful.