Yes, yes, yes! I love this piece. I've lost my sense of smell a number of times from Covid and every time it's been awful. Very disconcerting. One time as I started to be able to smell again everything smelled... off. Different. Unpleasant. I had to change my deodorant (which I'd been using for 20+ years) because it smelled bad to me. Something I haven't stopped doing though, is putting on my (also all natural) perfume. One of the ways I got through the beginning of the pandemic was making sure I got dressed every morning, with shoes, and put on my perfume. Even though I live alone! In the writing class that I teach I talk about smell all the time. My novels are very smelly places and I think it makes the writing better. Enjoy smelling skunks, Robyn, no apologies!
I think everything you used to like smelling off might be even worse than not smelling at all? It’s a toss-up.
You know, there’s also just not much doctors can do when you lose your sense of smell. When mine was gone, I looked up ways to bring back your sense of smell. It was things like—exercise. And, yes, I guess not having a sense of smell won’t kill you, but it will make life a lot less enjoyable, too.
When hiking, I have a habit of picking leaves, rubbing them between my fingers, and sniffing them. I love the smell of wild plants.
But I’ll probably avoid perfume and limit myself to my Old Spice deodorant stick, because as it says on the label, “if my grandfather hadn’t used it, I wouldn’t be using it!”
Always thought I had good nose for smelling. It's large. Proof for hubby, is that we were lost in Chicago once and my nose got us to Chinatown. I'm still stuck on your love of skunk smell. Your brain is a wonder!
That’s a hilarious story about your nose leading you to Chinatown. That’s a very useful skill to have.
Yeah, the skunk thing. There’s nothing universal about bad smells. That is, there’s no smell that all humans everywhere think—yuck! It’s very subjective and, I don’t know, skunk is nice and musky. I like musky smells.
Better to wear perfume for yourself at home than to wear it in public places where many people are sensitive to smells. I'm glad I'm not sensitive to them. I don't often wear a scent of any kind any more, but I do love the smell of roses, lavender, lilacs, home baked bread and sweet goods, etc. A friend's mother loved the smell of skunk -- but also of gasoline! Thanks for writing about this.
Ooh, thinking I might need a pumpkin candle now. I think part of what makes me love my sense of smell is how deeply connected it is to emotion and memory.
Yes, yes, yes! I love this piece. I've lost my sense of smell a number of times from Covid and every time it's been awful. Very disconcerting. One time as I started to be able to smell again everything smelled... off. Different. Unpleasant. I had to change my deodorant (which I'd been using for 20+ years) because it smelled bad to me. Something I haven't stopped doing though, is putting on my (also all natural) perfume. One of the ways I got through the beginning of the pandemic was making sure I got dressed every morning, with shoes, and put on my perfume. Even though I live alone! In the writing class that I teach I talk about smell all the time. My novels are very smelly places and I think it makes the writing better. Enjoy smelling skunks, Robyn, no apologies!
I think everything you used to like smelling off might be even worse than not smelling at all? It’s a toss-up.
You know, there’s also just not much doctors can do when you lose your sense of smell. When mine was gone, I looked up ways to bring back your sense of smell. It was things like—exercise. And, yes, I guess not having a sense of smell won’t kill you, but it will make life a lot less enjoyable, too.
Use the “good” dishes, everyday, especially, if eating alone!;-D)
Here’s to that, Ann!
When hiking, I have a habit of picking leaves, rubbing them between my fingers, and sniffing them. I love the smell of wild plants.
But I’ll probably avoid perfume and limit myself to my Old Spice deodorant stick, because as it says on the label, “if my grandfather hadn’t used it, I wouldn’t be using it!”
But what if there were perfume that smelled like leaves and wild plants? That would be cool.
The marketing opportunities in endless. Wild mint. Lemon peels. Wild sage. After the summer storm. Stink bug.
There are probably candles out there somewhere in those flavors. Why not perfume?
I’d slather up with sagebrush perfume, er, aftershave in a heartbeat.
Always thought I had good nose for smelling. It's large. Proof for hubby, is that we were lost in Chicago once and my nose got us to Chinatown. I'm still stuck on your love of skunk smell. Your brain is a wonder!
That’s a hilarious story about your nose leading you to Chinatown. That’s a very useful skill to have.
Yeah, the skunk thing. There’s nothing universal about bad smells. That is, there’s no smell that all humans everywhere think—yuck! It’s very subjective and, I don’t know, skunk is nice and musky. I like musky smells.
Better to wear perfume for yourself at home than to wear it in public places where many people are sensitive to smells. I'm glad I'm not sensitive to them. I don't often wear a scent of any kind any more, but I do love the smell of roses, lavender, lilacs, home baked bread and sweet goods, etc. A friend's mother loved the smell of skunk -- but also of gasoline! Thanks for writing about this.
It is a lot when people have on very over-powering perfume. Also when you hug someone and get stuck with their perfume for the rest of the day.
I don’t mind the smell of gasoline, but it’s not as great as skunk.
this is why I burn pumpkin candles all year long. Instant happiness
Ooh, thinking I might need a pumpkin candle now. I think part of what makes me love my sense of smell is how deeply connected it is to emotion and memory.