aromatherapy, anyone?

[Thorn Bird]

"spange hates this stuff," i thought, as i put a new air freshener in the bathroom. this got me wondering if it's a man thing or an individual thing.

i like the faint smell of good things. i don't like to taste smells, but i like when i notice it long enough to even wonder if the fragrance is there or not.

what about y'all? in homes? on your body (soaps or colognes?) in a massage? behind the bedroom doors? in the stores where you shop?

[FlamingGlory]

I wonder if Fels-Naptha is considered aroma-ific...

House smells like fresh air, consequence of leaving windows open almost year round.

[April40]

I'm not much of a fan of cologne...

Fly supplies the soaps and air smells aorund the house.

[Sp`ange]

I like the stuff as long as it is not too strong. Flowery smelling shit is a no go for me.

[ERage]

It is a known fact that big hotels have spent tons of money developing a specific scent to create a personal feeling when you stay with them. Studies show that it causes people to want to return to their hotels. They also went to great lengths to ensure that they created a universal scent that was totally hypoallergenic. I think Omni hotels use faint lavender scents in rooms for relaxation and they use a faint jasmine scent in lobbys and bar areas to stimulate the senses/emotions.

So if they spent this much money on it then it must be worth something...

Example: http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/leisuretrav/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002726460

[eileenbunny]

Recently I read somewhere that the scented sprays, candles and air fresheners have caused an increase in cancers, allergies, and asthma. I don't believe everything I read, but the idea kinda turned me off to these things. Now I only use sprays when it's absolutely necessary, and the only scent I really like that doesn't give me a headache is vanilla.

[FlamingGlory]

Recently I read somewhere that the scented sprays, candles and air fresheners have caused an increase in cancers, allergies, and asthma. I don't believe everything I read, but the idea kinda turned me off to these things. Now I only use sprays when it's absolutely necessary, and the only scent I really like that doesn't give me a headache is vanilla.
Dude, they smell toxic. Have you ever got a strong whiff of febreeze? Stick with inscense if you need a smell gone. Or plant lillac bushes ~.^

[BadMojo]

I stayed at a hotel in San Antonio and they provided lavender linen spray. I thought that was interesting. I like clean smells.

No, dear your farts are not clean smelling!!

[xoblivion]

Smelly stuff is fine so long as I can't taste it when I walk into a room. Cologne is a no go, and the perfume section in stores almost kill me. :confused:

[Sp`ange]

Smelly stuff is fine so long as I can't taste it when I walk into a room. Cologne is a no go, and the perfume section in stores almost kill me. :confused:

that's how I feel about the detergent aisle in the grocery store.

[fly]

I wonder if Fels-Naptha is considered aroma-ific...
I love the smell of that stuff

[tre]

They need more air fresheners that smell like a good steak of something

[eileenbunny]

They need more air fresheners that smell like a good steak of something

This is a wonderful idea. I like stuff that smells like food.

[mikey]

They need more air fresheners that smell like a good steak of something



That's what I cooked for breakfast this morning about 4:30 :D

[mikey]

I wonder if Fels-Naptha is considered aroma-ific...

House smells like fresh air, consequence of leaving windows open almost year round.


I prefer lacquer thinner to naphtha

[FlamingGlory]

I prefer lacquer thinner to naphtha
It's soap. Nothing to do with Naptha.

[mikey]

It's soap. Nothing to do with Naptha.



That's beside the point.

[Epididymis]

It is a known fact that big hotels have spent tons of money developing a specific scent to create a personal feeling when you stay with them.


The small ones I worked at were not so innovative. They did have particular cleaning agents and fresheners supposedly scented neutral, but I never found them appealing. I do remember a particular incident at a friend's apartment years ago where hotel smoke-odor neutralizing spray was used to effectively mask the smell of a certain something burning when a certain someone came knocking from a noise complaint.


I really like using matches in a bathroom. All the perfumes give me a headache.

[fly]

It's soap. Nothing to do with Naptha.
I realized that long after I posted my comment. :fly:

[FlamingGlory]

I realized that long after I posted my comment. :fly:
Lye + Animal Fat + Terpene

It's laundry soap. If you ever get something washed professionally that kinda musky clean smell it comes back with is Fels-Naptha.

[b_sinning]

Most floral sprays burn the crap out of my nose.

[InnerMuse]

I'm a Cool Water and Brut kind of gal. "That IS Brut I smell you per-vert." oooohhhh, it gets the hair on the back of my neck all tingly just thinking about it.

For personal perfume preference, I like fruity, vanilla, hazelnut smells and on occasion Amber Romance (Victoria's Secret.) For my bedroom and bathroom, I love to burn Jasmine and clove incense. If I'm not feeling up to wafting the pungent odor of incense, I'll put on a teapot full of Chai, choco/hazelnut, jasmine, or white tea and pear.

Aside from that, my favorite thing to do is to bake cookies just to permeate the apartment with smelly goodness. Now THAT's what I call aromatherapy! :D

Edited for spelling. Sorry guys.

[Pandora]

I'm a smell o' holic. I love smells. Lavender is my fav for the house. I usually wear a little perfume and I love it when theac wears colouge. Over the top sickly sweet smells turn my stomach tho. Most 'vanilla' type scents are usually too much to me.

[JPatrick]

I'm a smell o' holic. I love smells. Lavender is my fav for the house. I usually wear a little perfume and I love it when theac wears colouge. Over the top sickly sweet smells turn my stomach tho. Most 'vanilla' type scents are usually too much to me.



Wanna smell my finger?

[Pandora]

Wanna smell my finger?

Sorry Drool but all smells resembling shit are excluded. I have :nolove: for them.

[JPatrick]

Sorry Drool but all smells resembling shit are excluded. I have :nolove: for them.



wtf I have a new lotion I thought you might like the smell of

[Desslock]

wtf I have a new lotion I thought you might like the smell of

Essence of Manchowder?

[shawndavid]

This reminds me of Mitch Hedberg's cinnamon roll candle bit.

[Sarcasmo]

I love scented lotions and soaps and whatnot so long as they apply to women. When men smell girly or floral it makes me ill.

It's like when I shake a man's hand and it's limp and clammy. Gimme a firm grip, you little pansy. You're the gender with chest hair for fuck's sake.

[shawndavid]

He likes his men musky like a frat house ferret.

[Sarcasmo]

Like Bigfoot's dick. Damn straight.