mountainsoft
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
My wife frequently comments she can't breathe around me after I shave because of the smell of my shaving cream. I don't smell it at all, didn't even know it had a smell.
Likewise, her hairsprays, makeups, and lotions are so overpowering I can hardly breathe, but she doesn't notice they have a smell either.
I know our sense of smell decreases as we age, but I always find it funny that we're immune to our personal fragrances, and yet are so affected by other's fragrances. Other than our bathroom products, neither of us have noticed any decline in our sense of smell.
On a related note, I'm always amazed how a smell can bring back such a vivid memory. My wife occasionally uses a skin cream that immediately reminds me of my grandmother. I guess she must have used the same cream. To this day, the smell of bar soap reminds me of the used bars my grandma kept in a coffee can in her linen closet.
Likewise, her hairsprays, makeups, and lotions are so overpowering I can hardly breathe, but she doesn't notice they have a smell either.
I know our sense of smell decreases as we age, but I always find it funny that we're immune to our personal fragrances, and yet are so affected by other's fragrances. Other than our bathroom products, neither of us have noticed any decline in our sense of smell.
On a related note, I'm always amazed how a smell can bring back such a vivid memory. My wife occasionally uses a skin cream that immediately reminds me of my grandmother. I guess she must have used the same cream. To this day, the smell of bar soap reminds me of the used bars my grandma kept in a coffee can in her linen closet.