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09/21/2020
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Sooner or later I cannot avoid letting my life partner participate in my hobby. From time to time I hold the one or other fragrance under his nose. Often out of curiosity, which impressions arise with him and whether they are rather positive or negative. But often also because he himself pricks up his ears when I describe certain scents. Yesterday we talked about animal scents. Since I just had Joy from Patou, for me an absolute classic with almost a little bit rough animalism, under my nose, he also wanted to sniff the kitten.
The differences in how we perceive this fragrance could not be greater. For me, Joy is a bit soapy at the start and, probably due to the aldehydes, gives me a chypre impression, but it doesn't take me more than a quarter of an hour to get the smell of civet. The cat sits in the middle and pushes all the flowers, which we have here in large numbers, into the background. Like a cat punch, so to speak. Even though the fragrance was originally created for ladies: I see it on a classy guy with a preferably darker complexion. I find it out of place on me or on a woman in general. To me, it smells like a guy who's a little dirty. Maybe someone who likes to work on motorcycles in his spare time? OK, I digress...
And my lord and master? He just smiles when I let him sniff Joy. Where's the animal? To me it smells very clean and beautiful. Ah, clean and beautiful. My husband sniffs the blossoms and then the memory is like a stroke. His grandmother on his father's side must have been wearing this scent, burst it out of him. Since she was a fine lady from faraway Berlin who only listened to classical music, he associates cleanliness with the scent and can't imagine dirt at all. He tells me that the elevator always smelled this way when they picked up his grandma back then and is thrilled. Of course I give him the sample. He doesn't want to wear it, he says. Even if I confirm that it definitely suits a man. No, only to sniff it from time to time and to think of grandma, he answers me and beams
This is how differently we perceive scents. Unbelievable. For my beloved, I am of course happy that with the scent of Joy he can bring back his beloved grandma in his mind whenever he feels like it. And I think I am slowly infecting him with my passion more and more.
Many thanks to Can777 for the sample.
The differences in how we perceive this fragrance could not be greater. For me, Joy is a bit soapy at the start and, probably due to the aldehydes, gives me a chypre impression, but it doesn't take me more than a quarter of an hour to get the smell of civet. The cat sits in the middle and pushes all the flowers, which we have here in large numbers, into the background. Like a cat punch, so to speak. Even though the fragrance was originally created for ladies: I see it on a classy guy with a preferably darker complexion. I find it out of place on me or on a woman in general. To me, it smells like a guy who's a little dirty. Maybe someone who likes to work on motorcycles in his spare time? OK, I digress...
And my lord and master? He just smiles when I let him sniff Joy. Where's the animal? To me it smells very clean and beautiful. Ah, clean and beautiful. My husband sniffs the blossoms and then the memory is like a stroke. His grandmother on his father's side must have been wearing this scent, burst it out of him. Since she was a fine lady from faraway Berlin who only listened to classical music, he associates cleanliness with the scent and can't imagine dirt at all. He tells me that the elevator always smelled this way when they picked up his grandma back then and is thrilled. Of course I give him the sample. He doesn't want to wear it, he says. Even if I confirm that it definitely suits a man. No, only to sniff it from time to time and to think of grandma, he answers me and beams
This is how differently we perceive scents. Unbelievable. For my beloved, I am of course happy that with the scent of Joy he can bring back his beloved grandma in his mind whenever he feels like it. And I think I am slowly infecting him with my passion more and more.
Many thanks to Can777 for the sample.
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