The scent of life events, does it exist ?
Saturday morning, it’s cloudy and miserable outside. It is a blanket, hot cocoa kind of morning minus the rain. I do my language training while sipping my drink and stare at my perfume collection. What perfume sums up my mood today? Spicy? Gourmand ? But definitely cosy scent. I’ve been dousing myself in Epic woman lately, I can’t get enough of this beautiful fragrance but what about the other tens of bottles staring back at me? Should I have a rotation to make sure they all get a fair wearing? Nah, I usually think about the name of the fragrance and the notes therein and whether they match whatever fickle temperament I have before settling on a scent of the day.
I’ve heard of date perfume, office perfume but are there more categories? Driving test or final exam kind of fragrance?
As I undergo medical treatment, I wonder what fragrance should I wear. What captures hope, life and faith?
What comforts me without nauseating me after a full day wearing and torturing my surroundings? Will it be forever associated with this event? I need more coffee
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I suppose using scent memory is somehow superstitious, where a note gets associated with a memory and is forever related to a feeling.
It’s like the smell of rain and first day of school after a long summer break or the smell of an annoying colleague or a dear friend.
For myself, I have sub-categories for fragrances to use in specific moments. For example, what I would use on a date night at the movies or in a museum, differs from a date night involving rollerskating.
That said, I never thought about a fragrance that captures hope and faith. However, this is because I look at someone's personality more, and understand the feelings they are bringing, while understanding and acknowledging my own feelings.
Not a psychologist, but this is an interesting concept to link a fragrance to a current state of mind. People already link fragrances with positive and negative people, so why not moods and thoughts?