Comments on: Finding the Perfect Scent - So What’s the Fuss? http://lauradonna.com/blog/2009/02/finding-the-perfect-scent-so-whats-the-fuss/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:44:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Laura Donna http://lauradonna.com/blog/2009/02/finding-the-perfect-scent-so-whats-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Laura Donna Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://lauradonna.com/blog/?p=31#comment-4 TM - Skin chemistry changes with age, hormones and diet. Also our sense of smell diminishes, explaining why older women tend to apply stronger scents. Some truly great fragrances have changed because ingredients once used have been outlawed (as known or suspected allergens or to eliminate cruel practices involving animals with great smelly parts) or to save money using cheaper ingredients. Good things are messed with routinely and we have to be ready to find the next wonderful scent to fill a big void. <br/><br/>Maisha - When Rudyard Kipling said "Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heart-strings crack" he was talking about the smell/memory connection. Of course that can be a good thing or a bad thing. Not too many people have been mugged as 2nd graders by a batch of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. Is that why we love the smell of vanilla, sugar and butter? <br/><br/>A PBS Nova special: Mystery of the Senses said our preference for taste (sour, salty, bitter and sweet) is innate, while the preference for scent is learned. I'd like to know more on the science of that, since it seems conditioned response would be a factor, but that genetics would play a large role as well. TM - Skin chemistry changes with age, hormones and diet. Also our sense of smell diminishes, explaining why older women tend to apply stronger scents. Some truly great fragrances have changed because ingredients once used have been outlawed (as known or suspected allergens or to eliminate cruel practices involving animals with great smelly parts) or to save money using cheaper ingredients. Good things are messed with routinely and we have to be ready to find the next wonderful scent to fill a big void.

Maisha - When Rudyard Kipling said “Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heart-strings crack” he was talking about the smell/memory connection. Of course that can be a good thing or a bad thing. Not too many people have been mugged as 2nd graders by a batch of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. Is that why we love the smell of vanilla, sugar and butter?

A PBS Nova special: Mystery of the Senses said our preference for taste (sour, salty, bitter and sweet) is innate, while the preference for scent is learned. I’d like to know more on the science of that, since it seems conditioned response would be a factor, but that genetics would play a large role as well.

]]> By: Myito http://lauradonna.com/blog/2009/02/finding-the-perfect-scent-so-whats-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Myito Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:57:00 +0000 http://lauradonna.com/blog/?p=31#comment-3 I have tried many scents but never took the time to even learn what was included. I'm assuming we are usually drawn to a familiar scent?<br/><br/>Maisha I have tried many scents but never took the time to even learn what was included. I’m assuming we are usually drawn to a familiar scent?

Maisha

]]> By: TM http://lauradonna.com/blog/2009/02/finding-the-perfect-scent-so-whats-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-2 TM Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:45:00 +0000 http://lauradonna.com/blog/?p=31#comment-2 Ah yes! How familiar that frustration is when a faithful scent is suddenly abandoned or worse - it no longer makes magic on my skin! Does our skin chemistry change over time or is it the formula? And why mess with a good thing? Ah yes! How familiar that frustration is when a faithful scent is suddenly abandoned or worse - it no longer makes magic on my skin! Does our skin chemistry change over time or is it the formula? And why mess with a good thing?

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