My Scent

Something strange happened at my yoga class tonight. Not yoga-related strange (isn't it all a bit strange? Really!) but this "thing" set into motion a thought process within myself. It made me wonder about my own scent. We all have a personal scent to us - a smell that is "us". Not matter where we are or what we do, this scent follows us. This scent in essence becomes us.

For example, my sister-in-law has a fabulous scent to her. Somehow she always smells of lavender. One day I asked her about it, as everything she touches smells of lavender. Seriously. I receive a letter or package from her and as I soon as I open it - WHAM! - the lavender erupts in my nostrils. She claims it is the detergent she uses. But I bought the same damn detergent and I do NOT smell of lavender! My grandmother had a scent to her as well. She smelled of Oil of Olay and still to this day I cannot smell the cream without thinking of her. It's nice to have memories attached to scent.

However, what if the scent is not apparent? What if I do not know what my scent is? Or worse...what if my scent...STINKS!?!? What if I smell of dirt or mildew or cat litter or dust bunnies? (yes, they DO have a scent!) Would anyone tell me? My husband, Lee, says he would. But would he really? REALLY? Would he willingly throw himself under the proverbial bus - because that's what the fallout would be! I would throw him under the bus myself if he told me my scent was - STANK!


I want a good scent dammit! I have tried to make it happen but it is not working. I have tried the lavender detergent - I have tried the tropical body spray - I have tried the cherry body wash - I have tried the mango lotion.

None of it sticks!

And...I am darn determined for my scent to NOT be 5 hour old spit up or PB & bloody J sandwich "scent" (but I fear that I may be stuck with it...)

So...I am off with the perpetual spitter-upper and we are going on a scent search tomorrow. Something that screams earth-mother-meets-chic-&-cool-in-a-downtown-uptown-all-natural-superstar-gorgeous-girl sort of way. I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully I don't have to resort to my daughters Strawberry Shortcake spritz....

Strawberry...hmm.

That might work.....