# How do you smell? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882 "2006-10-18T03:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/41 "2006-10-19T23:26:44Z")
Like **Misnomer** and **InappropriateHumor** , B&BW Sweet Pea. My little sister gave my husband and I some Warm Vanilla Sugar bath stuff for our wedding, and we have been shopping there ever since. I buy the vanilla for him, and fell in love with the pretty and feminine sweet pea for myself. . . which he now uses too, because it smells so nice. Its very strange to smell his hair and find that my manly huband used my pretty-pretty smelly shampoo! Before that, I had Tommy Girl perfume and unscented or suave ‘whatever’ flavored everything else. ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/42 "2006-10-20T06:08:21Z")
[Luuuuuush!!](http://www.lushnz.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/43 "2006-10-20T06:30:47Z")
Unscented everything usually, so it doesn’t interfere with the cologne. As far as cologne, it’s usually Lancome Miracle for Men, Burberry Touch for Men, Issey Miyake, Rochas for Men, or D&G Masculine. I like a little variety, and I tend to go way overboard at Sephora. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/44 "2006-10-20T06:58:09Z")
**bundykala** - I’m so with you on that one! Hair: either Reincanation shampoo (labdanum) and American Cream conditioner(vanilla and strawberries), or Rehab shampoo (peppermint and rosemary) and The Strokes hair treatment (lemongrass). I use the Rehab/The Strokes at weekends. Body, depends on my mood: Sleepy- Gratuitous violets soap (Violets) and You Snap the Whip body scrub (blackcurrant). Sexy- The Olive Branch shower gel (Bergamot) or Flying Fox shower gel (Jasmine, Ylang ylang) Hormonal- Flying Fox, again, or Sonic Death Monkey shower gel (it smells like chocolate…really). Now they’ve got their xmas products in I now smell like Champagne Snow Showers- orangeblossom and cognac! Lush is seriously addictive, it’s all cruelty free, some of it is vegan and it all smells divine! ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/45 "2006-10-20T14:41:18Z")
BPAL and Lush for me too. (So glad to see them mentioned!) To be more precise, I currently smell like Lush’s yummy vanillaish American Cream conditioner, and BPAL’s Masquerade - according to their site, it’s patchouli, ambergris, carnation and orange blossom. It’s quite subtle and nice if you ask me. Soon I shower and smell different. I mix it up. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/46 "2006-10-20T14:46:14Z")
Pantene shampoo and rose soap. The kind you get in Chinese grocery stores. It smells nice. Sometimes like lavender sachets or frankincense oil, too. Nothing fancy. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/47 "2006-10-20T14:50:48Z")
Yesterday my wife told me I smelled like boy. I’ve been doing the bike commute thang, since I live only 5 miles from where I work. So I build up a little bit of a sweat, but since it was in the thirties yesterday, it wasn’t much of one. She said boy smells like outside with a hint of sweat. I’ve smelled that on my 6 year old plenty of times, and I knew exactly what she meant. I least I hope so. Because if it was the new guy she was refering to, I’d smell like formula and poopy diapers. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/48 "2006-10-20T16:20:28Z")
Some Bath and Bodyworks body splash (the Vanilla something or the other I think) and that Palmer’s cocoa butter…mainly because they’re in my gym bag. I might throw in that Comptoir Sud de Pacifique Vanille Abricot in my bag at some point…I’ve been meaning to use it up so I could alternate. I have a bunch of expensive perfumes but I rarely wear them. I find that I like “oriental” scents the best, but every boyfriend I’ve ever had goes crazy for anything that hints of cupcakes or food and that’s usually the cheapest shit in my stash. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/49 "2006-10-21T02:55:19Z")
Mostly like Pantene Pro-V shampoo and [miracle soap](http://cgi.ebay.com/Newest-Acne-Treatment-Miracle-Soap-WORKS-fast_W0QQitemZ230038680869QQihZ013QQcategoryZ29618QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230038680869). I’m not so fond of the soap smell, but it’s living up to its claims. As for intentionally smelling like something, I only use bodysprays (Peach or Winterberry), not perfume. I have a pretty poor sense of smell, but even I can smell perfume and it’s usually not a delight to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/50 "2006-10-21T03:57:01Z")
Sad to say, many of you people would give me a headache if I had to be around you… Not that I’m totally smell-free. For me, it’s usually Zest soap, Pert 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner, Suave “shower fresh” (uh huh) deoderant and eau de cat. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882/51 "2006-10-21T04:38:08Z")
[QUOTE=Dante] I’ve never said this before, but I think I want to smell you. You sound delicious. As for myself, I smell like nothing (hopefully). I try and use all odorless products. [/QUOTE] Why thank you; as a matter of fact, I think I sound delicious! I’m constantly turning my head to take a deep whiff of my hair (I can smell it lightly when I turn even though the hair’s in a bun) and my customers must think I’m a nutcase (coffee wench). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-smell/376882.md?page=2)