I always get bit of a kick out of the age old question:
"Can someone describe the scent"?
After reading through some of the threads today, I thought it would be interesting to get an idea of what members think of when someone uses a certain word to describe a soap, cream or AS.
I know that the descriptions do not necessarily depict an accurate scent per se, but here's a short list of what I think of when someone uses the following words:
Powdery - What talc smells like after the barber brushes it onto your neck
Floral - The $50 bucks I just spent for a bundle of flowers for my wife. What does that smell like? Like $50 bucks. That or my Grandmother's house...kind of like plants.
Masculine - This word makes me think of the smell of the locker room at the gym, and it ain't so fresh. Which leads me to my next word....
Fresh - Something that has either just comes from the wash machine, has been hanged to dry on the clothesline on a breezy summery day, towels from the dryer (Like dryer sheets).
Clean - The smell of the school hallways after the janitor has mopped them.
Soapy- A good old fashioned bar of hand soap...like ivory.
Woodsy - Cedar chips or the smell of the wooden dock out at the lake.
Citrusy - Anyone remember lemon drop candies?
Rose or Violet - Makes me think of my grade 9 French teacher use to wear so much perfume, I could literally taste it.
Lavender - Makes me think of that putrid smell that comes from the lilac tree in front of my house.
So there you have it. I know better than to think Lavender smells the way I described, and the same goes for Floral. Again, these are just what I think of what I see the descriptions used to describe a scent.
What comes to mind for you?
Regards,
Brad
"Can someone describe the scent"?
After reading through some of the threads today, I thought it would be interesting to get an idea of what members think of when someone uses a certain word to describe a soap, cream or AS.
I know that the descriptions do not necessarily depict an accurate scent per se, but here's a short list of what I think of when someone uses the following words:
Powdery - What talc smells like after the barber brushes it onto your neck
Floral - The $50 bucks I just spent for a bundle of flowers for my wife. What does that smell like? Like $50 bucks. That or my Grandmother's house...kind of like plants.
Masculine - This word makes me think of the smell of the locker room at the gym, and it ain't so fresh. Which leads me to my next word....
Fresh - Something that has either just comes from the wash machine, has been hanged to dry on the clothesline on a breezy summery day, towels from the dryer (Like dryer sheets).
Clean - The smell of the school hallways after the janitor has mopped them.
Soapy- A good old fashioned bar of hand soap...like ivory.
Woodsy - Cedar chips or the smell of the wooden dock out at the lake.
Citrusy - Anyone remember lemon drop candies?
Rose or Violet - Makes me think of my grade 9 French teacher use to wear so much perfume, I could literally taste it.
Lavender - Makes me think of that putrid smell that comes from the lilac tree in front of my house.
So there you have it. I know better than to think Lavender smells the way I described, and the same goes for Floral. Again, these are just what I think of what I see the descriptions used to describe a scent.
What comes to mind for you?
Regards,
Brad
