Memories & Scents...

[coughdrop]

I'll say this right now: I do not like Aqua Velva A-S. The reason that I don't like AV is, though, because I wore it a lot when I was going through some seriously bad stuff in my personal life--it was a terrible time for me. Thus, AV--whether I want it to or not--reminds me of that period. So I don't like it; I might've had I not met with it at that particular point, but I don't now, specifically, I think, for this reason. I posted this here because AV was such a strong force at the time--I mean I used to load it on--that I can no longer really smell it much (I did pick it up the other day just for a whiff). I'm sure other scents have this (Brut is one--my dad loads that on and when he passes I'm sure I'll just keep a bottle in my house, even though I don't really care for it now).

So, I guess I was just wondering if anyone else had this experience with various scents & memories?

 

[The Nid Hog]

I used to work at a factory where my supervisor never bathed. He was the dirtiest human being that I've ever met. Even so, he thought that he was a real ladies man. He kept a jug of Old Spice stashed somewhere and would douse himself with a couple of ounces of it every time he thought that any of the ladies from the office might be in the area. That kept him cloaked in a rank miasma made up of, in equal parts, moral and physical filth and Shultonian fragrance. The shop floor was so noisy that he would have to come right up to me and lean in if he had something he wanted to tell me. You hear people say things like this, but I'd literally gag when he'd close in like that. For a long time, every time I'd smell Old Spice it reminded me of that. I didn't want to be near it, let alone wear it.

Then, last year, I bought a new bottle just for the heck of it. Tried it, choked and gave it away. Waited a while and picked up a bottle of Ivy Club. This time, it was different. Little by little, I got to like it. Now I'm using some vintage Shulton and I look forward to the day it comes up in my rotation. The spell has been broken. I'm glad too.