This is a story about being dirty and not just regular scents. Please do not read if smelly people gross you out lol.
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I'm not sure where my fixation on smells came from. I think I just have a very sensitive nose, so I've always loved sniffing things. And it's not always men and their bits; they don't always have to be dirty-- I do like pleasant smells, too. Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf is my favourite fragrance, and Chance Eau Fraiche by Chanel is a close second. I have different soaps and scents for different moods and activities. Different seasons and weathers demand a new scent as well.
Whatever the scent, it cannot drown out the natural human smell underneath. I will only ever squirt subtle sprays on my body because however lovely it might smell, I'm still a human and not a flower, and I would prefer to smell real. How a perfume lingers on your skin and mixes with the smell of your body is super important, too-- two different perfumes in identical bottles containing an identical concoction can have very different results for two different women. I find woody scents don't agree with my odour.
I really dislike food-scented perfumes. Perhaps with the exception of a light fruit, it makes me feel sick to smell like food. An ex-boyfriend of mine bought me an awful candyfloss perfume (I was still polite and said thank you), which made me want to vomit. And I hate, hate, hate when eating fries with ketchup, somehow, the tomato smell glues itself to your fingers, and you can smell rancid tomatoes on your hands for the rest of the day.
I also don't wear deodorant. Now, this isn't anything to do with my kink, and I'm going to ramble off into a conspiracy theory now, but I swear I don't get body odour any quicker than anyone else. It's the antiperspirant sprays that block up your pores and make them smell bad, and then, of course, you smell worse and need to buy more. I think the non-antiperspirant sprays are fine, but I don't bother with them.
I still remember the boys in my school coming into class having showered in cheap body spray, thinking they were seducing me when rather they were inducing an asthma attack. Some girls were equally as guilty; walking past, some groups had a cloud of noxious perfume following them, and it would literally make me cough and gag because it was so intense.
In those cases, no extra scent at all would be preferable. I live apart from my boyfriend, and when I go to visit him, I request that he not shower for a few days before he sees me because I adore his natural scent. Even in a non-sexual context, cuddling up on the sofa or in bed, it's so comforting to be able to smell him, even if he's a bit sweaty. I love falling asleep nuzzled in his armpit.