The Human Senses are a magnificent thing.  Truly.

But the one I am thinking of this evening is the sense of smell.  It can really overpower you at times.  For the good, or the bad.  Depending.

Now I think some people are more affected by smell than others.  I would put my nose in the “pretty dang sensitive” class.    I attribute part of this to the shear size and magnitude of my schnoz.

All of us like things that smell good.  Fresh baked apple pie.  Foreheads of newborn babies.  Healthy pine needles.  Bread baking in the oven.

I like all sorts of nice smelling things.  One of these can be perfumes (colognes).  On the other hand, they can go terribly wrong.    The same scent on  one person can smell totally different on another.  But is is BIG Business.  I’ll tell you that much right now.  People will pay through the nose for it.

Let’s visit a few of the old-school standbys.  Old Spice.  Now Old Spice probably smells incredible on about 4 people in the world.  Somehow word got out… and everyone thought they could wear it.  And see what happened?  (AND…. do the same people who make Old Bay Seasoning make Old Spice.  The names and package designs seem similar to me.)

What about BRUT…… by Faberge’.    I think the same is true of BRUT.   On a handful of people, it probably smells like paradise.  On the rest… it smells like my crusty old Uncle Perry…. dipped in Lysol.    (A question about BRUT…. by Faberge’.  Is it the same people who make the Faberge’ Eggs?  And if soooooo….. why on earth, I ask you…. WHY?)

Since we are on the subject.  What ever happened to Estee Lauder?  And is Avon still around?

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Chanel No. 5.  Another one of those “not for everyone” perfumes.  Marilyn Monroe once said it is the only thing she wears to bed.  Well.  SHE could get away with it.

Oh the Olfactory Nerves.  Such a complex topic with so much to consider.  But in all actuality, it is a plain as the nose on your face.

“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.” – Friedrich Nietzsche