Smell

is a sense without which every emotion feels incomplete...


A few days back I got back from work at 9pm only to realise at my doorstep that I am locked out! It was pouring like an annoying hand shower which just continuously drips water and the temperature was well below 0 degrees. It was a surprise that I didn't breakdown and weep, after making a few calls and arranging to stay over at a friend's place for a couple of days I headed off to Tesco(a nearby retail store) where I had to get stuff I needed for the next 2 days including formal tops and a trouser for work, soap, towels, toothbrush to even a comb. I picked up a citrus shower gel which boldly claimed it was Lemon and something*(cant quite remember it) flavoured. Another thing you might want to know about me is my weakness for anything that has a tangy smell! I say stuff coz I love anything orange flavoured from cakes, juice to even a face mask :D

Where was I? yeah the Citrus and Tea tree flavoured shower gel, I kept it back thinking it must be just another citrus product as the zillion other u get in London none of which sadly has even a faint citric smell, but the price on it compared to the others just made me pick it, and guess what??? I loved it. It had a very strong citric smell and the something* part of it was weird but not bad. Today out of curiosity and to solve the mystery behind why this shower gel was soo damn special and why I couldn't get enough of it, I read the label and viola! two little words explained it "FOR MEN". Sigh! that explains it why I had even the urge to wash my sheets and pillow cases using the shower gel so I could sleep into the smell... it is meant for guys!! for men! damn!

Mystery solved and then it dawned on me, why is the world soo cruel... some smell so alluring so powerful, zesty, tangy and makes me go all weak in the knees is meant for men?oh the cruelty! so twisted is the logic behind the marketing strategy of perfume and perfume toiletries. if its something that will make u sigh immediately stick a label on it and say its meant for the opposite sex! so effing unfair, I want to have a shower gel, a shampoo that I want to smell all the time meant for ME!! to be used by me, for obvious reasons, I am not gonna smell a guy 24 hours a day am I, but I am stuck with myself so I might as well be soaked in a smell that makes me happy!

Ahem on the other hand, feet or side of the neck if you prefer. Are guys a bunch of sissies and girls the rugged breed? ahh! now don't get offended please you alpha males out there. I ask this outrageous question only because of the above mentioned twisted logic. A sweet smelling girl for whom you guys would have the hots for is usually soaked in a very flowery perfume, so YOU GUYS like the smell of sweet flowers and strawberries and the likes, while you guys add on the minty, tangy and citrus masculine smell which we long for! hmm now that's something to think about :)