Potentially unpopular opinion/quirk/whatever

[Shindigs 1,771]

So I have this weird annoying thing where to me almost all perfume/deodorant smells purely like chemicals. I don't ever perceive them as the smell they are "supposed" to have. It just smells like someone dumped a chemical plant on my olfactory system. There has been one (1) exception to this in my entire life, where someone actually smelled like Jasmine + some other flowery stuff that I can't recognize by smell, instead of smelling like a chem vat. This makes stuff like public transportation suck for me, as I'm basically sitting there borderline dry-heaving the entire time.

 

Does anyone else have that weird quirk, or is this purely a me thing?

[McWolf 3,116]

I have a terrible sense of smell, but I can usually tell that a perfume is supposed to smell flowery, or fruity, or sugary. Maybe I had a better nose, I'd realize it doesn't smell exactly like the real thing, but I'm happy to be tricked into believing it.

[Shindigs 1,771]

13 minutes ago, McWolf said:

I have a terrible sense of smell, but I can usually tell that a perfume is supposed to smell flowery, or fruity, or sugary. Maybe I had a better nose, I'd realize it doesn't smell exactly like the real thing, but I'm happy to be tricked into believing it.

I just wish I could be honestly.

[McWolf 3,116]

1 minute ago, Shindigs said:

I just wish I could be honestly.

Someone told me something at work this week that sounded like: "I wish I was dumber so I wouldn't notice when others do stupid shit."

Having a state-of-the-art olfactory system can be a curse, I guess.

[Shindigs 1,771]

12 minutes ago, McWolf said:

Someone told me something at work this week that sounded like: "I wish I was dumber so I wouldn't notice when others do stupid shit."

Having a state-of-the-art olfactory system can be a curse, I guess.

Can relate to that quote, though I still take the opportunity to do plenty of dumb shit myself. To even out the scales a bit.

[Ledge 1,131]

I hate perfume in general because a. it always seems people put way too much on and b. the smell is like the actual thing x1000 

 

Speaking from someone who rocks deodorant, take my opinions with a grain of salt

[nurx 914]

1 hour ago, Ledge said:

I hate perfume in general because a. it always seems people put way too much on and b. the smell is like the actual thing x1000 

 

Speaking from someone who rocks deodorant, take my opinions with a grain of salt

honestly rock deodorant if you playing sports just don't rock so much deodorant