I find that a lot of how I react to scents has to do less with the scent than with the base. I had a boyfriend who was allergic to the base of most commercial perfumes and claimed that it was the same as the one used in Raid bugspray. I challenged him to find some form of scent that didn't set off his allergies, that he liked and that he thought would smell good on me. He rose to the challenge and came up with an essential oil mix that I wear to this day and get lots of compliments on. The surprise is that it's a couple of flower scents.
I'm impressed that your tastes run so neatly by category. I like some florals (pikake, rose), some spices (cinnamon, ginger), some foods (notably almond, vanilla and pumpkin). I'd agree that fruit-scented is unlikely to appeal to me, but so are the herbal ones.
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Date: Friday, December 1st, 2006 08:20 am (UTC)I'm impressed that your tastes run so neatly by category. I like some florals (pikake, rose), some spices (cinnamon, ginger), some foods (notably almond, vanilla and pumpkin). I'd agree that fruit-scented is unlikely to appeal to me, but so are the herbal ones.