Ah, the smell........

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/fashion/31smell.html?pagewanted=1&exprod=myyahoo

I've spent a lot of time around tweens (boys and girls). My oldest munchkin is now in that particular group. And, as boys and girls get older, a bit of deodorant is a wonderful thing!

I have to tell you, I totally get where these kids in this story are coming from. One, smelling a certain way makes you feel 'cool.' For me as a kid, it was Este Lauder's 'White Linen'. Second, the worst thing is when people talk behind your back at how much you stink.

One of the nastier moments of my pre-university days was sitting in class and hearing some of the 'popular' kids talk about how much I smelled (in a bad way). Say what? I bathed each morning including washing my hair. My clothes were always clean. I wore good deodorant and antiperspirant. After that was about the time I started wearing White Linen. It was a 'cool' new fragrance, and it was not cheap. That totally ended the nasty talk.

To this day, I still love to wear perfume. I have some inexpensive stuff I love; I have some pricey stuff I love. And being in the Middle East, perfume is a big deal here. My guess as to why? I think when women cover up so much, they like to do something that leaves an impression maybe? The perfumes here are fabulous! Am I still insecure about smell? No, but it is fun to wear different scents.

Peace.