'Smell Game'

[Guest guest]

> Sometimes I play a " smell game " . I put a lot of bottles with

> etherical oils on the table and ask someone to give me a bottle

> while I have my eyes closed. Then I try to find out which oil it is.

> It's a fun way to learn your oils and this way you smell the oils

> with an open mind and sometimes you find different smelling

> components in an oil you already think you know. This way you will

> learn to know your oils again and find new ways to use them. The

> same way you can do with your perfumes.

>

Hi ,

It has taken me a while to answer you, but your ideas fit in with

the current thread on how scents are described.

I agree - you can 'stereotype' a scent in your mind then get a new

perspective on it via the game you describe, or just in going back to

it at a later time - sometimes I notice components or aspects of the

scent that I hadn't before - a really nice surprise.

e

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi ,

>

> It has taken me a while to answer you, but your ideas fit in

with

> the current thread on how scents are described.

>

> I agree - you can 'stereotype' a scent in your mind then get a

new

> perspective on it via the game you describe, or just in going back

to

> it at a later time - sometimes I notice components or aspects of

the

> scent that I hadn't before - a really nice surprise.

>

>

e

>

A good idea is also to keep your own fragrance bible. I have my own

bible where I discribe every oil; I discribe the smell, what kind of

color comes in my mind, what kind of feeling I get from it, the

stayingpower but also what it smells like in combination with other

oils, I think that's also important.

I also put the oils in groups like the green,fruity,flowery ones etc.

It's so funny that everyone smell diferent components in the oils.

When I read arctanders discription I sometimes have to disagree and

find the smell really different.