Do you like how you smell?

[GrumpyGregry]

Do you even notice?

It appears others do as I've been told the team in Denmark were telling the team in Sweden that they think I am one of the best smelling people they have ever worked with. No idea how it came up during their fika paus but it did. No idea why the Swedes thought it was appropriate to share it with me but they did.

I put it down to bringing three different sorts of cologne* away with me and rotating the chosen pong on a daily basis. And clean clothes, of course.

I've had to do the 'do you think you have a personal hygiene problem?' conversation with colleagues a few times in my career but I've never heard it the other way around.

*Kenzo Totem Yellow, Joop! Go!, and Joop! Homme Extreme on this 8 night trip. It is entirely possible I spend too much time and money in airport duty free shops.

 

[Dave 123]

My own always smell better!

I used to know a hairdresser who didn't like to cut ginger people's hair, she said that they gave off a funny smell. No other hair colouring did it to her.

 

[Drago]

I had a spell where deodorant was burning my skin and had to go without fora few months. I smelled pretty ripe by 3pm most days!

 

[speccy1]

Our cleaner at work likes to smell my cycling kit when it`s hanging up drying

Apparantly she likes my washing powder.

Takes all sorts!.............

 

[winjim]

Part of my job involves testing for a rare condition which results in the patient presenting with a very particular type of body odour. I made the mistake of testing myself...

 

[Markymark]

I don't smell, I glow.

 

[cyberknight]

Uhm industrial car welding robot stink by the time i finish work .

 

[Moodyman]

I often get told I smell nice by the opposite gender. I don't wear anything special just anti perspirant after a post commute (cycle) shower. I thinks it stands out as it was applied only a few minutes earlier.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Just in from having had lots of fun burning garden stuff. Lots of smoke and flame . Guess what I smell of? TBH I quite like it but Mrs 26 will be making comments very soon.

 

[tyred]

Real men are supposed to smell of old engine oil and Woodbine.

 

[Fnaar]

fika paus

I've just learned something new and quite fascinating about the origins of this word

 

[subaqua]

Real men are supposed to smell of old engine oil and Woodbine.

Swarfega and StBruno.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Swarfega and StBruno.

Swafega and Old Holborn surely?

 

[subaqua]

Swafega and Old Holborn surely?

St Bruno deffo.

when I was a 7yrold my wax crayons in school were in a St Bruno tin. it smelled wonderful

loved the remnant smell of pipesmoke . reminds me of the heads office. and the long chats we used to have when i was sent there by teachers.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

St Bruno deffo.

when I was a 7yrold my wax crayons in school were in a St Bruno tin. it smelled wonderful

loved the remnant smell of pipesmoke . reminds me of the heads office. and the long chats we used to have when i was sent there by teachers.

Aged P had dozens of OH tins in his man drawer. I used to sniff 'em.