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Hi!  ;D Options for the poll were taken from the fragrance wheel I saw online. Some of the options leave me a bit perplexed. I gave the option of no smell because I understand that for many it triggers serious health problems, which I totally understand. Gotta give folks with sensitivities and allergies a voice. :)

I started thinking of smell because my SO, Sarah, got super smelling abilities after starting HRT. She surprised me after detecting the smell of Chinese takeout from the neighbors. Low and behold, they told me the next day they had take out. I might add, she lives in a sky-rise, so they're close to her place. There have been other super smelling moment that made me go, "wow".

Sarah love sugary smells (cakes and pies) and vanilla. She likes the smell of desserts and pastries as well as soft, floral stuff. Very feminine stuff. She hates spicy smells and powdery stuff (like grandma's mothballs).

I like, amber, sandalwood, resins, vanilla, and incense. The smell of bergamot and dried, spicy orange peels are nice.

Have any of you noticed changes in smell? What smells do you love? Which make you go eek?  :)

After a while on HRT I had to take everything out of my room. I pulled the carpet, repainted, etc. I cleaned everything and put it back in. I DO NOT miss my man smell, ugh! Now their are flowers and scented candles all over the house. I just thank the maker my sons room is at the other end of the house.  ;D

This is an interesting question.

My sense of smell seems to have gotten less sensitive after starting hrt, and my preferences now are broader and less specific. I don't wear oils or cologne or burn incense, but I enjoy it when other people do. I used to not like it. Almost every intentional smell that a person put on themselves or in their space used to be more likely to make me annoyed or sneezy than anything but now I'm cool with it.

I like woody and musky scents.

I can't inhale any of that @#$%. Perfume will make my lungs itch and get me wheezing. Scented candles, incense, air freshener (air polluters), and anything else like them, same results as perfume. I can't handle smelling smoke of any nature, be it cigarettes or someone grilling, burns the eyes, gets me coughing and eventually wheezing. Baby powder, strong smelling soap, bodywash (ugh, back when we were in North Carolina my nephew used to use this stuff, AXE, crap was potent, would stink up the whole house from him being around after washing up, made my chest tight smelling it), fabric softer sheets (I hate walking by the laundry room when lots of people using it, the air filtering out spoiling my fresh air), and oh, so many other things, mostly all chemicals, all very toxic, yet somehow most people can not only tolerate but I can't, but they thrive on it. Crazy.

I can't handle rubber, especially the smell of tires, puts my mind in a state of panic, causing dizziness when I smell them in the air, remember all too well vertigo that I had which was set off by similar odor.

Flowers I can handle short term, some I'm fine with others will make my eyes itch and cause sneezing, but at least they're natural, so I don't have any serious problems with them.

Wood, such as cut for lumber or craftwork, or sawdust, I can't handle, besides bothering my breathing makes my skin itch if handled. Cut grass bothers me somewhat, I hate it when too many people are mowing their lawns, releases so many allergens into the air along with the scent of grass juices.

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on June 28, 2014, 12:28:24 AM
After a while on HRT I had to take everything out of my room. I pulled the carpet, repainted, etc. I cleaned everything and put it back in. I DO NOT miss my man smell, ugh! Now their are flowers and scented candles all over the house. I just thank the maker my sons room is at the other end of the house.  ;D

Pushes makeup, candles and vanity case on the floor and places big TV and playstation in pride of place hahahaa  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Your poll needs to allow multiple options.

Quote from: radsi on June 28, 2014, 01:35:39 PM
Pushes makeup, candles and vanity case on the floor and places big TV and playstation in pride of place hahahaa  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Calls animal control, reclaims room! ;D

Dry woods.

Generally I like simple nature scents like ocean air, fresh towels, pine and baby powder.

I'm old fashioned, I guess.  Love the smell of flowers.  Honeysuckle and rose are my favorite.  I have a wall of honeysuckle just outside of a window on one side of the house and climbing roses on the other.  Depending on my mood, I will open one or the other during the season and it fills the house with wonderful floral scents.

I grew up on the coast and I do love the smell of the salt air and beach too.  Except the mud flats at low tide in certain parts of the bay (frown).

Actually I do have a couple things that came to mind just now that I like the smell of.

The smell of the air and rain during a cool, hard storm, and dampened rocks after a hard rain.

The smell of my doggie's ears...my mom says they stink nasty, that it must be some maternal thing for me because she used to love smelling our ears when we were babies and only a mother would love to do such a thing.

Ok I like two or more smells. I love the smell of roses specifically, any other flowers I can take or leave. And what goes hand in hand with roses? Romance. I love the smell of male. Even if it isn't the quite pleasant smell of cologne. The smell of roses mixed with masculinity will drive me absolutly insane and I melt. :embarrassed: It may not be the most popular answer but I really can't help it.

I chose oak/moss, but I burn incense on my desk too.  I like earthy, smokey smells.  (Not so much BBQ though.)

When I get more money I plan on buying Angel. It has bergamot notes, but to me the best part is the chocolaty scent.

my nose is highly sensitive so i can't stand strong smells thus i use unscented items for either bathing or cleaning and wear a mask when cooking.

Favorite smell is the smell of burning wood- that campfire/fireplace smell

I am so far the only one who put I dunno what I like. This is because I have no sense of smell.

~A

P.S. I know it says 2. I accidentally voted it twice :p

I love the smell of burning wood. If it could somehow be put in an airfreshener, cologne, perfume, etc... I would spend WAY too much on it

Quote from: CaseyD on August 31, 2014, 07:49:25 PM
I love the smell of burning wood. If it could somehow be put in an airfreshener, cologne, perfume, etc... I would spend WAY too much on it

OK at a bonfire party the smell of burning wood and a nice glass of wine, wine cooler, beer or a margarita is nice but mixed with Drakkar Noir, or any other cologne is really, really, really good especially if the cologne is a lot closer and stronger than the drink unless you are taking a drink at the time. Even the smell of male, sweaty, almost stinky without cologne during an outside get together. Ok, that's enough. I am starting to feel a little flutter somewhere. I need to shut up now. :embarrassed:

Y'all are making me jealous. I dunno what anything smells like!!!

Quote from: iiMTF on August 31, 2014, 11:52:00 PM
Y'all are making me jealous. I dunno what anything smells like!!!

No need to be jealous. Just get out and experience. When you are younger, that is the bonfire thing, when get my age it is all the other non fun crap. But fortunately I am a redneck girl so bonfires and outdoor parties still happen to me . The smell of raw masculinity even though I want them to shower first before anything rally intimate is irresistible  and kissing. petting and closeness is not out of the question with raw male smell. :embarrassed:

Quote from: Jess42 on September 01, 2014, 12:27:42 AM
Just get out and experience.

By "Just get out and experience" did you mean go out and start smelling things? In a comment before the comment you replied to, I stated I had no sense of smell. :(

No matter how hard I try, I don't smell a thing. Not even flowers! (so TV has driven me crazy, as you can imagine)

iiMTF

I'm sensitive to smells and can't deal with a lot of strong perfumes and deodorants or other strong ones.

Even the ones I like can be too much in an incense burner or cologne.

But I do like the smell after rain, moss, the sea air. Especially moss/earth. The smell of the air outside at 5 am. Cold winter smell.

Firewood, roasted chicken, some types of flowers. My partner, he's a very light on smell dude who doesn't sweat much and has something faintly aromatic about him that's indescribable as a smell but it always has a positive effect for me. The smell of fireworks and burnt matches. Citrus. Turpentine.     

Quote from: Viktor on January 20, 2018, 06:16:19 PM
I'm sensitive to smells and can't deal with a lot of strong perfumes and deodorants or other strong ones.

Even the ones I like can be too much in an incense burner or cologne.   

Agreed, I'm actually fairly allergic to most perfumes.

Having said that, I love orange blossom. I bought both orange blossom body wash and deodorant and I love them so much. I'm not sure I'd ever go full perfume, maybe a light body spray at most.

I can't deal with most dudes' body wash etc. because the smell is way too strong, sticks around on me for hours and will eventually give me a headache.

I feel like a complainer to mention it around other people, but whatever the problem is, it pretty much relegates me to scentless or mild bathroom products.

I've found some of the more expensive ones are better for not smelling so strong and chemical. The Body Shop used to do a lot of nice stuff that didn't smell overbearing, but it is pricey. I still use their Tea Tree toner because it works well for my stupidly sensitive face.

On the whole having a sensitive nose isn't great. There are so many nice colognes and perfumes you just have to stay the hell away from. And people who practically bathe themselves in them.

Quote from: Viktor on January 21, 2018, 10:01:30 AM
I can't deal with most dudes' body wash etc. because the smell is way too strong, sticks around on me for hours and will eventually give me a headache.

I feel like a complainer to mention it around other people, but whatever the problem is, it pretty much relegates me to scentless or mild bathroom products.

I've found some of the more expensive ones are better for not smelling so strong and chemical. The Body Shop used to do a lot of nice stuff that didn't smell overbearing, but it is pricey. I still use their Tea Tree toner because it works well for my stupidly sensitive face.

On the whole having a sensitive nose isn't great. There are so many nice colognes and perfumes you just have to stay the hell away from. And people who practically bathe themselves in them.

I think some of this is the reason I like the citrus smells, even with orange blossom vs just orange/citrus in general, as it has far, far less of that overly flowery, cloying smell while still having a bit of scent. For a long, long time I had to go completely scentless because most would set off my psoriasis badly in addition to just being sensitive to the smells, but since my psoriasis is mostly gone I have a few more options.

The worst thing in the world is someone with heavy perfume in a movie theater though. Ugh. I've had to get up and move before, and always feel bad about it so make some slightly awkwardly loud comment like "I can't see well from this angle" just so no one things I'm moving because of them. ;D

As a child I couldn't breathe through my nose and never had a sense of smell.  After having tonsils out my I could breathe thru my nose.  With the exception of orders like vinegar, bleach and like items which effects me close up, I have never smelled anything.

Now after beginning the HRT I sometimes will have my head in a certain position and wham something was smelled.  As to what, I don't have a clue.