I
shouldn't have to tell you that a woman, especially an irresistible woman,
should never stink. All women need to bathe daily, brush their teeth at
least twice a day (brush also after you've eaten or drank something with
a strong odor like coffee or onions), wear deodorant, and keep your hair
clean.
But smelling delicious is NOT the same thing as not stinking. It's applying
a perfume or body spray so great-smelling that he'll want to keep his
nose nestled in your neck, or give your palms gentle kisses so he can
smell your wrists.
Please don't underestimate the power of smells. They evoke memories. Smells
can alter one's mood and well-being. Without your sense of smell, it would
be quite difficult to even taste food. And it would be quite difficult
to be an Irresistible Woman without making this rule your creed: Smell
Delicious.
Because perfume can be quite expensive, please don't go out and buy a
big bottle of something your man might not even like. Start small by asking
for samples at Department Stores. Test them out; but do not solicit compliments.
Don't say, "How do you like my new perfume?" No. Shhh. And let
him (husband, boyfriend, brother, coworker, friend, whomever) say "You
smell great! What are you wearing?" Buy that perfume and smell delicious.
In addition to your body, your hair, car, and home should smell wonderful
as well. Don't leave dirty dishes in the sink or neglect to take out the
garbage. You don't want a man to walk into your house and pinch his nose
closed. Burn scented candles or incense. The same thing holds true for
your car. If you don't shower at the gym after you work out, place a towel
over your car seats when you're driving home, so that you don't ruin the
fabric to smell like sweat. Buy an air freshener and hang it from your
rearview mirror.
"My husband was thumbing through one of my
magazines. One of the fragrance advertisements was for this sexy, new,
floral scent. He sniffed the scent strip and said, "Ooh!" Needless
to say, I bought it. He just can't get enough when I wear it."
Mertha, 51 Photographer
"E, the other day when I got undressed
for bed, Phillip said my vagina smelled like ammonia!! Talk about humiliated!"
Erin, 24 Actress
Because smell is the strongest link to memory, a new, unique scent will
ensure that your guy will always associate that fragrance with you.
Rachel Herz, PhD, Brown University
Teasing with fragrance is one of the best
ways to drive a man crazy.
Craig Warren, Sense of Smell Institute
For instance, odor molecules must be small
enough to be volatile (less than 300-400 relative molecular mass) so that
they can vaporize, reach the nose and then dissolve in the mucus. This
tells us that smell, unlike taste, can signal over long distances (an
early warning device). We appear to have an innate ability to detect bad,
aversive smells. One-day old babies give facial expressions that indicate
rejection when given fish or rotten egg odor.
But, is our olfactory system doing more than
just giving us warnings? Yes, of course. Amongst other possibilities,
it serves a recognition function. We all have our own unique smell (some
more pleasant than others! - but that's another story, see "mate
choice" below) and can recognize and be recognized by our smell.
Tim Jacob, Role of Smell
Smell is one of the chemical senses, the
other being taste. They are so called because they sense chemicals, and
smells are, of course, chemicals. With these senses we sample our environment
for information. We are continuously testing the quality of the air we
breathe (this will alert us to potential dangers, e.g. smoke) as well
as using this sense to inform us of other relevant information, such as
the presence of food or another individual. The chemicals detected by
our sensory systems need to have certain properties.
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