binary smells

[metaphortunate]

The other day the temp I didn't like came to my desk to ask me a question. But first she stopped, sniffed the air, and asked, "Is that your perfume or someone else's

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[kest]

I find that most perfume smells like perfume. Or like some flowers got super drunk and vomited copiously on a person.

[lcohen]

i get stuck at the "perfume=imminent death" stage of smelling it and probably wouldn't be able to distinguish further than "it smells like perfume" either. otoh, i can do things like tell by scent what spices are in things, so it's probably just a shut-down mechanism for me.

[metaphortunate]

You can train your nose to be more sensitive, you know! It involves smelling lots of different things and trying to write down descriptions of them.