Re: TOTD 121908: what sense?

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For me the experience of perfume is largely a musical experience, and

not just because of the musical terms used in the field. I think of

" compositions " and " voices " in a given perfume being " muted " or

" singing loudly and clearly. " As a perfume changes over time, it

feels very much like movements in an orchestral composition. I find

that my sense of base (bass) and top is not linear at all; with some

perfumes I sense the base (bass) right away, and then the other notes

later. I only have basic abilities at musical composition (I was a

jazz-music student for a long time), but if those abilities were more

extensive, I've little doubt I would compose elaborate musical

orchestrations to represent my perfume compositions.

[Guest guest]

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> Aside from your olfactory sense, what other senses are stimulated

by

> perfumery? How else do you think of it aside from simply smells? Is

> it largely visual for you? Musical? Lyrical and/or prosaic?

>

Natural essences, alone or blended, stimulate my sense of color (if

that can really be called a " sense " ); my sense of taste, of course; my

sense of who I am and the possibilities there; my memories, naturally;

my sensual/sexual/passionate nature, normally somewhat more below the

surface; and finally, natural essences enhance my sense of touch.

Amazing what nature can do, n'est-ce pas?

~Becky

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> Aside from your olfactory sense, what other senses are stimulated by

> perfumery? How else do you think of it aside from simply smells? Is

> it largely visual for you? Musical? Lyrical and/or prosaic?

>

visions

colours

visual impressions of people and / or places which I swear I've never

seen before.

not often, and to date, with very few of them, and if it does happen,

it's only ever at the initial encounter, and only ever with individual

eoils or absolutes, not blends.

Othertimes - often - i sense a shape or spaces or filled in things,

and ... if a gap is too big, I feel agitated until it's been filled.

Or perhaps there is a big ugly bump in the fragrance, and i feel the

things around it need to be built up around to make it less pronounced.

I never get these sensations with individual eoils or absolutes, only

with NP blends.

And i don't know if filling the gaps or building up makes my

fragrances better, or more masterful, or more attractive to others, it

just makes me more at ease.

took a walk and multiple sniff test through a - gasp - SYNTH - counter

in a department store last week...first time in years I've tried more

than one synth at a time ... both my daughter and I had to leave asap

due to the headache and wanting to vomit.

Multiple encounters with botanical, natural perfumes never make me ill.

Clearly, those synths are bad news to my early warning system :0

[Guest guest]

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> Aside from your olfactory sense, what other senses are stimulated by

> perfumery? How else do you think of it aside from simply smells? Is

> it largely visual for you? Musical? Lyrical and/or prosaic?

>

Are memory and imagination senses? They should be!!!

Maggie

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mmahboubian1 wrote:

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>> Aside from your olfactory sense, what other senses are stimulated by

>> perfumery? How else do you think of it aside from simply smells? Is

>> it largely visual for you? Musical? Lyrical and/or prosaic?

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> Are memory and imagination senses? They should be!!!

> Maggie

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Maggie, I've never seen that stated before, and I intuitively nodded " yes " !

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> Are memory and imagination senses? They should be!!!

> Maggie

I agree strongly. But then memory and smell are so closely

intertwined to me as to be the same sense.

[Guest guest]

tone/pitch and color.

 

[Guest guest]

Aside from your olfactory sense, what other senses are stimulated by

perfumery? How else do you think of it aside from simply smells? Is

it largely visual for you? Musical? Lyrical and/or prosaic?

It is definitely visual for me. I'm a visual based person, I think in colors and

images and almost everything I'm interested in, other than perfumery of course,

is visually based or have a strong visual component; i.e. painting,

architecture, graphic design, gardening, etc.  Although I must say, that I

usually get more visuals with single essences, or compositions based around one

essence than truly complex blends. 

And I guess imagination would tie into that too.   And I get " feelings " or

" atmospheres " or " moods " with scent too. 

It's interesting that it seems peoples perceptions of perfume really ties into

what they are about and their background i.e. my arts & design

background=visual, and Adam's musical background=musical for a couple of

examples.  I don't think of terms of music or sound at all when it comes to

perfumery, other than the common terminology used.

 

[Guest guest]

okay I'll just say it right out.....one thing I've noticed about this board is

there are empathic people on it.

I can visualize it too . it also has a pitch, along with a sense of touch,

color, symbolism and some people remind me of a scent or what they should smell

like. Also, oddly enough. I also get a sense of IQ one has.....not in a snobby

way or I'd be on the short bus......but I get that whole aura thing going on. 

Then I like to research the history or culture who used these things and get a

better understanding.

 

e

[Guest guest]

okay I'll just say it right out.....one thing I've noticed about this board is

there are empathic people on it.

I can visualize it too . it also has a pitch, along with a sense of touch,

color, symbolism and some people remind me of a scent or what they should smell

like. Also, oddly enough. I also get a sense of IQ one has.....not in a snobby

way or I'd be on the short bus......but I get that whole aura thing going on. 

Then I like to research the history or culture who used these things and get a

better understanding. 

 

e

I also get a sense of place, even if I've never been there before.  For

instance, frankincense smells like the desert to me, but I've never been to

one(unless you count the dry sides of the Hawaiian islands), and when my

plumeria plant bloomed for the first time the scent completely said " Hawaii " to

me even though at the time I had never been there, and lo and behold, I went to

the islands eventually and that perfume was everywhere!  Other than the plants

that were blooming at the flower and garden show booth that I got the cuttings

at, I had no true memory of the scent and certainly nothing to connect the odor

to.  It was totally an intuitive thing. 

P.s your " short bus " comment made me snicker!