Fun Friday: Odors
This was the genius of the Placebo Journal, a print magazine that ran from 2001 to 2011. Something as official sounding as a medical algorithm was totally blown up into something preposterous.
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Re: Treatment 6
All I want is a cabin in the middle of nowhere. And WiFi.
I’ve been noodling around for some time, seeking clinic-appropriate fragrances like a daytime cologne. Any scent worn in the clinic should of course be principally a skin scent, defined by perfumeshrine as “A fragrance that projects at such a low pitch that it melds with your natural smell and stays very close, so that only someone hugging you would be able to detect it.”
I have yet to have been outed as a scentbearer in the clinic, although I have my share of patients with Omnifragrance Rage Disorder. When I’m conducting my permissible 20 second examinations, it’s nice to send off a sense of “Fresh!” rather than “Sweating doctor.”
Vetiver (1961) by Guerlain deserves mention. Not only does it have a smooth, somewhat soapy clean scent, but it has on several occasions projected a stank-wall against olfactory horrors. It is gentle, and somewhat old-fashioned in its character.
When one of my overripe patients finished up, the nurse and clinic coordinator rushed in with sprays and bleach wipes. I was mildly puzzled. They asked me if I could smell “that smell.” I demurred, surprised. Although Mr. L_ traditionally lingers in the air for several minutes after he leaves, I noted nothing. No masking scent – just nothing in particular.
Duel (2003) by Annick Goutal is quite understated, with a fresh tea scent, but doesn’t do much for building a scentwall.
Does anyone else keep a stable of Doctor’s Secret Scents for clinic?