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Admiration. Admiration. Admiration. Smell. Smell incoming. Cologne? Strong. Too strong. I first wrote too strong? Is it too strong? Yes, if I can smell it from here and it's coming from where I think it's coming from, it's too strong. If it's not coming from where I think it's coming from, but from sort of...no...the source just walked away, I think, so it was definitely too strong. But who am I to judge someone else's life choices? Who am I? I am a person impacted by their life choices. Strong scents give me a headache, so your choice to wear a strong smelling perfume or cologne makes my life worse. And what is the point? Why do we do it? Perfumes and colognes were a bigger part of the culture, perhaps, when we didn't bathe as often? So body odors were stronger? I don't even know. Now we have all kinds of things to stop body odors. I used to like perfume. When I was a kid, a younger teenager. I don't think scents started bothering me as much until I was a slightly older teenager. I don't remember exactly when that started. I got my first migraine when I was in my early 20s, but my scent aversion started before that. But even then, it's not all scents. I really like some scents, fruity scents. I don't like jasmine though. Something about something being "perfumey" versus "fruity." Anyway. Admiration. I will not admire you more for smelling strongly of cologne or perfume. But if you smell like something that reminds me of something I'm nostalgic for, I'll probably have warm feelings towards you.
