Oh, Widget.......you've brought up an aspect that i find so incredibly sexy...scent (particularly an aroused body's scent!).....mine and my partner's!..i am tempted to say that is an integral part of attraction, as i could never be interested sexually in someone with a scent i found distasteful ..no, just would NOT happen! I'm not talking, either, about what type of cologne (ok, so i am referring to a man, here!) that person wears, either...but that very personal body scent.

I used to be so uncomfortable with my own scent (was it a turn on or a turn off?)...but i finally realized that hey, it's natural (and YES, i do bathe on a regular basis!)......and i haven't gotten any complaints! (rather, the opposite!)...

Scent is something very primitive. Our society has been taught to mask our very personalized and human body odors ...hey, some folks are making BILLIONS by selling us products to do just that, big money is on the line! And, frankly, i LIKE and will continue to buy some of those products...i'm too "well taught" not to!

If you've ever read Proust's "Rememberances of Things Past"..(alright, I didn't read the whole thing, few people do!)..there is a very well-known passage about lime-blossom tea and madelines (little French cakes)...it really combines scent and taste, but he makes the point that in using those senses, he can be easily transported back to childhood.

On a side note..Shower to Shower powder always takes me back (instantly!) to one very hot & steamy interlude i had when i was 17....it's HARD to find Shower to Shower NOW! (Must make more of an effort!, <smile>)