I can't wear "real" perfumes due to scent sensitivity, but I'm a fan of body sprays (when I'm not too lazy). My favoritest was Victoria Secret's apple scent, but lo, it has been discontinued, as has the Country Apple at B&BW. Current staple is Love Spell from VS. I like to put it in my hair, because I think the scent lasts longer that way.

I call children "sweetie" all the time and have no objection to seeing it used as a friendly appellation among people who know one another well. But part of it is the older man/younger woman dynamic and my bristling at anything that smacks of unasked-for, gratingly jocular fake-paternalistic attitude and the implied condescention that goes along with it, *especially* when it's used at work place. It just makes me see red.

yes, this

I wear a perfume by Jo Malone that's Lime, Basil and Mandarin scented. I just like it. Sometimes I forget to put it on, but I don't worry about it like if I forgot to put lotion on my feet or someting.

I prefer Organza, from Givenchy. But I've been too lazy to wear it since last fall.

Claudia Black should be on Venus!

The only scent I use is Lush's Flying Fox temple balm. The combination of jasmine and ylang-ylang is heavenly.

I don't wear scented anything because I work in a scent-free workplace. (As are most places in Halifax.)

Wow, really?

Most places might be an exaggeration, but all gov't buildings, hospitals, schools, universities. There's also a pesticide ban. There was a big environmental illness problem at a hospital in the 1980's, and it left a legacy of environmental sensitivity awareness.

Current staple is Love Spell from VS. I like to put it in my hair, because I think the scent lasts longer that way.

Amusing note - San Francisco apparently has some very strict codes about how much scent a stripper can put on (maybe some councilmen got tired of being caught by their wives?). Now, the dancers can only put the scent in their hair, which has led to EVEN MORE hair-tossing.

Do you know how many times a day I think "Only in California" to myself? Many.

I wear Stella McCartney's perfume, just because the first time I smelled it I absolutely loved it. I usually avoid scented things altogether as they tend to make me headachey, but I've made an exception for Stella perfume.

Let's see - can I link to this picture directly?

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Monkey!

Monkey belt!

Glam Rock monkey belt!

Davie Bowie wearing Glam Rock monkey belt!

(From Hec's link in Music.)

Rani the Roomba's Day Out in NYC.

(IT GOES TO MAGNOLIA BAKERY.)

I second the call for pseudephedrine for congestion. Can you take that?

Not really congested. It all just hurts. Like my sinuses are trying to escape. Shifting position helps. For the first few minutes of being on my back or side, the pain goes away. Then it comes back. Going to try breakfast.

she thinks that you should add her favorite, Audrey Hepburn.

Done, and done.

do you regularly use perfume, soap, or something else to scent yourself? Why or why not? If so, what?

Unsurprisingly, I neither own nor wear perfume. Some scented soaps are okay--jasmine scents don't set me off, and the Neutrogena shower gel and body oil are just fine. Oh, and Johnson's baby oil. Whatever of those scents linger past getting ready--that's how I smell. I have to be very careful with deodorant, because baby powder (and not all version) is all the scent I can take.

if one had a lot of pictures to submit to Venus, should one perhaps put a zip file up somewhere and submit the location for download to Venus?

Zip and submit, o generous one.