Well I just foolishly sort of barked at a new member because in a way he wondered if he would get bored with a scent he likes and was thinking of buying because somewhere he'd read that other people got bored of it. He was trying to weigh the risk of possibly getting bored with the scent with whether it would end up being a bargain.
I really don't think there's a way to know if anyone will become bored with their fragrance or if he or she will come to love it greater, but all the same I thought it might be helpful for this new member and any other members who read this to think about getting bored with scents if any of us interested could relate how often it happens to us that we get bored of a scent we purchase and try living with. So...how often have you all become bored with a scent you once liked, purchased, and wore around?
In my case it hasn't happened very often. Of course I'm a bit of a special case because I can switch scents every morning and thus don't much run the risk of getting bored with a scent. Or at least I can do something about it the next morning if I do. That luxury isn't available to many who read here, though.
There are scents I'm sick of half way through a day, and there are scents I sniff at stores and know I'd find them boring if I were to wear them. I guess that comes with experience, and when I say about a scent that I'd become bored with it I think what I'm really saying is that I don't like it, don't find it stands out to me enough, and that really I don't like it in the first place. But there's a good question in asking about how we become bored with scents and, as I would now like to ask, how often it happens to those of us with long experiences with lots of scents.
In truth I think in my case it happens seldom, maybe one in fifty might eventually bring me that response since because I don't buy scents that don't interest me.
On the other hand I've had several periods in my life when I've worn one single scent every day for a year or two and never gotten tired of it. Just the opposite in fact, because smelling it on me always made me feel like it was right and perfect on me, and like it was how I should naturally smell and present myself.
So my experience says that familiarity brings comfort and greater delight in a scent I like. That's happened for me more often than getting bored of a scent.
I wonder how my fellow Basenoters of all experiences look at the issue.
I really don't think there's a way to know if anyone will become bored with their fragrance or if he or she will come to love it greater, but all the same I thought it might be helpful for this new member and any other members who read this to think about getting bored with scents if any of us interested could relate how often it happens to us that we get bored of a scent we purchase and try living with. So...how often have you all become bored with a scent you once liked, purchased, and wore around?
In my case it hasn't happened very often. Of course I'm a bit of a special case because I can switch scents every morning and thus don't much run the risk of getting bored with a scent. Or at least I can do something about it the next morning if I do. That luxury isn't available to many who read here, though.
There are scents I'm sick of half way through a day, and there are scents I sniff at stores and know I'd find them boring if I were to wear them. I guess that comes with experience, and when I say about a scent that I'd become bored with it I think what I'm really saying is that I don't like it, don't find it stands out to me enough, and that really I don't like it in the first place. But there's a good question in asking about how we become bored with scents and, as I would now like to ask, how often it happens to those of us with long experiences with lots of scents.
In truth I think in my case it happens seldom, maybe one in fifty might eventually bring me that response since because I don't buy scents that don't interest me.
On the other hand I've had several periods in my life when I've worn one single scent every day for a year or two and never gotten tired of it. Just the opposite in fact, because smelling it on me always made me feel like it was right and perfect on me, and like it was how I should naturally smell and present myself.
So my experience says that familiarity brings comfort and greater delight in a scent I like. That's happened for me more often than getting bored of a scent.
I wonder how my fellow Basenoters of all experiences look at the issue.
Tks for that pic - the facial expression on the little one is PRICELESS!
