Smelly Shoes

Has the scent of a feminine item brought you any memories, good or bad?

No memories , but there is nothing like the smell of a fresh pair of pantyhose !

Love Sylvia

Barb I thought for a moment this was a topic about stinky feet! 😆

Guess this may not count as a feminine item, but .... the smell of perfume on a pillow.  Bringing back old but nice memories.  Just that faint whiff of perfume that's leftover on the pillow after your partner has left.  Puts a smile on my face.  And womens perfume is sooo very much nicer than any mans cologne has a hope of being.

Theres just something about that leftover scent on a pillow.  Even tho now it is mine on the pillow, it brings back happy memories.

Stevie

Hi Stevie!

Well, "Smelly Shoes" was a mere segue into a "breathe-deeper" conversation!

Back in high school I took Home Economics. Don't laugh, I was the only guy in the class! And it had some stinging, relevant essay topics, like STDs, equality and gender issues. Got an 'A' and that got me into university!

After I had lunch in the cafeteria with all my Home Economics classmates I had a spare so I remained seated. The aroma of their lingering perfume was heaven!

Best high school class ever!

📚 Barb

Hi Sylvia!

Oh how I too love the scent of fresh pantyhose!

Loved walking through the pantyhose isles in our major department stores years ago when there were pantyhose isles! And now many pantyhose manufacturers are marketing to guys, yet those isles today remain thin. But I guess we're progressing, even just a little, and I'll take it.

👖 Barb

Hairspray.

As a little boy, I used the bathroom last, after the girls.  The bathroom always smelled like hairspray, and I always wished I could be pretty like them when I smelled it.  Still do.

Hadn't thought about that in years.  Good times.

Ame- is a fragrance well known in UK. It’s been around a fir few years.
It is subtle but “ deadly” - well for me it is.
I have so many memories of this scent that I could fill a library. However, when something so personal becomes popular it takes the sparkle away just a bit.

So I visit stores and “ window shop- try the test spray ( when not restricted of course !!!!!)
And there begs a question- if you wish to know what it iss like you have to ask.
Now I don’t know about you but that might make one or two members
Falter??
Or- perhaps we do not bother???
I have some that came from Abroad, Middle East. ( No it’s not “ au du camel”)
It’s rather delicate and “ clean” fragrance.
It just remind me of me!!!!

Anya

Oh, back in the 60s and 70s no lady would go out without hairspray! The cloudy plumes in my mom's bathroom! (Hmm, a sentence without a verb).

It would be interesting to go back in time and read all the ingredients on a typical canister. I wonder how many of those chemicals are now banned? LOL!!

Yet, so many ladies from the 'war generation' that I have known made it just fine into their 90s!! God Bless them all!

💇🏽‍♀️ Barb

Dear Barb ,

Luckely here in the Netherlands , there is still a wide choice of pantyhose in

two major department stores.

My favourite hosiery colours are black and brown , although the brown ones are really harder to find then the black ones , that come in a wide variety of different shades.

The color black can differ much from one pantyhose manufacturer to another , so it's not so easy to find the exact colour you like !

Love Sylvia.

Wow Barb ,

It must have been like heaven being surrounded by all these beautiful girls !

Did you ask them how they felt about having a male classmate in this course ?

Love Sylvia

Hey, Sylvia!

They loved me! And so did our teacher. She even thanked my for all my contributions to our discussions.

I was a bit more 'mature' than the average guy back then, so when we had discussions about gender and pressing issues of that time, we were all engaged and very intellectual about it. Sure, we had some silliness (oh, that was amazing and I felt like a real girl! - maybe that's where it really all started for me), but we kept it respectful.

It also helped that during that final high school year, me and a good buddy went skydiving at a club near Kingston, Ontario. When word got out what we did, we were treated like "High School Gods"! However, my buddy and I kept it cool and didn't speak much about it, unless we were asked. And did the girls in my class ask! What fun!

✈ Barb

Hello barb....

That smell of hairspray does it for me.....I used to watch my mum dancing about under a shower of it....the house smelled of hairspray for ages....every time i use it, i think of my mum...i can't help it.

Grace x

The Netherlands?

You must be familiar with Mathieu van der Poel and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado?? I just LOVE cycling!

And this morning I saw the Women's European Cyclocross Championship. Lucinda Brand came first (congrats!) and the Hungarian Kata Blanka Vas came second! (Finally! An Hungarian to cheer for!).

🚴🏽‍♀️🚴🏽‍♂️ Barb

How did you guess Barb ?

Cycling is one of my favourite sports !
Van der Poel is one of our greatest cyclist and speaking about our Girl cyclist , well
we are really spoilt in that devision !
They are all really incredibile.

Love Sylvia.

I have some wonderful Dutch friends here in Canada and they try not to be too smug about their cycling prowess! But they sure grin from ear-to-ear!

:B