Shadowed scent

Most human beings have five basic senses which allow our brains to perceive and understand the world around us; They send information gained through sight, touch, hearing, taste and smell to the brain where it's processed prior to being dealt with in whatever way the brain decides. Something that tastes very sour may mean one's face screws up for instance, or a loud noise may initiate a covering of the ears. There's other senses too, the sense of space for instance, and neuron sensors which are there to sense movement and control our balance but they tend to work without us really noticing.

I'd be lost without my senses, I mean if one were taken away, and I've been fortunate to have all of them intact and operating. One of my mates is deaf and has lived with it all his life; He doesn't want pity though, he says his other four senses make up for his lack of hearing and he really knows no different anyway. I'm just glad I have mine all present and working.

I couldn't say which I like the best as they all have a function that I wold sorely miss although when asked which I may choose to lose if I was forced to lose one I always say hearing. I'm a visually-stimulated person so my sight wouldn't be an option. Taste? I like food far too much to loose that sense. And touch...Well, I use my hands too much to want to give them up which leaves smell and hearing. I'd choose to keep smell though because...Well, the sense of smell is so awesome!

Have you ever walked down the street minding your own business and a faint touch of Tommy Girl reaches you? I have and it's delightful and always makes me smile. That's the power of the sense of smell, it invokes emotion and has the power to change one's mood. It can revive or relax, soothe or excite can be a warning and an attraction and can even trigger the memory or emotionally transport someone to somewhere else, to someone, just by a scent remembered or discovered....It is a powerful sense indeed.

Yesterday I went online and purchased a men's cologne for myself which is not something I do very often. It's not one of these pictured of course, although these are mine, all given as gifts, all yet unopened. You see, I am a simple man and tend to stick to simple things and I don't tend to buy things just because I want them. Need over want is my style and I've been using up a couple of cologne's I purchased a couple years ago, Ralph Lauren Polo Blue is one and the other, Safari, also by Ralph Lauren. I'm getting to the end of both though, hence the new purchase.

You might ask why I have purchased a new one when I have some already, unopened. I know, it's a bit wasteful, but to be honest it's all about how I feel when I wear cologne's that really matters, and this particular one I bought is one that tends to suit me and my personality and so I feel good about it, about wearing it.

I also have ones I'll wear only on weekends, the working week, evening or day time...It's all situational...And sometimes I wear none at all I guess. I was at the range yesterday and wore none for instance. But I like to have a couple to choose from as I feel more, complete when I have a fragrance on; I guess like most people.

Tonight I started building some Lego but my heart wasn't in it so I packed up and ended up getting the camera out and playing around with some shadow photography and some macro stuff. I originally wanted to get a photo of the words on the bottle shadowed on the background and I got close but the rest of the shot wasn't good so you'll not see it. I selected these ones as they seemed semi-decent though. What do you think?

If you feel like it drop your favourite cologne or perfume into the comments and tell me why...It could be yours or one you love on someone else. Or, you can simply tell me one of your favourite smells...Fresh cut grass, fresh rain in the forest, a field of flowers, Mexican food on the street corner, vanilla...It doesn't matter, feel free to share it below.