There are a variety of odors, some are good and some not so good. When I was young we played blind man's bluff. We wore a blindfold and had to do some guessing. Even with a blindfold there are certain things you can't hide. For instance when we lived near Wattenburg our dogs loved to corner the black cats every now and then. Trouble was those black cats had a definite advantage over our dogs. The white stripe down their back guaranteed them built in protection. The dogs never had enough sense to leave those skunks alone, they tried to catch them and always came home smelling repulsive. We weren't too fond of those dogs right then. We tried bathing them in everything possible, including tomato juice but mostly the skunk smell just had to wear off. Then they'd go and find another skunk to chase.

You can identify people by the way they smell too. We had a woman in our church when I was a pre-teen who was a nice person. The problem was that she liked to hug people. Now this woman was a bit beyond pleasingly plump and had a body odor. I don't think she knew what deodorant was. Every time she hugged me I almost fell over from the smell. I got to where I didn't like to be hugged very much.

When I was a teenager I loved Evening in Paris perfume. It probably isn't even made anymore. Then when we went to Egypt my husband bought me a bottle of perfume that smelled just like roses. It was fragrant and I hated to see the bottom of that bottle. A woman I worked with used a lot of perfume. Several times a day I could smell perfume and there she was spraying more perfume on herself. I didn't think too much of that scent.

When my little great granddaughter Alyssa comes around I can smell baby lotion and baby powder. Occasionally there's the smell of a little soured milk or a bad diaper. Three year old Ronnie still smells a bit like powder but now the odor is closer to bananas or cookies, whichever happens to be his current taste.

Last year I spent many hours at the computer and so I started battling my arthritis by using Icy Hot. It worked good, but even blindfolded a person could tell that my perfume was no longer Evening in Paris. I guess you can tell what age a person is by using your nose.