UNUSUAL TURN ON

I was making a usual trip to the health food store when something strange happened.

The store is run by an impeccably dressed, older black man who is one of the few of his color in this tiny Arkansas town. Sadly we aren't known for our diversity.  I didn't know that till I was settled.

Perusal, he was being very helpful and after I checked out several brands, I got what I wanted.

However, when I left the store, an interesting aroma was clinging to me. At first I thought it must have been an aftershave he was wearing--perhaps it was on his hands, thus on my purchase.   

Nope, my purchase didn't smell, I did. I found the aroma intoxicating  and frankly I was a bit turned on. Mercy what was happening to me?

I remembered that there was a diffuser puffing away by the cash register. Perhaps that was it? I should have gone right back but I went home instead.

The whole day I joyfully inhaled the aroma drifting about me. I was smiling rather goofily a lot and I had to know what it was.

The next day I went back to the store.  His wife was there and he was gone so she called him to ask what he had put in the diffuser the day before. He couldn't remember.

They had about 15 bottles of things it could have been but after sniffing about 8 of them, my nose got confused and I would have been hard put to recognize the odor of skunk.

It seemed however that most of them were combined with something called Patchouli. I vaguely remembered this from the 70's so I went home and Googled it. I found it can be an aphrodisiac. That would explain a few things about the direction my mind had been taking. You can view its amazing benefits here.

So I bought a bottle of the essential Patchouli oil but was not impressed with the  raw scent.  I then mixed it with some scented wax cubes I had and put it in my wax warmer. Wow, that was almost it and close enough for me.  It is not so much an actual turn on now but I do like the happy, relaxed mood it provokes.
Sniff, sniff--ahhh.

I love the smell of my house. Can't figure out how to get it on my body yet though I am not sure I should.  I'll think about that for a while yet.

Have you ever fallen in love with a fragrance you just had to have?