Compilation of Journal

Categories	Source	Smell	Remarks
Personal Care products	Shampoo (Kadus Colour Care)	Mild, subtle fragrance	Neutral
	Shampoo (Organics)	Rich sweet smell	Pleasant
	Shampoo (Head & Shoulders)	Tingling, refreshing, menthol	Neutral
	Shower Gel (Ginvera)	Subtle green tea smell	Pleasant
	Shower Gel (Dove)	Refreshing, sweet	Pleasant
	Toothpaste (Darlie)	Fresh, mint	Pleasant
	Hand Lotion (Marks & Spencer)	Sweet, blueberry flavour	Pleasant
	Hair Wax (Lucidol)	Stinging, provoking smell	Unpleasant
	Hair Gel (Gatsby)	Smells like glue	Unpleasant
Food	Chicken Rice Soup	Clear fragrance, alluring effect	Pleasant
	Smelly Tofu	Rubbish bin-like smell, puke-inducing	Unpleasant
	Laksa	Rich, mouth-watering aroma	Pleasant
	Chilli	Spicy, choking odour	Unpleasant
	Cuttlefish snacks	Sharp, crisp, fishy odour	Unpleasant
	Butter cookies	Buttery aroma	Pleasant
	Chilli prawns	Spicy, mouth-watering fragrance	Pleasant
	Coffee	Rich caffeine aroma	Pleasant
	Ferrero Rocher chocolate	Sweet, nutty smell	Pleasant
	Milo Powder	Rich chocolate	Pleasant
Places	Air Freshener on buses and toilets	Lemon like smell, sweet	Neutral
	Wet Market	Raw, fishy smell	Unpleasant
	Burning of joss paper	Smoky, suffocating smell	Unpleasant
	Hawker centre	Mixture of smoke, grease and aroma	Agreeable
	Haze in the atmosphere	Acrid like smell	Unpleasant
People	Baby	Powdery fragrance, clean feeling	Pleasant
	Perfume (White musk)	Faint, musky tones, with lingering effect	Pleasant
	Perfume (Hugo Boss)	Strong, "macho" smell, soothing	Pleasant
	Medicated Oil	Intense, sharp with a hint of alcohol	Unpleasant
	Cigarette	Smokey, choke-inducing	Unpleasant
Objects	Scented Candle (Cherry)	Overwhelming sugary smell	Unpleasant
	Lavender flower	Sweet smelling	Pleasant
	Plastic bag from polyclinic	Clean, antiseptic smell	Neutral
	Whiteboard marker	Strong, pungent odour, choke-inducing	Unpleasant
	Old Book	Musty, woody smell	Neutral
	Pen	Light, floral	Neutral

List Of Cosmetic Products

Product	Scented/Unscented	Remarks
Hairspray (Lucidol)	Scented	Fresh, sweet, lingering smell
Compact Powder	Unscented	-
Blusher	Unscented	-
Shampoo (Organics)	Scented	Rich fragrance
Hair conditioner (Organics)	Scented	Rich fragrance
Kid toothpaste	Scented	Fruity
Toner (Clean & Clear)	Scented	Clean, alcohol hint
Nail polish	Scented	Strong pungent smell
Hair serum (smoother)	Scented	Sweet, soothing smell
Lipstick	Scented	Sweet, giving a warm feeling
Toner (Loreal)	Scented	Slight cologne smell, alcohol hint
Tanning Lotion (Banana Boat)	Scented	Slight banana like smell
Hair treatment water (Lucidol)	Unscented	-
Lip Balm (Lip Ice)	Scented	Apple with a hint of menthol
Moisturising Day Cream (Johnson's)	Scented	Slight heavy powdery smell
Mascara (Maybelline)	Scented	Strong smell, marker like
Mascara (Estee Lauder)	Scented	Faint sweet smell
Moisturiser (Neutrogena)	Scented	Fresh sweet, familiar smell

Remarks

 

As shown from the 2 tables above, there are certain smells that are pleasing to most people, others are not as appealing but remain neutral to the general public, while some are just plain repulsive.

 

Smells that are pleasing to the nose include smells such as, fruity sweet ones, mild musk, refreshing ones, and of course mouth-watering inducing ones. Yet not every of these various pleasant smells can be used as fragrances for perfumes. After all, not everyone would be glad to smell like Laksa or coffee all the time.

To us, smells that would really be good for perfume bases would be refreshing ones that give a clean feeling, like for example, green tea hints or mint. Once again, scents would have to be added in moderation, if not there's going to be a reverse effect. For example, in the case of the cherry scented candle, even though fruity smells are consider generally pleasant, the excessive fragrance and its overwhelming attack on our olfactory senses put us off on the spot. 

 

Hence, like every other thing in life, always use fragrances in moderation.