some responses to my Christmas scents

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Dear List, I sent out a Christmas letter ( actually in January or maybe

February) In it I sent 3 scent sticks one had grosso lavender and one had

French angustafoliaI purchased this summer in Provence and one my grosso here

in

Oakland CA. I said in my letter that two may be mine but two may be French.

Responses were really fun. Here is the cut and pasted table of responses I

received. Sorry, I have not been able to remove the extra lines in the table

at the present time.

Jan

 

Stick #1 French “grossoâ€

Stick #2 French

angustafolia

Stick 3

Oakland “grossoâ€

1a smells like #2 faint with after taste of?

Smells like #3 faint with after taste of?

Smells like #1 faint with after taste of?

1b “

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2a can’t tell any difference and I thought I had a sensitive nose. All

smell wonderful!

can’t tell any difference and I thought I had a sensitive nose All smell

wonderful!

can’t tell any difference and I thought I had a sensitive nose All smell

wonderful!

2b France delicate

France delicate

Oakland

2c France

Oakland

Oakland, spicier and fresher

4 smelled slightly stronger, al little acrid

Same as 3 faint but pleasant

Same as 2 faint but pleasant

5a very mild

stronger

strongest

5b none

some

Very good

9 no comment

I like this one

No comment

10 same as 2

Same as 1

Sweeter than 1 & 2 perhaps too sweet

13 second favorite

I love this the best!

My third favorite

14 no comment

strongest

No comment

15a (Mazie)

( Mazie, my black lab say this is # 1

15b (Mary)

I’ll go with Mazie’s choice

15c(Bart)) shoveling snow can’t smell anything

 

16 could not smell anything

Very faint and thin like the shell of fragrance

Strongest of the 3-more body and full

17a Different

Same as 3

Same as 2

17b Provence

Jan Young

Provence

18 good for body fragrance

Good for body fragrance

Great for sachet

19a Great

Stronger than 1 but O.K.

Not much or no smell??

19b “

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21a very strong, almost harsh-almoat overpowering

I could wear this scent

My favorite-mild-delecate

Stronger than #2 less than #1-a bit too strong-smells more of oil

21b strong, good

mild

Strong, good, touch of ceder

25 no comment

I liked this one’s smell best

No comment

27a light very pleasant

spicy

Modulated, complex

27b nice- mild

Pungent-unpleasant

pleasant

29a all great slight pref for #1

#2 seems to last longer

All great

29b “

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31a 2nd favorite

Favorite spicy

No, smells chemical

31b favorite Yardley scent to me

Different-like my uncles home

2nd favorite smells like French

32 I like #1 best but my sense of smell is not the best

37a 3rd (strongest)

1st (subtle, gentle)

2nd (intermediate between 1 and3)

37b 3 (a bit pungent)

1 (most like the real thing)

2 (nice too, a little stronger)

38 favoriteKewl!

Next kewl!

Least KEWL!

41 all equally fragrant-very special

Good work

42 mild-nice

Most potent Great!if I sniffed this first I couldn’t get anything from 1 and

3

Mild-nice

46 a almost no scent

best

Second best

46b I agree “

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“ 1. 2. or 3 or the mix set my nose off!

47 I couldn’t smell any of them

I couldn’t smell any of them

I couldn’t smell any of them

48 no commet

No comment

Strongest smell

51 nice scents

nice scents

nice scents

53 3rd best

2nd best

1st best

54 a entire mail smelled lovely 31 the least

mild

Strongest smelling, of course I liked #3 the best

57 all just fine

All just fine

All just fine

59 a no comment the back of the picture smelled really good

Too weak to tell

I liked this one the best but test strips

fading

59b I liked this one strongest to me #1: " I liked this one the best but

was also the strongest to me. " Now, perhaps I should have said " ... and was

also the .... " but I think I was trying to say that I may have liked it the

best because I was getting the most input from it.

No comment

No comment

60 I can’t really tell the difference

Next day I could smell this but not the others

61 they smell the same but I have a cold

they smell the same but I have a cold

they smell the same but I have a cold

64 no comment

No comment

Best-not so strong

65a a little strong

We liked 2 the best

A little strong

65b “

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66 a Mellow

Lavender full scent

Mild but I can still detect lavender

66b very little smell

Middle strength

Very strong

68 2nd best

Third best

First best

75 a subtlest (is that a word?)

Favorite

Fine!

75b HARSH

To my taste

OK

76 a Sorry -our noses must be tuned to another scale no scent

A bit-nothing particular

No scent

76b nothing

Delicate, spicey

nothing

79 mild

strong

Just right—likle goldilocks taste

81 very good and sharp

Best (softer, gentler)

Same as #1

86 Can’t detect any odor on the strips, sorry

Can’t detect any odor on the strips, sorry

Can’t detect any odor on the strips, sorry

88 second best, not fragrant

Best, powerful; fragrant. I guess #2 must be yours! Let me know

poorest

91 is rather faint; hard to tell

No comment

I like 3 the best—real lavender scent

97 more delicate

Stromger and delightful

wonderful

98 O.K.-weak

best

2nd best

99 lost card

101 most pronounced

medium

Odor is pretty faint to me

103 a sweet, our favorite

Too strong for us

This is fine, too

103b “

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105 a more delicate

More pronounced (strong)

More pronounced (strong)

105b can’t smell anymore alas

can’t smell anymore alas

can’t smell anymore alas

106 lost its fragrance

Has most scent/nice

Would love for my linens

108 a does not smell very much at all

Mild-nice

Smells good

108b weak

Stronger than #1

Sweet and best

108c can’t smell it

Smells good but not very much

Can barely smell it

110 Hey they all smell the same to me. Is my smeller broken?!!

Hey they all smell the same to me. Is my smeller broken?!!

Hey they all smell the same to me. Is my smeller broken?!!

111 tangy

Sweeter less astringent

Citronella like

112 a after days the scent is faint: very, very faintly perfumely

a after days the scent is faint;slightly fresh garden smell

a after days the scent is faint; faint lavender smell

114 most fragrance

In between

Mild fragrance