tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post2812557184167285627..comments2024-03-28T02:24:12.428-07:00Comments on Oh, True Apothecary! : A Conversation on StanksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-90194398219193258292010-10-21T15:36:07.038-07:002010-10-21T15:36:07.038-07:00It did occur to me that perhaps we began using the...It did occur to me that perhaps we began using these animal smells to cover our own smells while hunting or tracking prey and progressed from there. <br /><br />Succinct, isn't it?Justine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-81456959940351014382010-10-21T14:19:07.300-07:002010-10-21T14:19:07.300-07:00Since you put it that way it does seem strange tha...Since you put it that way it does seem strange that these would would be considered perfumery materials. LOL I think you summed it up nicely.Lisa Abdul-Quddushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898431687048520515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-29768246076575941162010-10-21T11:01:52.661-07:002010-10-21T11:01:52.661-07:00I imagine they noticed these smells, at least the ...I imagine they noticed these smells, at least the animal marking smells, when passing through that animal's territory. How they made the leap from smelling tree bark marked with pod juice to smearing the stuff on themselves or blending it into perfumes is beyond me.Justine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-44390915917209061582010-10-21T10:55:08.498-07:002010-10-21T10:55:08.498-07:00"-- let's allow someone to scrape your po..."-- let's allow someone to scrape your pod and see how painless it is, 'k?" Now I have to explain to my offspring what made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />As always with these most unlikely sources of scent, I wonder who first thought of trying these things, and why, and how??? (Prefer not to experience them myself; better off leaving the intimate bits and pieces of beasties with the beasties.)<br /><br />cheerio, Anna in EdinburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com