B to the O and we're not talking BINGO....

So the other when Jane walked into her class and sat down it wasn’t long before she got to smelling something funky. The expected list of questions ran through her head: “Is that me?” “Did I put deodorant on today?” “Seriously, did I?” And then she resorted to the good, old smell-your-armpit-discretely (while trying to act like you were raising your hand or adjusting your jacket) type maneuver that we are all familiar with. She was happy when her nostrils were greeted with the fresh peachy smell of her deodorant. “Phew, not me!” But not so fast, because she didn’t accomplish her armpit-smell discreetly enough. A random girl next to her leaned over and shared a juicy little tidbit, “Hey, people have been doing that in all of my classes today!” Uhhhh … So then Jane knew where the smell was coming from. It seems that today is a great day to talk about BO. We would like to think that we do not need to tell people this but our dad always says “common sense is not that common,” so we are actually not surprised. If people in all of your classes have been checking to see if their deodorant is working, the common denominator is you. You are the one who smells as if you’ve run a marathon, gone for a bike ride, on a camping trip and fishing in the sun all without taking a shower for about a month. Is it your unique scent that is offending the nostrils of the people around you? So now what do you do? Well, use your not-so-common sense and find some body spray or pleasantly fragrant lotion and don’t raise your hand. Also, when the people around you check to see if their deodorants are working, we wouldn’t be so quick to offer up the incriminating fact that everyone around you has been doing that all day. On the flip side, it is definitely possible to smell good but horrible all at the same time. Smell mismatch isn’t exactly felonious but we’re writing our state representatives to see if a policy change on this serious matter is at all possible. Okay, ladies. What part of lathering on a fruity lotion after using a completely different fruity body wash with a musky (or weird smelling) perfume and a scented shampoo sounds good to you? Sitting next to you makes us wonder if your purse contains an out-of-season fruit salad that you topped off with Britney Spears perfume and has somehow managed to go bad giving off an aroma of, well, an out-of-season fruit salad that… You (hopefully) get the picture. So what can a girl do? Well, for starters, either use everything in complementary scents or use unscented products. And then stop bathing in all of them. You know how people get when you’re in their bubble? Well Mae and Jane are territorial about their scent bubbles. And we’ll get snippy if you offend our olfactory zones. So, ladies, let’s stop marinating in our eau de toilette (marinades belong exclusively in the kitchen, anyway) and remember the only good BO is Barack Obama.