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I like get my nose all up in certain ear areas, but not any old ears. Only my favorite ones. Our old dog Cotton smells like carpeting, and not just the fuzz on the floor, but the rubbery, cheeselike pad that goes underneath it. Behind her ears are the softest hairs. I like to nestle my nose in there, breathing in her stale carpet smells. She grumbles but it makes me feel so cozy.

Rats have ears like flower petals. The best thing is to nuzzle a rat’s head right behind those silky ears, and sniff in that soft, dusty fur. On a good day my rats smell a bit like corn tortillas. On a bad day, well, they smell like pee but I’m afraid that does not stop me from going in for a sniff. I smell them like old time men smell opium.

This tendency of mine is not particularly hard to figure out. To smell someone is to be intimate with someone, and who cannot say it is wonderful to feel close? I am fond of my pets, and I smell them all the time. I am fond of my boyfriend, and I smell him as well. You can say it is because of pheromones or body chemistry or whatever, and I say whatever. A nose is a nose. Our schnozes protrude out from our faces in order to easily obtain sensory information. In my case, I like helping my honker out and getting up close and personal to scents. There are glands right in the neck, not too far from the ears, and that is probably where some of those wonderful carpety and tortilla-like smells are coming from. I can not help but want to take a sniff in close proximity.

Additionally, we are pretty much wired to enjoy personal odors (and just to be clear I am talking about subtle scents here, not B.O. or crotch stink). Just pick up any women’s magazine and you are going to read about perfumes you should be wearing because of all these new studies. Men respond more positively to women who wear any fragrance than those who wear no fragrance at all. It is not the fragrance itself that is important, but the fact that the women can be smelled that makes those men all jolly. How often are you going to otherwise smell a lady? It is either going to be when she has given up on bathing for a while or when you are so close you can put your nose to her skin. Hence the positive reaction, as the fragrance simulates feelings in the sniffer of being intimately close to the sniffee. Feeling close is a good feeling my friends.

So what I am saying here is, smells are nice, but the skin is the real deal. How well do you really know someone, unless you can nose him? Get out there and go smell your favorite ears.

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