I got a new catnip toy for Mysty the other day because her previous one was starting to look rather gross. I swear, the stuff is like kitty-hashish! She goes absolutely insane for a short while. I've always wondered what was the deal with cats and catnip, and How Stuff Works as a good, although brief, explanation.

I don't know that I agree with their statement that "there really isn't any scent that causes this sort of reaction in humans". I know some people who have a cat-like reaction to the smell of chocolate. :-)

Scents and our reactions to them are interesting. Perfume scents that I liked when I was younger don't have the same appeal now that I'm in my early 30's. But homey scents I grew up with still bring back the same emotions and memories. And then there's the scent of lavender. (REAL lavender scent, not cheap perfume knock-off attempts.) I didn't really care for it much when I was younger, but in my late twenties it suddenly became a very ... well, it acts like a male pheromone for me. One good whiff and ... woof! Wowza. Pant, pant.

Er, where was I? Oh yeah. Scent. I was always one of those people who avoided the women at the perfume counters in the mall. You know the kind - the women who would come after you with a spritzer. Most perfumes actually made me feel nauseous or gave me headaches, even if I thought they smelled good. I remember one that I actually liked enough to buy a considerable amount of. For months afterward I had awful headaches. It wasn't until I got rid of the bottles that I felt better.

Nowadays I like "natural" scents, like lemon, vanilla, cinnamon and even the spicier and herby ones like rosemary or garlic. Most products I buy are unscented with a few small exceptions. I *love* the Carrot, Milk and Honey and Baby Bee Burt's Bees products. And there's a rather expensive line of bath products I found at Central Market (that I can't quite justify buying yet) that are just *lovely*.

Absolutely fascinating woman:
Connie Reeves dies at 101
" The centenarian cowgirl Connie Reeves, who taught more than 30,000 girls how to ride horses, has died at the age of 101 after being thrown from her favourite mount, officials from her ranch said yesterday. Ms Reeves died at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas, about 10 days after being thrown from her favourite horse, Dr Pepper, according to a spokesman at Camp Waldemar, a ranch about 70 miles north-west of San Antonio where she taught riding. She had suffered a broken neck and dislocated shoulder."

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