I've done something insane for a 38-year old woman - found and bought the signature fragrance of my crush

[BrokeAssLookingBitch]

I have a crush on a bloke.

He always smells great, really great. Not like aftershave great. It's not a smell I'd ever been able to pinpoint to being a particular thing he uses like a soap or fragrance or even laundry detergent.

It's just like a generally nice aroma - clean, fresh, kind of warm.

He takes good care of himself so I always assumed it was a nice body spray or lotion or whatever. But it's never felt quite right to actually ask what he uses that makes him smell so good. We're friends but that'd be a very weird conversation.

Anyhow, yesterday I was having a big old browse in the posh body care section at Boots to spend some vouchers I received at Christmas. And I found the smell. His smell. His exact smell. Bottled up all neat and tidy in a little tub of body cream.

So I bought the body cream. And now I'm wearing the body cream. And I can't get any bloody work done because I can't concentrate.

I have form for this kind of behaviour. When I was 14, I found out that a boy I liked used Aussie shampoo. So I convinced my mum to buy me some Aussie shampoo because Sugar magazine had said how great it was for teenage hair.

But I was 14 at the time. And we all do mad stuff when we have a crush at 14. But I'm not 14 now. I'm 38. I'm a professional, level-headed woman. But here I am huffing my own arm like its fucking amyl nitrite.

Large parts of me are cringing at my ridiculous teenage behaviour. It seemed such a good idea at the time when I was swept up in the excitement of the moment. But now I'm sat at my desk smelling like a bloke I want to bang wondering what the hell I was thinking.

Tell me you've also done insane and cringe things when you've had the crush blinkers on.

😂😂😂

@ReadersD1gest Thanks for that.

@CosyCoffee and @VincentVaguer I can't imagine what you're trying to imply 😆

@AtrociousCircumstance Not sure I approve of the name Mr Bum Bum. Ick. It wouldn't work because we're at very different places in life. He's quite recently single and was very much hurt in a previous relationship. He's finding his single groove but I'm very happy in my single groove and have been for years. He's really energetic person but I like sitting at home in my PJs reading books. It wouldn't work.
I worry that shagging him would damage our friendship and I don't want to risk that.

@BrokeAssLookingBitch maybe it's this? 😆

I 😍 this thread! You made my day OP…

My teenage niece got this for her birthday from me. Admittedly it does smell nice!

I find this a tiny bit odd, though I guess you're not harming anyone!

I think my hesitation comes from the thought that if a man was writing this way about a woman, I'd find it'd feel super-creepy...

Well, don't leave it there -- did you sweep him off his feet and marry him?

I suspect this thread is a bit of product placement...
Nobody goes dotty over a man wearing a product called bum bum cream.

Every time someone on this thread has posted "bum bum cream," it's made me laugh.

Also I do have a dupe!!

https://www.treaclemoon.net/products/brazilian-love-hand-cream-75ml

😂 Well the name sort of made
itself there but you feel free to keep him as Mr Crush or whatever..!

Sounds wise to stay as friends under the circs.

@Firewalk True enough but there are power complexities so female/male and male/female crush situations aren't analogous. At least that's how I justify my ridiculousness to myself.

@StressedSandwich Oooh, good spot. There's gotta be a pun in there about hand cream and hand jobs and nut-scented hand lotion but I can't find it right now.

@MouthfulofMidwinter no sadly. We are friends, and I lust from afar.

I use this cream, it's fantastic.

Oh I LOVE the smell of Bum Bum cream. The body spray adds an extra long lasting layer of loveliness.

In the spirit of the thread but not quite the same I saw that Harry Styles wore Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille. £180 later and now so do I 😂

Yaaaas @EddieHoweisMYmanager I love this!

I've done similar...maybe worse. When I was in my early 20's, I met a young man at work I ended up having a major crush on because he had nice eyes, made me laugh too hard, and smelled sooooooooo good. I went sniffing through all the scent samples in boots until I found it. D&G Light Blue. So for Christmas I bought every male friend and relative a D&G Light Blue gift set in the hope they'd wear it around me. And some did (out of politeness)! I was a happy clam. 😄

I think it's quite fun! Id probably have done the same

Just googled it and I suggest you ask him if you can apply it for him although I also think he'd prefer a male to do so:

How should I use Brazilian Bum Bum Cream to see the best results? Massage in a circular motion to create warmth for better absorption and circulation. Use it on your bum bum, legs, tummy, arms—anywhere you need a lift for positively glowing skin.

I'm 38. I'm a professional, level-headed woman. But here I am huffing my own arm like its fucking amyl nitrite.

You are hilarious 😂 and I now want to go and smell some of this intriguingly named substance!

I too love a fine-smelling man but it's been many years since I sprayed the aftershave of a crush on my shirt sleeve. However when I was about 35 I had a crush on a colleague who rode a motorcycle to work. I used to wait for him to finish his shift then I'd move to a vantage point window, watch him walk through the car park in his leathers, then go to the ladies and rub one out 🤣🤣🤣

So it's literally for your bum bum? Yeah, I doubt he'd be interested in op, somehow.

You used to do what now 😳

Fortunately, I've managed to control myself so far that no workplace wanking has yet occurred.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjrj6GexsL-AhXDhFwKHXWoBvk4ChAWegQIDxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fuk%2Flisting%2F1017756845%2Fwax-melts-80g-85g-brazilian-bum-bum&usg=AOvVaw3pJ456joUK3eKkY9B9qR3M

cheaper than the cream lol