Does anybody remember, way back, like several years ago; when a discussion raged here about

Johnson's Baby Powder? The gist was that a number of women liked it on men, especially if they somehow thought it

was applied to the, um, "globular nether regions". They found it sexy, or a turn on.

What was this apparent

aphrodisiac property of JJBP about, people wondered? So, for what it's worth, here's something that occured to me

when smelling the stuff:

It contains an animal musk, specifically from the muskrat.

Having worked with

the stuff in perfuming, I recognize it. I don't know why it took me so long, frankly. I'm pretty confident that

accounts for the sexual reactions some have.

If you want to temporarily, or permanently, ruin the "attractive"

part of this for yourself, smell a room that has a "mouse problem". You may or may not be unfortunate enough to

already know what this smells like from life experience, and can omit this step. Then smell some baby powder. You

might notice a faint but, suddenly disturbing similarity.

Humans are such disgusting creatures to be attracted by

the smell of rats! Of course, knowing this makes me like it even more. (I use it to take oil off my

hair roots on days I don't want to shampoo.)

Anyway, there might only be one or two of you that remember the

thread. But, FWIW, there you go.