How do you choose whether or not to give a new dish a shot?
1. How it looks.
2. How it smells.
If the chef run up to you and started attacking you for not picking up his best dish at a buffet, and it looked like goop, you would be confused why he thought you would ever pick it. “Cause it’s delicious!” “How am I supposed to know that?!?”
Now ask yourself, how is anyone supposed to know about you?
Your personality that slowly unfolds over experiences and many interactions are you at a deeper level, sure. But who has the time to do that with everyone? If you’re goal is to be more out there, or be treated a certain way, look and smell the part. We instinctively interpret actions and behaviors in the context of appearance anyway.
Example: One time someone built like a Greek god approached me to kindly adjust my form while squatting to avoid injury, did he have to explain to me how he knows what he’s talking about? No. His proof was written on his chiseled pecs. So I quickly adjusted and did what he told me.
A good scent can also help you be perceived better, I personally experienced this in many situations where others or myself wore something and the interactions were noticeably different from guys and girls.