The SCENT of a Woman

Women- The nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness.

She is clothed with strength and dignity; and she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not beat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: Many women do noble things, but you surpass all of them. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:25-30)

What are the individual characteristics or independent nature of a particular woman that sets her aside from other women? The scent of a woman is way more than Fendi, Gucci and Prada. The scent of a woman is more than Light Blue (Dolce and Gabbana) Miss Dior (Christian Dior), Shalimar (Guerlain) and Chanel #5. It is my confession no my pleasure to meet you at the place where the scent of a woman lies. The top of your head to the Burberry scarf fitted around you’re your chest. I ask you to relax and sit down your baggage by Michael Kors as I slowly take off your red bottom heels by Christian Louboutin. The scent of a woman transcends her fashions sense, the physical and the metaphysical you’d think it be common sense. On a side note my poetry BEEN sounding like Common Since.

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty Women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.

– Maya Angelou

The tone of Maya Angelou’s poem is of a confident who does not care what people think of her. She is confident in her own skin that she wears like a designer gown. In the poem Maya Angelou celebrates femininity and details what characteristics make a woman phenomenal in her eyes. In an inspiring message Maya Angelou uplifts the inner beauty of women and tears down what society considers beautiful.

I was rollin around, in my mind it occurred

What if God was a her?

Would I treat her the same? Would I still be runnin’ game on her?

In what type of ways would I want her?

Would I want her for her mind or her heavenly body?

Couldn’t be getting’ out bogus with somebody so godly

If I was wit’ her would I still be wantin’ my ex?

The lies, the greed, the weed, the sex

Wouldn’t be ashamed to give her part of my check

Wearin’ her cross, I mean the heart on my neck

Her I would reflect on the streets of the Chi

Ride wit’ her, cause I know for me she’d die

Through good and bad call on her like I’m chirpin’ her

Couldn’t be jealous cause other brothers worship her

Walk this earth for her, glory, I’m grateful

To be in her presence I try to stay faithful

 

In the above verses the rapper Common provided a view of women from the male view point in his song Faithful Lyrics. In the song Common analyzes how he/men would treat women if they thought there woman was God. It also points out the strength that he sees in women. It is clear that he is not treating the woman in the song well but, she is still willing to die for him. I think it also should for women shed light on how you should carry yourself. It is clear that this woman is Common’s backbone but, she is getting half of him because she is incomplete. I have said in earlier blogs when we are complete we find partners and when we aren’t we fill voids. I don’t want you to rest into you smell yourself so clear it reminds you of a happy place from your childhood. So you say I’m not a phenomenal woman. I’m just not. Every woman has a phenomenal woman inside of her she just has to find her scent.