Oh, to me it has always been the dreamiest smell for a freshly bathed and brushed dog, but then I have a history with this scent. I am very poor at describing smells but it is not citrus or very musky. It is more like a combo of baby powder, maybe some vanilla and orchids or something flowery. I recall when I was very young and all the sophisticated women in Dallas were walking around with their highly coiffed, beribboned miniature Poodles on jeweled leashes, their dogs all reeked of this scent!!! To me, then, as a young person, and even now, it was/is an ultra-sophisticated yet very soft, clean, slightly flowery, sweet smell. I am pretty sure that it had a different name back then. As soon as I grew up and got my first Poodle, I went straight to the Pet Boutique in our local shopping center and bought that dog cologne! It
WAS such a status symbol in Dallas, Texas back then to have a dog redolent with this scent - so it is a smell associated with my childhood in Dallas, fancy dogs with their fashion-conscious owners owners trailing through the aisles of Neiman's and and the fun of having your very first fancy Poodle all your own walking right behind them. My childhood associations probably do have a lot to do with why I love this dog cologne. Thing is, once I found my first Yorkshire Terrier in 1978 and fell in love with that breed and all the terrier lore, I forgot all about this cologne and went years without it, using more sporty scents on Scotty. Then, after getting Jilly, I was shopping for a cologne for her, saw the name of "Lambert Kay" on a can, sprayed it in the air and was instantly transmitted back to those halcyon days, I knew I had to have it again for my dog. I use it even now that I have a male Yorkie. Now, Tibbe is no girly-dog! He is all he-dog and terrier at heart but I still
have to use this cologne on him because it is just so "right" for me to have a dog that smells this way.