When I buy shampoo, the first thing I do is to open the bottle, smell and close. I do not know why I do that, but I guess the smell of a shampoo influences me when buying such products, even though it might have nothing to do with how good it works.
Yesterday my friend said its not allowed, and I said, says who, and forced him to do that. Not sure if that was a life changing experience for him, but maybe it was. Then again when you get a shampoo that is sold at 10 KD at one of the big salons in Salmiya at 3 KD in a normal shampoo store, you should not only smell, but sniff it completely, like you sniff glue on a nice spring day, such as today.