Do you use spray-on/plug in smelly stuff?

looksee · 24-08-2015 11:38am #1

Anything from expensive perfume to the spray-on deoderant stuff to 'air fresheners'?

Thankfully most people seem to be copping on that being doused in synthetic smell is not as appealing as the ads make it out to be, but there are still people around who must get through a can of this stuff a week.

Group of us on a train on Saturday, when someone in the next block of seats along decided that she needed to refresh with a generous spray of - something. Those of us behind her were treated to a cloud of perfume, which would have been bad enough, but the person immediately behind her was someone who finds synthetic perfumes (chemicals) toxic, and a decent waft of perfume, solvent, or various other chemicals is enough to make her sick for hours or days. So she beat a hasty retreat to the next carriage.

Air fresheners have the same effect. How many people are aware that so called air fresheners do not 'remove' smells, or cover them, they actually affect your sense of smell. They are messing with your body.

There are enough chemicals in our lives without deliberately introducing more.

kfallon · 24-08-2015 11:39am

Jesus wept, AH has really gone into overdrive on the hygiene theme!

El Weirdo · 24-08-2015 11:41am

looksee wrote: »

There are enough chemicals in our lives without deliberately introducing more.

I'd happily eat a heap of chemicals right now.

Teyla Emmagan · 24-08-2015 11:47am

I love perfume, can't leave the house in the morning before putting it on. It's like putting on your lipstick or a necklace, the last piece of your outfit.

You definitely lose your sense of smell as you get older though. The bus is either full of auld ones drowned in yardley or auld fellas who don't realise they need a hot shower. That smell of hair grease makes me sick to my stomach.

I hate being in an enclosed space breathing in the smell of people. A play, or a concert, yuk. Lxnx and nicotine fingers and hairspray. Disgusting. I think I am more olfactory than most people though.

The house currently smells of lily of the valley. Yankee candle plug ins.

Lux23 · 24-08-2015 12:08pm

I use perfume and roll on deodorant, I wouldn't be crazy about air fresheners, I pick lavender on the way home from work sometimes and leave it in my bathroom.

The_Valeyard · 24-08-2015 12:24pm

I bought some Deodorant and it says on the can, "Avoid Contact with Eyes"

TOO LATE, I've already seen it.

r93kaey5p2izun · 24-08-2015 12:42pm

I use roll on deodorant which has a mild fruity scent. I hate perfume and body sprays. So many people are smothered in the stuff - it's sickening and overpowering. I'd say more get it wrong than get it right. Spraying perfume or deodorant in public is truly obnoxious though.

Many air fresheners are horrible too, though I find the plug in ones much more subtle than relying on somebody's judgement as to how much spray is appropriate. I have to say I love Febreeze in the blue bottle though.

foggy_lad · 24-08-2015 12:50pm

I use those tree air fresheners that you find hanging from the mirrors of most cars, they hang from both my ears and I have plug in deodorant bottles under each arm.

Quadrature · 24-08-2015 12:51pm

I just actually clean my house and shower!

boobar · 24-08-2015 12:51pm

I use spray on deodorant... Not familiar with the plug in type...sounds uncomfortable

The Backwards Man · 24-08-2015 1:03pm

I bottle my sweat in a Windolene bottle, and skoosh myself throughout the day

Do you use spray-on/plug in smelly stuff?

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