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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the perfume and scent haters have a fundamental lack of understanding of scented and “unscented” products.  This includes natural essential oils.

Laundry detergent and other functional products have a smell.  The unscented products have scent added to mask the natural smell of the chemicals (synthetic and natural chemicals) that are in them.  This is called functional perfumery.  For example l wear Mitchum “unscented” deodorant that has a nice subtle musky scent.

All of these products contain some scent.  All foods have scent.  To say you are allergic to all of that is false, just as you cannot possibly be allergic to all perfume.  There are certain popular aroma chemicals that you may be allergic to (something like ambroxan that has a big projection and is very popular in current perfumery) that may lead you to believe you’re allergic or have an asthmatic reaction to all perfume.  So l do think people should be considerate especially when using perfumes with a big projection.

l have migraines, but they aren’t triggered by scent.  I do wear small amounts of perfume for my own pleasure.  I also dislike too-strong and over applied perfume.  [/quote]

No one is allergic to normal smells. We know the difference between something you can smell and something that is "scented." Something scented is usually off the scale in terms of smells. Horrible overkill. I'm talking about air fresheners, cleaning products, wipes, scented laundry detergents, etc., not perfumes. Perfume is more controllable -- the more you wear, the more you smell. I can smell for a block away when someone is drying their clothes with dryer sheets or drying clothes washed in scented detergent. That's stupidly scented. Same with air freshener. Massive overkill that hits you over the head and overpowers all other smells -- the exact opposite of a nice perfume.[/quote]

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