Comments on: One in Three People Are Sensitive to Fragrances

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 08:34:40 +0000

In Santa Fe , New Mexico many good restaurants have signs outside saying " Fragrance-Free or Please – No Fragrance Allowed " .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:58:27 +0000

I can relate to your post Morag. I kept getting migraines and had no idea why. A good allergy specialist said I was chemically sensitive. I have felt so much better since removing artificial fragrances from my life. I printed a sign from the AESSRA support group asking that visitors to our house not wear fragrance. It has been a polite way to inform friends and family. Liz, Brisbane

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:58:27 +0000

I have some sensitivities; I get a massive headache if the scent is too much. This goes with car exhaust, too. I make my own scent with essential oils and water. I spritz after my shower and I'm usually good for the day.

By: ant

ant — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:58:27 +0000

I had to leave full time employment, due to the migraines I was living with from the various perfumes my lovely workmates continued to wear. Modern perfumes contain synthetic versions of the natural essential oils they used to use in expensive perfume. This is why perfume has become cheaper, and why it smells stronger and lasts for longer. Some people are allergic, and get allergy symptoms. My issue is neurological, and thankfully a neurologist found a drug that controls my reactions… they're less violent. I still get the headache, but not the full-blown migraines. And I have to avoid prolongued exposure. Why are people allowed to pollute our air with harmful chemicals, when we prevented smokers from doing this some years ago?

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:58:27 +0000

Overspent themselves, probably overspending in the process!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 02:44:40 +0000

I have a terrible reaction to strong fragrances, my tummy does a flip flop and then I can be left feeling nauseous for days. The cheaper the fragrance the worse it is. I thought I was very weird… I feel comforted in some solidarity with…by the sounds of things…many others! Jess Egobi (Melbourne)

By: Fiona Chain

Fiona Chain — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:44:40 +0000

I used to work in a big pharmacy and thought nothing of spraying myself everyday with a different perfume, oh how times have changed. I can't remember the last time I doused myself in a perfume and haven't owned one for years. I don't use a bought deodorant, preferring my home made one with a little essential oil added for fragrance. My darling sister has chemical sensitivities and she can be quite ill just walking past someone wearing a perfume, same goes with cleaning products, she now only used vinegar, bicarb and eucalyptus for cleaning. Although I don't have the sensitivities to chemicals I now only use natural products on me and around my home. Have a wonderful day.
Fi

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:44:40 +0000

I'm a no fragrance person, too (although I love the scent of my husband's aftershave). I can't bear scented washing powder and staying in other places where they use those products is torturous. I methodically worked my way through a pack of scented bin liners recently. I didn't buy them as scented but they had a horrendous odour. I couldn't bring myself to throw the roll out so held my breath each time the bins was changed. I don't understand why people feel the need to overspent themselves and their environments.

By: Australian Gardening Granny

Australian Gardening Granny — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:44:40 +0000

I know if I go anywhere near the 'washing powder' aisle in the supermarket - the smell of the chemicals hit me, it's in the air.
A friend has trouble with the fragrance in his flat-mate's after-shave, it is so strong it irritates his sinuses.

By: Jacqui

Jacqui — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:44:40 +0000

I am allergic to synthetic fragrance. I get bad rashes on my skin if I put it on ke or hayfever and asthma if I breathe it in. My children have been brought up in a fragrance free household and they dont cope well with strongly scented environments as a result. I have recently discovered essential oils and asude from the health benefits for us (which is why I use them) I can finally have fragrance in our household that is safe.