I pit Scentsy

[GrumpyBunny]

@Lacunae_Matata

The last time I offered to slap a total stranger (okay, the only time,) was when an overly enthusiastic sweet young thing in black tried to spray me with perfume when I had the temerity to walk into Macy’s.

I just pull out a lighter when they point the perfume bottle at me, then smile and say, “I wouldn’t do that. I have *real *bad allergies and asthma…”

Most of them get it.

[curlcoat]

@nearwildheaven

Several years ago, I went to a craft show and one of the vendors, who sold homemade hand cream, smeared some on me without asking me first. I nearly punched her. :mad: It was very strong smelling, too, and I couldn’t get rid of the odor.

I first read that as homemade ice cream … :smack:

[Penfeather]

@bobot

What’s a Scentsy?

He’s the wise old Japanese guy who teaches you to fight off perfume squirting bullies.

[j666]

@nearwildheaven

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I have a pot of bean soup cooking in my crockpot, and when the onion smell emerged, I got out my own version of a room deodorizer: vinegar in an open container. Works great!

Acetic acid is great at breaking down some sulfur based compounds, but I’ve never known it to work on chemical perfumes.

[kayT]

In our local mall there is a perfume store next door to a Yankee Candle store. I try to pass by on the other side of the mall, holding my nose and waving my hand. Ugh. I cannot imagine what it would be like to work there.

[Penfeather]

@j666

Acetic acid is great at breaking down some sulfur based compounds, but I’ve never known it to work on chemical perfumes.

The point of making your own stuff from household ingredients isn’t that it works; it’s that you can oh-so-casually tell people “Brake fluid? Oh, I make my own”.

[D_Anconia]

@SeaDragonTattoo

It seems odd they would go back to assaulting people with the spray, since I don’t know about you, but I feel there are tons more people sensitive to scents than there were in the 90’s.

Why would people be more sensitive to it now, rather than the 90’s?

[j666]

@Penfeather

The point of making your own stuff from household ingredients isn’t that it works; it’s that you can oh-so-casually tell people “Brake fluid? Oh, I make my own”.

The point of making your own stuff is that it doesn’t have nasty stenchy stinky deadly undying chemical scents, but even nice, crisp vinegar won’t cut through them.

[Seanette]

Of course, that assumes one finds the smell of vinegar tolerable. Not everyone does.

[Count_Blucher]

@nearwildheaven

I got my hair cut earlier today, and while I was there, I mentioned that I could smell pumpkin. She replied, “Yeah, I have a Scentsy at home” and not only did the smell linger on her, I can STILL smell it at home. :mad:

@bobot

OK, if that is that heated-wax-candle-without-the-wick-or-flame thing, then… a-ha! I’m with you.

Yeah, Nobody likes running into this guy when they are out and about…

[nearwildheaven]

@Seanette

Of course, that assumes one finds the smell of vinegar tolerable. Not everyone does.

That’s true, but it works for me.

[j666]

@Seanette

Of course, that assumes one finds the smell of vinegar tolerable. Not everyone does.

There’s always lemon juice then.

[Pai325]

I had to check the date because I thought this thread was a couple of years old. I thought Scentsy was dead and gone. All of those perfume sprays make my asthma act up and give me a horrible headache. I shudder just to think that somewhere, somebody still has Scentsy.

[WolfpackJeep]

Yep, it’s definitely still around. My hair stylist had allowed a display of the stuff to be put up in the corner of her shop about 6 months ago…nothing was lit or being warmed though.

[TheFaerie]

A very sweet, dear friend of mine gave me some off-brand scented wax cubes in a dozen different odors and a large off-brand faux-pine scented candle for Xmas. I’m trying to figure out what to do with them. I’m allergic to the faux-pine and I don’t have any use for scented wax blocks. I’m not sure where she got the idea that I like that sort of stuff, I’ve never scented my home with anything like that and she has been to my place dozens of times. Gag.

[kayT]

Do you have cats, TheFairie? I always get rid of/discourage gifts that are scented by claiming “oh what a lovely scent but they’re so bad for my kitties, so sorry.” But since you are allergic to some of them you’d better claim allergies for all and put them sadly into the trash.

[SeaDragonTattoo]

@D_Anconia

Why would people be more sensitive to it now, rather than the 90’s?

I dunno. Seems more people have asthma now, too. Could just be my reference pool of aging friends, family and coworkers.

[nearwildheaven]

@WolfpackJeep

Yep, it’s definitely still around. My hair stylist had allowed a display of the stuff to be put up in the corner of her shop about 6 months ago…nothing was lit or being warmed though.

At least one of the vendors at an antique mall where I have a booth has Scentsy products on display, and there’s a resale shop in my area that, in addition to selling assorted items on consignment, is also a Scentsy and Thirty-One vendor.

Thirty-One is a company that sells purses and tote bags.

[jjimm]

@SeaDragonTattoo

I would take a guess she’s using stuff from Lush. The crunchy people I know love their stuff and it’s fairly smelly, but “natural” is a rather fluid term. Their ingredients lists include “safe synthetics” whatever that means. But - I believe the actual scents are plant derived and so may give some sensitivities relief unless those sensitivities are to plant extracts.

I used to work upstairs from a Lush store. Maybe one bath bomb for your mother is cute at Christmas, but the store itself is absolutely rank. There’s nothing natural about such a concentration of ‘natural’ scents. It’s absolutely vile. I went inside the store but once to see what the stink was all about, and idly tried a sampler of skin cream on my hand. It was made of garlic. The stench didn’t come out for days. But even the garlic didn’t overpower the florid reek of concentrated oils and ‘safe synthetics’. And every Wednesday afternoon was delivery time, and the smell intensified to an unbearable degree. I pity anyone who works in one, the people who make it, the people who deliver it, and the people like me who work near one.

[Count_Blucher]

@TheFaerie

I’m allergic to the faux-pine and I don’t have any use for scented wax blocks. I’m not sure where she got the idea that I like that sort of stuff, I’ve never scented my home with anything like that and she has been to my place dozens of times. Gag.

TheFaerie, there is a way to use these, but it might involve cruelty to animals. I’ll spoiler box it so those who are sensitive won’t be offended.

[spoiler] Warning! The following may be considered cruel in your community. Consider that before clicking. Trigger Warning

If you have a problem with animals outside knocking over your garbage cans, these “scent” things have a significant effective range, are long lasting, and are almost certainly going to put faces of disgust on skunks and possums similar to Jamie Kennedy describing Gay Bullies. [/spoiler]