I think I'm getting increasingly chemical-sensitive.

14 years ago

I never considered myself to be chemically-sensitive.....only a couple of times I can remember, like when I had to out-gas a new printer. But all of a sudden I'm finding certain scents to be rather sickening. I used to think my Air Wick fake candles, with their vanilla or lavender scents, smelled good, but now I've unplugged them. And I threw out the Midnight Pomegranate hand soap that formerly resided at my kitchen sink.

Does anyone know of an unscented liquid hand soap? I've resorted to putting a bar of unscented Dove at the sink, but I'd much rather have a pump bottle.

Anyone else have difficulty with certain scents? Fortunately, my Chanel No. 5 isn't a problem. (Yet.)

This must have something to do with my age. Does anything (besides wine) get better with age? :-)

Susan

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kacram
14 years ago
yes I don't like perfumy things...
bounce is awful!
all those so called airfresheners hurt my sinuses.. some scents are okay, like lemon, or orange.... but all the lavendar, lilac, blech some make me feel ill, and headachy. I don't like soft soap.. sorry..
Lindsey_CA
14 years ago
Women get better with age, Susan!! If you didn't live in Pennsylvania, I'd have some wine sent to you...

As for the unscented soap in a pump bottle -- YES! Hugo Naturals makes all sorts of wonderfully scented products (I especially love the Vanilla and Sweet Orange), but they also make unscented products, too, including liquid soap in a 12-oz pump bottle. There's also unscented body lotion... I'll include a link to Amazon.com, where you can get a good deal on the stuff.

You can also go to the Hugo Naturals web site to check out all of their stuff..

Here is a link that might be useful: Hugo Naturals Unscented Liquid Soap
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alisande
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14 years ago
Thanks, Lindsey! I bet those scents wouldn't bother me, now that I think about it.......it's just the cheap ones that are killers! My DD gave me some Crabtree & Evelyn scented hand creams that are just fine.

Yeah, stupid Pennsylvania won't let anybody send me wine. :-(

Kat, it's good to know I'm in good company!

Oh, PS, Lindsey: I brought a bottle of wine to my Christmas Eve hosts with the admonition to drink it at home. It was a syrah-grenache with an alcohol content of 15.5%. Hee-hee.......
pattico_gw
14 years ago
Thank goodness..no...not me...at least not yet...I love things that I think smell good.

Especially a new scent Denny got me for Christmas..it's called Euphoria....umm umm
lynn_d
14 years ago
Susan, I've also become more and more chemical sensitive over the years. It started about when the RA reared its ugly head, allergies are part of auto-immune trouble. Candles are what I miss the most, and I cannot even think about using any of the Orange Glo products to polish or clean. My Chanel No 5 and Pleasures are the only two colognes that don't seem to get to me....but the perfumes can. . . it is constantly evolving.

Wines can be sent into PA but only to a state store, not sure exactly how they work that.
jennmonkey
14 years ago
I'm the same way. Most scents make me sick, especially perfumes/colognes, and cleaning products,etc. My good friend's husband is extremely sensitive to any scents and I know she has scent free everything...shampoos, lotions, cleaners, etc....so they are out there somewhere!
mcmann
14 years ago
I use Ivory liquid hand soap - I buy the 16 oz. refill bottle at the supermarket and use it in my foaming pump dispensers.
sjerin
14 years ago
Hmm, I thought I responded to this last night, but now I don't see it. I was suggesting the Method brand of cleaners, most of which you can get unscented.
alisande
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14 years ago
You did respond last night, Sjerin, but yours, along with a bunch of others, disappeared. Another GardenWeb mystery.....
trishaw
14 years ago
I am having the same issue, sort of. For example, I bought some laundry soap the other day. The boys brought it into the house rather than leaving it in the garage. It sat on the counter for a few days and the smell was gagging me! I have never ever had this problem before! I don't notice my clothes having a smell after I was them, just the soap in the box. I don't smell it in the laundry room either. But that is probably because the 5 dogs sleep in there sometimes. I also had an issue with the bag boy at the store putting my dryer sheets in with a loaf of bread. The bread smelled so bad to me I could not eat it. I had one piece and I swear to you it was like licking a perfume bottle. I am going towards non-scented things more and more.

Trish
Terri_PacNW
14 years ago
Soft Soap makes some pump bottles of "free and clear" type..

I have one child very sensitive to chemicals..Hand Sanitizer will send where ever it contacts into immediate hives.
He has alcohol swabs for when he can't wash his hands.

I now make my own hand soap. I bought some from the health food store made with essential oils and simple "soap" ingredients..in a foamer bottle..then bought some foamer bottles and a liquid soap base and make my own.
Jasdip
14 years ago
I absolutely hate walking down the laundry/detergent aisles.
Unfortunately, my local store stocks the pet food in that aisle so I have to.

I don't like any scents. I don't use fabric softeners (I use vinegar as a rinse) and I make my own liquid detergent (as do many others here). I like scent-free clothes.
I collect empty laundry jugs in my building, and the smell of some of the brands is horrible, when I rinse them out. I wouldn't want to walk around smelling like that!
My hand lotions are unscented, and I try to use an unscented liquid hand soap as well.
marry
14 years ago
Sometimes there is even a big difference between unscented and fragrance free products. Sometimes even unscented things smell, so most of the time here we have to make sure things are completely fragrance free, no smell what so ever!

I think I'm getting increasingly chemical-sensitive.

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