R J
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ok, I cannot stand “air-fresheners” like febreeze, new car or furniture smells are disgusting, new building materials smell toxic, and someone wearing strong perfume grosses me out. For some reason light cologne doesn’t bother me.
But I can get a face full of my dog’s farts, or get a big whiff of raw green beef tripe (if you smell it you know what I’m talking about) and even if it’s so strong it almost makes me gag, it doesn’t “bother” me like an air freshener does. The febreeze my dad sprays around instead of opening a window for 5 minutes, causes me more distress.
Psychosomatic? Maybe I know these toxic air fresheners are bad for me so I am reviled by them semi-consciously. I don’t know. I just wish instead of spraying that awful smelling crap around they’d just open a window or let the diffuser with some non-offensive essential oil run. A little orange essence is far better than whatever “pure waterfall” concoction the scientists at proctor-gamble came up with.
Sometimes a somewhat attractive girl will walk by outside and I’ll catch a whiff of her perfume and I’ll be absolutely revolted. I’d be less turned off by a fart.
What makes it worse is if I bring it up I think someone will mention how I smoke tobacco. But an organic hand rolled tobacco cigarette in unbleached paper does not smell bad. My neighbor smokes commercial cigs and they smell different.
But I can get a face full of my dog’s farts, or get a big whiff of raw green beef tripe (if you smell it you know what I’m talking about) and even if it’s so strong it almost makes me gag, it doesn’t “bother” me like an air freshener does. The febreeze my dad sprays around instead of opening a window for 5 minutes, causes me more distress.
Psychosomatic? Maybe I know these toxic air fresheners are bad for me so I am reviled by them semi-consciously. I don’t know. I just wish instead of spraying that awful smelling crap around they’d just open a window or let the diffuser with some non-offensive essential oil run. A little orange essence is far better than whatever “pure waterfall” concoction the scientists at proctor-gamble came up with.
Sometimes a somewhat attractive girl will walk by outside and I’ll catch a whiff of her perfume and I’ll be absolutely revolted. I’d be less turned off by a fart.
What makes it worse is if I bring it up I think someone will mention how I smoke tobacco. But an organic hand rolled tobacco cigarette in unbleached paper does not smell bad. My neighbor smokes commercial cigs and they smell different.
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