belize44
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Ever since COVID struck, I have noticed that people have drastically increased their use of hand sanitizers. Understandable, of course, but my issue is scented hand sanitizers and laundry products. Now it is getting increasingly difficult to avoid being exposed to these artificial and possibly carcinogenic smells whenever I leave the house.
Even when opening my front door to pick up my mail, I am hit with a wall of scent, because the postal worker or delivery person has used scented products and marked my area as effectively as an animal marking territory. I know, I know, they think they are protecting themselves from germs, but it literally makes me feel ill.
Since most of us are sensitive to this stuff, I am sure that you can relate to the resulting gag reflex and/or shortness of breath that results. I was walking from the car to the corner and was waiting to cross the street. There were a few people waiting too, and I was grateful to be wearing a mask because of the strong pocket of scent emanating from them.
Is it just me, or are laundry products and other personal hygiene things more strongly scented than, say, twenty years ago?
Even when opening my front door to pick up my mail, I am hit with a wall of scent, because the postal worker or delivery person has used scented products and marked my area as effectively as an animal marking territory. I know, I know, they think they are protecting themselves from germs, but it literally makes me feel ill.
Since most of us are sensitive to this stuff, I am sure that you can relate to the resulting gag reflex and/or shortness of breath that results. I was walking from the car to the corner and was waiting to cross the street. There were a few people waiting too, and I was grateful to be wearing a mask because of the strong pocket of scent emanating from them.
Is it just me, or are laundry products and other personal hygiene things more strongly scented than, say, twenty years ago?