Obsession, Chanel and CK...Oh My!



"You...In a Veil of 'Poison'..." (...they aren't kidding.)



I'm sure that I cannot be the only one who feels this way...Please leave a comment and let me know!

Have you ever found yourself in an enclosed space, be it an elevator or a bus or a taxi, especially if the space is crowded, and someone in that space has apparently doused themselves with a lethal amount of perfume, cologne or aftershave? (perhaps they thought if a little is good, a lot is better.) And you find their non-scintillationg scent not only repelling, but making it quite hard to breathe?

Actually, it doesn't even have to be an enclosed space. Maybe you are just minding your own business, walking down the sidewalk and some excessively saturated person passes by... and you find yourself enveloped in this suffocating, toxic and seemingly endless cloud that is amazingly invisible, but could probably drop a large horse??

For me, it isn't so bad in the winter, but at the current time and Especially in the Summer(!) far too many women and even some men apparently have been led to believe that the fragrance they paid good money for smells equally good...be it due to gullability, peer pressure and/or sexy ads and commercials (i.e. Calvin Klein).

I'll let you all in on a secret...It all stinks!!! Yes, STINKS!!

Not only that, if you knew what the fragrance companies make the stuff out of, you'd probably run in the opposite direction or possibly sue them. Fragrances are full of man-made chemicals, many of which either are known to be hazardous or haven't really been tested properly. And if you use the stuff...it not only gets on your skin, but in your skin and IN YOUR LUNGS.

Lastly, There's nothing wrong with just being clean and smelling like NOTHING. Keep it Simple.

And, I do have a stake in this issue, we all do, because the Eau de Stink people don't just expose themselves to these truly toxic chemicals... they expose everyone around them to their chemical cloud. Just like the argument regarding second-hand smoke...People who want to just breathe CLEAN AIR DO have a GREATER RIGHT to do so than people who want to funk it up, be it with cigarette smoke or crappy chemical colognes (i don't care what celebrity is pimping it or how much it cost you... at the least ...it STINKS! at the worst...it's HAZARDOUS!

So, Please, either "a little dab will do ya." or forgo it all together and just bathe regularly.

Thanks for letting me rant.
Cleanly Yours,
-Lisa