I have bought an expensive and nice, extra warm duvet, a couple of days ago. Now unpacked it from its little (large) carrier bag because I finally got a duvet cover washed and jesus fuck why does everything need to smell of things? This one I'd describe as the perfume aisle of a supermarket, with tones of apple and a side of laundry detergent and scented candle.
Why must smells? Please no smells, all things sans smell please 😭
Sini Tuulia
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •At least I don't really get migraines any more, these days my nose just burns on the inside and I'm constantly aware of any new smell anywhere.
Pour one out for dogs and cats, with much more sensitive senses than humans, having to live with our bullshit because everything must smell "nice" 😐
JJ Celery
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •between this, and fear I developed from that one episode of CSI I watched once where people died from wearing "new" clothes, I always wash everything that comes through the door before I use it. I did that with the duvets we bought few years back too.
It's a giant pain in the arse though.
Sini Tuulia
in reply to JJ Celery • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Sini Tuulia • •@Sini Tuulia @JJ Celery I mean, rain would also wash the duvet, wouldn't it?
now, *drying* it could be a bit more of an issue, in that weather :D
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JJ Celery
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •I used to bring my previous duvets to a launderette for this. The new ones are much more compact and fit in my machine, so I get to launder them at home. The dehumidifier helps a lot with the drying process.
But yes, duvets a giant pain in the arse, and living in Ireland has taught me some painful lessons about not hoping for good weather for laundry!
I hope the smell goes away quickly 🤞
Sini Tuulia
in reply to JJ Celery • • •Ah, it is misery for now.
Sini Tuulia
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Me, I've taken an antihistamine and my nose doesn't hurt as much now.
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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Oh, so much this!
I hate things that 'smell nice' and things that smell of packaging, and things that smell of people who haven't washed properly.
Gulleko
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in reply to Gulleko • • •Saule, anar en Mousses
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •I’m very sensitive to smells and my mother was even more. (Wearing a mask in public helps. I wish I’d thought about it sooner)
I think mostly, people don’t have a great sense of smell. And they like the stimulation.
Sini Tuulia
in reply to Saule, anar en Mousses • • •@PeryleneBleu Outside it is great, and in the hallway of the building and lift, where people's cigarette and perfume smells often live... But not so great indoors, I imagine sleeping for the first week is going to be a bit horrible.
When I was a teenager I liked perfumes and would wear stupid amounts of the cheapest possible ones, and somehow it didn't bother me. I don't know what exactly happened apart from the sensitivity/allergy to a lot of perfume components, but now I can't stand it!
BeeCycling
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Sini Tuulia
in reply to BeeCycling • • •@beecycling It has been raining and will be raining pretty much every day, which is why it took me so long to get a clean duvet cover. 🥲
I've just put it in the cover and am keeping the quilts shifted to the side to let some air pass over it, the cotton cover doesn't do much to contain it.
BeeCycling
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Rope Bunny Nicole, Cuddle Slut
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in reply to Rope Bunny Nicole, Cuddle Slut • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Sini Tuulia • •@Sini Tuulia @Rope Bunny Nicole, Cuddle Slut I may be a person who could theoretically enjoy a scented duvet. I do enjoy scents.
if I scented it myself, with a scent of my own choice
maybe
but really, *why*???
If I wanted to smell a scent when going to bed I could just put some essence on the bedside table, and it would work just as well!
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sollat
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Sini Tuulia
in reply to sollat • • •After opening it in an apartment with three cats? Probably not
Also there's no guarantee that another one wouldn't also smell and it would be so much effort to that I certainly can't do it now
Edit: there's a warranty for THIS duvet, so I could get another one without issue
c.reider :queer_cat_nonbinary:
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •RealGene ☣️
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •I am firmly of the opinion that COVID-induced anosmia has resulted in manufacturers increasing the perfume levels in detergents and soaps.
Due to both customers reporting "it doesn't smell as strong as it used to", and the plant operators unable to tell.
I switched dishwasher detergents after an "improved formula" made the product I was using too intense (I returned the open package to the store). I now buy a mostly scentless product at about double the cost.
I buy an unscented hand soap, because I don't like perfume odor when I eat, but the latest bottle has a distinct smell of lemons. I don't know if it is intentional or a manufacturing error. I emailed the company, got crickets. Now I'm worried the other unopened bottle I have will be the same.
Sini Tuulia
in reply to RealGene ☣️ • • •But there's also been advancements in perfume technology apparently, where they can make the same scent stick around much longer than they used to. Madness.
iita
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •As a scent sensitive (consequently) asthmatic, I feel and share your distress.
I can deal with the scent of a rose, for which I'm eternally grateful. I love roses.
Most of the time, no scents please.
Loved going into stores during Covid mandatory masking. No old man's stale 80s after shave! No walking ashtrays!
There are stores I avoid because every single item in there smells of some cheap fabric softener / air freshening thingy. Whatever you buy there brings the sensory horror home.