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pshaw_raven) wrote2019-12-11 10:54 am
pshaw_raven) wrote2019-12-11 10:54 am
It's Like the Scent of a Victorian Ghost Story
I just got out all those perfume oil bottles and made the mistake of sorting through the boxes, and now I have oil on my fingers. Everything smells like roses and claustrophobia. There's SO MUCH of it. I was considering a pint jar but I think I may need to sacrifice a quart Mason jar, unless I use up a plastic bottle soon.
Poking around on Reddit about this I found a post in an anti-MLM group. The OP moved into a house where the previous owner had been running oil diffusers 24/7 almost. She said the house reeked of different scents to the point where it wasn't a scent anymore, it was a stench. There was oil all over the walls, but she and her husband got their cleaning supplies out and washed down everything and felt like they'd done a good job, until winter came. And when the heat turned on, more oil started to ooze out of the drywall. She said there were running oil slicks on some of the walls, where it was just dripping from the ceiling and everything. It sounds like a nightmare.
Much as I want to like some of these scents, my nose and brain aren't really wired for this. I can't smell half the things normal people can, and I misinterpret the things I can smell. Almost every single one of these smells exactly the same to me, and this happened when they first came through the mail. Five new scents ... that smell the same. One or two did differentiate themselves with distinct herbal or minty smells, but I'm not interested in keeping them.
Just thought I'd share.
Poking around on Reddit about this I found a post in an anti-MLM group. The OP moved into a house where the previous owner had been running oil diffusers 24/7 almost. She said the house reeked of different scents to the point where it wasn't a scent anymore, it was a stench. There was oil all over the walls, but she and her husband got their cleaning supplies out and washed down everything and felt like they'd done a good job, until winter came. And when the heat turned on, more oil started to ooze out of the drywall. She said there were running oil slicks on some of the walls, where it was just dripping from the ceiling and everything. It sounds like a nightmare.
Much as I want to like some of these scents, my nose and brain aren't really wired for this. I can't smell half the things normal people can, and I misinterpret the things I can smell. Almost every single one of these smells exactly the same to me, and this happened when they first came through the mail. Five new scents ... that smell the same. One or two did differentiate themselves with distinct herbal or minty smells, but I'm not interested in keeping them.
Just thought I'd share.