As you all are potentially aware, I have an allergy to at least one (unknown id) perfume and am hyper sensitive to other (many, but not all) perfumes and some natural fragrances. Besides one lavender tea incident, the throat swelling has only ever been in response to perfumed products on the lower half of my face for longer than the time it takes to wash it back off (so it's not TOO scary, since I always have time to escape). Hypersensitivity isn't the same as allergy, but when you add the knowledge that some unknown perfume aggressors out there will make my airway swell mostly closed, the hypersensitivity becomes very alarming and hard to deal with. Am I sneezing and feeling like I'm gonna choke because Smell, or am I risking anaphylaxis?
So as you can imagine, I usually buy unscented cosmetics, hygiene products, etc. And that's not always enough! As I was saying to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
twistedchick recently, sometimes I have to discard unscented products due to the smells of ingredients. Common offenders include burning (how?), ozone (this isn't unbearable but it's very annoying), a vaguely "gone off" smell in some moisturizers (rancid oils? Or some kind of fungal ingredient??), and urine (WHY! I know it's because they use urea in the manufacture but that's an issue I would think they would consider urgent to fix???)
But sometimes I feel compelled to try scented products because there doesn't seem to be a good unscented alternative. If you have any special requirements for shampoo and conditioner - in my case, I have low-porosity hair and lots of common ingredients don't work for me - there tend to be no unscented options, because unscented products are already considered a special requirement. I have decided that I need a new leave in conditioner that's more effective for holding curls and waves without frizz, and maybe a curl cream. (I don't like gel but it's always there if I can't find a good cream solution.)
Well, I tried a John Frieda Frizz Ease "curl revitalizing oil spray" today with great hopes.
My first impression was "this smells like my mother in law".waxjism agrees. It's a perfume, and the product does contain a little patchouli but it's not exactly patchouli that smells like her (but it is musky). The ingredients include "perfume", as usual, which should be illegal anywhere btw, so that's not much help.
Anyway, it's strong enough that I don't like it and will have to give it away, but it's not strong enough that I need to wash it out a day early, as long as my hair is kept back out of my face.
I've been reading the occasional perfume review reblogged bycleolinda and have got the idea it could be oud or some rose-related thing. Or maybe it's the combination of patchouli with one of these other things? I'm medium confident that it's not moringa...
Water/Aqua/Eau, Propylene Glycol, Magnesium Sulfate, Polyglycerin-3, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Polyquaternium-68, VP/VA Copolymer, Sea Salt/Maris Sal/Sel marin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance/Parfum, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalyl Acetate, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Rose Ketones, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes
So as you can imagine, I usually buy unscented cosmetics, hygiene products, etc. And that's not always enough! As I was saying to
twistedchick recently, sometimes I have to discard unscented products due to the smells of ingredients. Common offenders include burning (how?), ozone (this isn't unbearable but it's very annoying), a vaguely "gone off" smell in some moisturizers (rancid oils? Or some kind of fungal ingredient??), and urine (WHY! I know it's because they use urea in the manufacture but that's an issue I would think they would consider urgent to fix???)But sometimes I feel compelled to try scented products because there doesn't seem to be a good unscented alternative. If you have any special requirements for shampoo and conditioner - in my case, I have low-porosity hair and lots of common ingredients don't work for me - there tend to be no unscented options, because unscented products are already considered a special requirement. I have decided that I need a new leave in conditioner that's more effective for holding curls and waves without frizz, and maybe a curl cream. (I don't like gel but it's always there if I can't find a good cream solution.)
Well, I tried a John Frieda Frizz Ease "curl revitalizing oil spray" today with great hopes.
My first impression was "this smells like my mother in law".
waxjism agrees. It's a perfume, and the product does contain a little patchouli but it's not exactly patchouli that smells like her (but it is musky). The ingredients include "perfume", as usual, which should be illegal anywhere btw, so that's not much help. Anyway, it's strong enough that I don't like it and will have to give it away, but it's not strong enough that I need to wash it out a day early, as long as my hair is kept back out of my face.
I've been reading the occasional perfume review reblogged by
cleolinda and have got the idea it could be oud or some rose-related thing. Or maybe it's the combination of patchouli with one of these other things? I'm medium confident that it's not moringa... Water/Aqua/Eau, Propylene Glycol, Magnesium Sulfate, Polyglycerin-3, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Polyquaternium-68, VP/VA Copolymer, Sea Salt/Maris Sal/Sel marin, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance/Parfum, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Peel Oil, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalyl Acetate, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Rose Ketones, Tetramethyl Acetyloctahydronaphthalenes