tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post5484381142198810487..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Demonizing Perfume with the Evangelical Conviction of Erroneous Fact SplashingPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-65681905954923503732017-09-26T15:01:04.752+01:002017-09-26T15:01:04.752+01:00I have been working my way through various older a...I have been working my way through various older articles and have enjoyed them enormously. <br />This one is both fascinating in its own right on the subject of perfume but - as of late 2017 - it is also terrifying prescient about techniques that now seem to be used to misinform and mislead virtually everyone about everything. We live in a world in which disinformation and fake news are massiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48220838648834663282016-10-22T10:49:56.358+01:002016-10-22T10:49:56.358+01:00Thanks!
Since you're reading her and over at ...Thanks!<br /><br />Since you're reading her and over at persolaise you should have known that Wasser was talking tongue-in-cheek and that no one died of methyl eugenol. It is not really riskier than eating a chilli pepper in your food. That should do it. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-18026943981949969362016-10-13T22:29:28.323+01:002016-10-13T22:29:28.323+01:00This quite an interesting read. Thanks! I know I a...This quite an interesting read. Thanks! I know I am chiming in late to this post, but I wanted someone's educated opinion on something regarding Methyl Eugenol. I'm interested in Nahema extrait (yes, I know, discontinued!!! but older bottles can still be found here and there). Interestingly, Guerlain in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser referred to it as a "weapon-of-mass-destruction&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-20439382793468364422016-10-13T21:44:42.249+01:002016-10-13T21:44:42.249+01:00It isn't just politically correct to abstain f...It isn't just politically correct to abstain from scents while out in public because many people are sensitive to these smells to the point of actually getting sick. If someone has dowsed themselves in perfume I can't stay in the same room. My sister in law is far worse, she can barely go out of her own home anymore, if she does she pays for it for a few days after. Some shampoos and Gracienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-77158526261415041602015-01-08T11:00:45.854+00:002015-01-08T11:00:45.854+00:00Anon #3,
thanks for taking the time to read and f...Anon #3,<br /><br />thanks for taking the time to read and for your vote of confidence on the rest of my site. <br /><br />I think you're confusing other more sinister things with the ingredients in perfumes which account for an extremely minimal absorption from the skin. GMOs and heliotropine are two completely different things, one is way out of league in comparison to the other, so it is Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-7371260631873793282015-01-08T10:59:11.084+00:002015-01-08T10:59:11.084+00:00Anon #2,
to whom your mother sent the disproven a...Anon #2,<br /><br />to whom your mother sent the disproven article to justify not purchasing perfume. <br /><br />So well said. But you know conspiracy theories are popular for a reason: they prey on our feelings, our feelings of wanting to be "in the know", our alarm at "what else are they hiding from us?", our rebellion "against a nanny state" and our "concernPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-38076201159672543762015-01-08T10:31:06.618+00:002015-01-08T10:31:06.618+00:00Anon #1,
if you allow me, I will quote you. :-)
T...Anon #1,<br /><br />if you allow me, I will quote you. :-)<br />Thanks for your comment and for reading and for your kind words. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-15874398881092804992015-01-07T16:02:39.021+00:002015-01-07T16:02:39.021+00:00This article made me laugh!! 'Because we eat h...This article made me laugh!! 'Because we eat hormone fed chicken, sick beef and come in contact with a thousand other pollutants on a day to day basis, why worry about a few, itty bitty (potentially) harmful chemicals?' Oh wait! 'EVERYTHING is made up of chemicals' hahaha. So they are good for you. Or at least, not too harmful, apparently. So why don't you down some bleach Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-24442196095001570272015-01-07T06:02:42.354+00:002015-01-07T06:02:42.354+00:00My mother sent me that exact article as an explana...My mother sent me that exact article as an explanation of why she would not be purchasing any perfume for Christmas this year. I have recently become more interested in perfume and included a few new favorites on my holiday wish-list. The article itself suggested that you send it to your loved ones. This really upset me. It's one thing for an individual to purchase what they want to purchase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57565966764772926032014-12-14T00:49:55.071+00:002014-12-14T00:49:55.071+00:00Great article! There is a strange attitude toward...Great article! There is a strange attitude towards perfume right now, but I had no idea anyone was actually trying to ban the use of certain ingredients because they are "chemicals." Seriously???? Aside from the fact that everything on & in the planet is made from chemicals, for example the air we breathe, the idea that so-called "natural" ingredients are automatically Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64691986994518852782013-04-08T10:31:38.722+01:002013-04-08T10:31:38.722+01:00Ines,
glad, got your email and replied. :-)Ines,<br /><br />glad, got your email and replied. :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64671660969166946682013-04-08T10:24:08.092+01:002013-04-08T10:24:08.092+01:00L,
you have inspired me to Google!
I agree that ...L,<br /><br />you have inspired me to Google!<br /><br />I agree that this fixation on cleanliness is surely an old business and it just takes different forms. To be so obsessive-compulsive about such things surely can't be beneficial in the long run. Like I said, there's a streak of masochism in it too. Perhaps even a hint of Christian belief of"sacrifice" too. (=if I suffer Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-47212958929171882712013-04-08T10:21:39.422+01:002013-04-08T10:21:39.422+01:00Anon,
you're absolutely correct! One would th...Anon,<br /><br />you're absolutely correct! One would think twice about eating more than about spraying a perfume, right? <br /><br />Anyway, the lack of comments on Alex's post doesn't indicate "silent indifference" to me by readers, but surely a tight-fisted moderator control? I'm certain there would have been a dissenting voice. ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-6045611435639831252013-04-05T22:20:21.473+01:002013-04-05T22:20:21.473+01:00Elena,
demanding work is demanding.
Said friend...Elena, <br />demanding work is demanding. <br /><br />Said friend is a fermentation geek, writes often about her billions of pets, and she's a psychologist by profession, with quite a theoretical streak. She wrote a long angry rant about various nonsensical diets and detox regimens with a Freudian intro with a bit of focus on the anal phase of psychosexual development. Which is googlable; Liisa Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-43507174093397757612013-04-04T07:47:42.310+01:002013-04-04T07:47:42.310+01:00The "thingie" was waiting for me when I ...The "thingie" was waiting for me when I came home yesterday! <br />Thank you so very much! :) I look forward to trying both.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-62400270373610337172013-04-03T10:08:49.611+01:002013-04-03T10:08:49.611+01:00Natasha,
thank you very much for your kind words....Natasha,<br /><br />thank you very much for your kind words. <br /><br />Your arguments are solid. There are two polar opposites on this argument it seems and both sides of the argument like to press their point with maddening force, as I had years ago stated on these pages apropos the restrictions of 2007. Logic would prove that a median way would be the best way. (But that doesn't sell Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-2554429897170178392013-04-03T10:05:18.932+01:002013-04-03T10:05:18.932+01:00Ines,
thank you honey!
BTW, has the "thing...Ines, <br /><br />thank you honey! <br />BTW, has the "thingie" promised reached you yet? ;-)<br /><br />I suppose that the fact that allergens are clearly mentioned on the packaging of perfume has escaped the author's attention, or else they're talking about other products (though those too come under the requirement of stating allergens, so if they're mentioning "Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-83332887260670429722013-04-03T10:02:22.840+01:002013-04-03T10:02:22.840+01:00TPD,
thank you.
You see, with the state of the ...TPD,<br /><br />thank you. <br /><br />You see, with the state of the EU right now, I'm not surprised that small issues such as this are gaining an enormously overblown significance over other major issues. If one is seeing striving for something really small, at least they're seen as trying! <br /><br />I'm also a pollen induced allergy suffered (every spring with regularity). I can Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-38287501553570760142013-04-03T09:56:59.109+01:002013-04-03T09:56:59.109+01:00Anon,
at your convenience. :-)
An acutely relevan...Anon,<br /><br />at your convenience. :-)<br />An acutely relevant observation, in the meantime, thank you for it! <br />I guess the beauty and the disaster of data is that it can be used this way or that way. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48132262992075725252013-04-02T17:15:00.383+01:002013-04-02T17:15:00.383+01:00Dear Perfume Shrine,
Once again, you bring us a t...Dear Perfume Shrine,<br /><br />Once again, you bring us a thoughtful post with such eloquence! All these fear mongering about chemicals here and there! I love how Alexandra Scranton mentions about allergens like geraniol are included in products. She conveniently forgets to say that these allergens are already stated on the box of the product. If you're allergic to something, avoid it! I'Natashanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-55549400247725690992013-04-02T12:18:17.396+01:002013-04-02T12:18:17.396+01:00Excellent article!
As it's also very well arg...Excellent article! <br />As it's also very well argumented, I don't see a reason anyone should have bad feelings regarding it. POssibly should wonder about the quality of their research though. ;)<br /><br />I'm with Perfume Dandy, I mean, I said this a million times already. If every chocolate can warn against the possibility of containing peanuts, I don't see where is the Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-67693866759008619702013-04-01T22:31:28.110+01:002013-04-01T22:31:28.110+01:00Dear Shrine
An excellent piece.
The very crux of...Dear Shrine<br /><br />An excellent piece.<br /><br />The very crux of this issue seems to me to be proportionality.<br /><br />Surely it is absurd to allow the sale of cigarettes and yet ban certain perfume ingredients on the very debatable (to say the least) evidence of their cancer causing possibilities?<br /><br />Furthermore, this labeling of fragrance ingredients as "chemical" theperfumeddandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826475345009599846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-62081994566331229972013-04-01T18:22:13.069+01:002013-04-01T18:22:13.069+01:00LOL geraniol, eugenol, citronellol are all found i...LOL geraniol, eugenol, citronellol are all found in food and plants! Rose oil, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, right?, LOL what is this Alexandra woman talking about? And you're right, they DO label the known allergens and irritants and restrict the levels of suspected compounds.<br /><br />Only compliant is you made me click on this woman's site and thereby directed my web traffic there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31774941859463530952013-04-01T17:55:31.403+01:002013-04-01T17:55:31.403+01:00I need to sit down later and read your thoughtful ...I need to sit down later and read your thoughtful post due to its length, but just wanted to comment that I lived in a dorm with some very smart people who swore by organic produce but also thought that meant you didn't need to wash it. Had to explain to them what the organic fertilizer probably was and why they still might need to wash it. It's funny how people perceive "organic&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87015486682722580522013-04-01T15:37:54.867+01:002013-04-01T15:37:54.867+01:00The deleted comment was advertising spam from some...The deleted comment was advertising spam from someone selling something irrelevant (obviously they thought the post was a good match)<br /><br />But I am copying-pasting the content of the message sans link, BECAUSE IT REPEATS SO FUCKING IDENTICALLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT:<br /><br />[Deleted author] "Well, I have experienced having rashes or itchiness as a result of a beauty product. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com