Perfume – Ugh!

So, a few days ago I discovered some old shampoos and conditioners under my bathroom sink. I stopped using scented products a few years ago, but from time to time I get stupid and want to try out a new product that might be better for my hair, etc, and I buy some heavily scented product that makes me sick. So, I had some unscented shampoo and conditioner but I think I threw them out because they just did not work. It was just a chore for nothing. I either put them away somewhere where I can’t find them or I threw them out because I decided I’m never using them again. Either way, while I was looking for them, I discovered two nearly-full bottles of two different kinds of shampoo and conditioner. Both were 90% full, so that right there should’ve told me all I need to know. If not, the fact that they had been hidden away under the sink for so long I literally do not remember ever buying them.

So, after using nothing but scent-free Dove moisturizing soap (or whatever the actual name is –not a commercial btw), instead of shampoo for the past year, and having perfectly fine hair that did not result in dandruff or anything else I’d been afraid would happen from only using soap on my hair. However, for whatever reason, I got tired of using soap on my hair this week and instead started my scavenger hunt for my unscented shampoo.

Just the hype on the all natural coconut shampoo–regardless of its purple color–made me wonder why on earth I would’ve put it in the back of the cupboard under the bathroom sink. The gigantic bottle of some high-end-looking conditioner, that had classy-looking branding on the bottle, made me brave enough to want to try that out as well. Despite it’s odd brown color. A sample sniff of the open bottle didn’t seem all that bad.

HOWEVER, after my shower, I reeked of perfume. Sure, my hair was soft as can be and if the conditioner bottle hype would live up to its promises, any damaged hair I had should be fixed, but the smell was so strong we had to open the apartment windows in -1 degree celsius weather and put the air purifier on, and I had to keep my hair wrapped up in a towel to try to get away from the smell. My hair is dry now and I’m about 70% nose-blind to the smell at this point.

This made me realize that I definitely will only be able to hire employees that will work from home, or only hire employees that have chemical sensitivities so that they won’t show up to work reeking of perfume. The office must be a scent-free environment because of my own allergies and sensitivities and the only way to be sure that any employee or intern that shows up will be scent free is to hire someone that is aware of the importance of being scent-free because it will be important to them.

Meanwhile, I might have to wear a helmet to bed to prevent my pillow from getting perfumy lol.