Am I alone?

[Redstone]

I can't fucking STAND "air fresheners" or scented candles in the house.

If you want to freshen the air, open a goddamn window!

Anyone else?

Redstone

[Guy Fawkes]

1. I hate them with a passion!

Those scented candles make me want to vomit. And potpourri! Yuck.
:puke:

[yewberry]

2. *raises hand*

I always figure that if I want to change the smell of the house, I can just cook something nice. :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

3. Artificial scents bug me

I don't mind a of the little essential oil based stuff, but fake smells kill me. Especially fake fruit smells. :puke:

[Redstone]

6. And "watermelon" is the absolutely WORST fake smell. My kids are not

allowed to eat "watermelon" flavored candy around me. Makes me want to vomit.

Redstone

[LeftyMom]

8. I have a no fake fruit smells rule

Luckily LeftyKid can't have those things anyway, he's on a diet to manage some behavioral issues and arteficial colors and flavors are the primary thing it forbids.

[kiraboo]

4. I hate air fresheners but I like scented candles.

In addition to the scent, I imagine they are santitizing any bad-smelling air molecules. Call me crazy.

[rug]

5. Next, you'll be against moistened toilet paper.

[Redstone]

7. I don't see the connection between the two.

Redstone

[evlbstrd]

18. I'm opposed to moistened toilet paper.

Isn't that my job? How will I know when I'm done?

[Redstone]

19. Hey, how's that new gig working out?

Redstone

[evlbstrd]

21. It's work.

It's a great agency, they treat us well. I'm not thrilled about the accounts, and I feel like a machine. I want to design books again.
Other than that, I guess I can't complain. I have other creative outlets to keep me sane. How were the cookbook sales, and how's your business doing?

Edit to add: Other agencies around here have been closing, so, knocking wood.

[Redstone]

22. Business is good, but mine may be closing soon.

See this: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=5174549

Working at a computer all day is fucking KILLING me and I need to find something else to do.

Redstone

[evlbstrd]

24. Yep.

You're fucking nuts.
But I've read your posts about your health issues, too.
At least if you have to do it, you'll do it right, and do right by your employees.
The best of luck to you, Redstone.

[Redstone]

25. Thank you. Now all I need is $5 million. That oughta be easy.

Though whoever puts it up will get it back in five years and double it in ten.

Redstone

[evlbstrd]

26. I wish I had it.

But then I'd buy a radio station and go all radical. Keep us posted.

[Neoma]

9. I like candles.

But i doubt they freshen air.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. MrG would like to kill me when I pop one open. Living by the lake

it is tough to open a window and have freshness... Unless one likes the smell of fishness. :) :hi:

[Haole Girl]

11. I love Cinnamon candles

but hubby agrees with you. So, I only use them around Christmas time, when it is too cold to open the windows (this is my excuse, anyway!).

[SacredCow]

12. I use them sparingly...

but not the typical sickly-sweet and/or fruity and/or floral things.

[GalleryGod]

13. We ought to buy stock in Yankee Candle.

So please count me , my wife, and most of our friends and colleagues in the PRO-candle group.:shrug:

[flvegan]

14. It's 100 degrees out, here. I'm voting for the candle today.

I burn 'cense a lot, too. Air fresheners? Uh, no.

I do get the point, though.

[undeterred]

15. Yeah, its a fakey smell

The janitors at work put them everywhere. At first I thought it smelled like candy. I can't figure out which scent its supposed to smell like but it certainly isn't fresh air.

[progmom]

16. amen!

...but that's mainly because most of that stuff makes me sneeze horribly. :hi:

[Nicole]

17. No air fresheners here

but I do love scented candles. Plus I burn essential oils in a diffuser. No fruity smells though, I hate those.

I live alone so opening windows for fresh air late at night is not a safe option for me.

[Redstone]

20. Good God, where do you live that you're afraid to open a window?

Redstone

[Nicole]

28. Not afraid, just cautious

I live in a city, in a safe neighborhood. I've never heard of a break in here but why chance it? I also shut my windows when I'm at the lake house in the country too.

I do open my windows until it gets dark, then I shut my windows & turn on my alarm.

[Generic Brad]

23. Don't forget potpourri!

That stuff is equally as smelly as scented candles and air fresheners. Any one of those three makes me feel like I'm going to have an asthma attack.

[Ravenseye]

27. They give me a headache

air freshners, poppouri (sp), heavy purfume....They make my nose hurt and give me headaches.

[Redstone]

29. Yup. I won't walk through the perfume department in a store. Yech.

Redstone

[Ravenseye]

30. There was a mall I used to refuse to go to

The Yankee Candle place in it was so pungent that I could smell it in half the mall. It got to the point where I just refused to ever go there. Just thinking of that smell gives me a little headache.

[Fox Mulder]

31. I hate air fresheners.

But I do love scented candles.

[hippywife]

32. Not alone.

I've gotten to the point I can't use any perfume anymore. No scented body lotions or shower gels. Too artifical smelling.

I do love a little incense once in awhile or I put on a pot of boiling water with anise oil in it. Not very often, tho.

[caty]

33. I struggle to breath

when someone uses scented candles or room fresheners. And, incense will drive me out of the house.;(

[AlCzervik]

34. blech, hate them, i always feel my sinuses close up and my eyes water

from air fresheners and most perfumes.

[Skittles]

35. OPEN A WINDOW??

IN TEXAS ???

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. Most scented candles make me want to hurl.

Especially the fruit or vanilla-scented ones. :puke: And when used for "air-freshening" purposes, what you usually get is a whiff of the underlying odor (cat litter, sweaty socks, cooked fish, stale cigarettes, etc.) with an overlay of sickly-sweet fake blueberry. Yakk! Nasty!

[1gobluedem]

37. You are NOT alone

I can't stand them. One of my co-workers uses those plug-in things; his office smells like the candle aisle in the dollar store. Ugh.

[coffeenap]

38. DH loves to burn sage. Now that is ok. as is a pot of cinnamon,

allspice, vanilla bean, and nutmeg simmering on the stove on a winter day. Aaah....