cmewiththemhandz@guerlinaughty
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From the IFRA to the office, fragrance is under attack. Using my freedoms of speech I shall deliver this video with great privilege to my fellow Senters and esnífers.
What do you all think about fragrance being banned in workplaces— especially in healthcare!
Lmk!
Incense_Cat@incensecat
I don't think it's a problem for hospital settings where people are directly interacting with patients in closed spaces. Being able to smell if there is an infection or other issue is gross but necessary. Chemo and other treatments can make people very sensitive to strong smells. Settings where a fragrance could have the potential to affect someone's health/treatment. Does it suck, sure, but being part of a community/member of society means caring for other people's wellbeing to some degree
cmewiththemhandz@guerlinaughty
1000000% agree!!!
Chronic Oversprayer@guerlainjunkie
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Im an icu nurse at a hospital that has no policy on scent. Most of my patients are intubated and can’t smell anything, sedated, near death. All the hygiene products the hospital provides for patient care is scented. The soap and hand sanitizer is scented. The cleaning products are scented. They give us room deodorizer spray for the rooms that need it. It would be pointless to not let us wear perfume. It makes sense in a setting like oncology infusion or ob-gyn where the population is inherently disposed to nausea and sensitivity but im thankful that it doesn’t matter in my area. Also thankful that many of my coworkers are fragrance people, we love sharing decants and swapping things. We have a charge nurse who comes to work bathed in Angel every day. I think a strict no scent policy would actually be a deal breaker for me unless it was a unicorn dream job
cmewiththemhandz@guerlinaughty
So interesting and enlightening!!!
Curlyhen@curlyhen
Nurse here too!! From my own experience I can tell you that NHS nurses love there perfumes and I can break up periods by popular scents. At the minute, you walk into an NHS hospital and you’ll be hit with a wall of N°04 Fashionably London. I’ve never heard of a single person being pulled up because of fragrance. That being said, and I agree that a lot of common sense is applied.. it would be inappropriate to wear perfumes in oncology or NICU.
Chronic Oversprayer@guerlainjunkie
Replying to @curlyhen
Omg i had no idea you were also a nurse! I feel like so many of us love fragrance because it’s like aromatherapy for all the human stenches we endure.
Frank Intense@frankintense
It depends! Whew! I broke some ground there!
DGS@leatherfriction
Is *definitely* protected, fer sherrr
MagnifiScent@magnifiscent
It’s a creeping issue that’s for sure. I no longer work outside the home. That said, banning fragrance at the workplace would have hastened my departure. I’ve read stories about one coworker complaining and HR sending emails about scented products that reach into their (the employees) home-spaces, asking to refrain from scented laundry products, scented deodorant, body wash—even shampoo in some cases. That goes too far. I have more sensitivity to close-confined spaces and refraining from (or tempering) use of strong perfumes. But even then, it’s a slippery slope. No easy answers. Scented stuff is so integral to my self care these days and as someone with allergies and asthma, I (personally) would never ask anyone to stop wearing their perfume for my sake.
cmewiththemhandz@guerlinaughty
For me it is necessary to ground myself when I’m stressed. I need a citrus (Acqua Di Parma Colonia or Habit Rouge even) laden fragrance in my office and it helps my clients (I’m therapy)
Curlyhen@curlyhen
I think it is so discourteous to spray a lot of strong perfumes if you work in a small office/closed in space with other people. I personally think it’s the over spraying, not necessarily the perfume, but there’s a few I wouldn’t wear to the office (like Ambre Samar or Ombre Nomade) .. for the most part it’s just common sense. But that’s just insane.. how can you ban a person from scented deodorant or laundry detergent. I personally think that fragrance is an extension of the person and how we chose to express ourselves, like make up, clothing, jewellery, hair styles etc. it shocking that this should be so heavily policed in the workplace. I understand that there are always exceptions to the rules were you might need to be more courteous, like a pregnant colleague who is experiencing morning sickness. I personally have never heard of fragrance bans in workplaces in Ireland and the UK.
MagnifiScent@magnifiscent
Replying to @curlyhen
You could be right about overspraying. Either “beast mode” or spraying too much would be awful. As far as people asking about detergent and deodorant, it happened at my daughter’s work. The woman—who was in another division and hybrid work from home/at office—asked HR to request people refrain from scented detergent (she mentioned lavender), fabric softeners and dryer sheets and perfume. My daughter gets 99% of her perfumes from me and loves wearing them. It was not going over well with her and her colleagues. As far as I know, no policy change happened. I’d stop wearing perfume if I knew it bothered someone but laundry isn’t on the table for me.
Sascha@saschalouise
I work in a psyche hospital and I like to choose none offensive fragrances but I’ll often throw on a lush baddie and a few patients have now nicknamed me lush, hey I’ve been called waaaay worse! Alan Cummings is such a great dude, I’m so intrigued by this. Might have to start cumming in the hospital.
Curlyhen@curlyhen
You might not get pulled by HR, but you just might raise a few eyebrows if you start cumming in the hospital 🤣🤣
Sascha@saschalouise
Replying to @curlyhen
I was actually reading a thing from the perspective of patients and turns out they’re all cumming in the hospital 🙃🙃🙃😂😂
Curlyhen@curlyhen
Replying to @saschalouise
😱🥴
Curlyhen@curlyhen
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A salacious and ejaculative speculation on these fine fragrances! I didn’t know Alan Cumming had a perfume and I’ve since discovered that there is a 2nd Cumming! The Tubereuse Criminelle sounds divine. What time of the day did you shoot this? I really like the interesting colours and light.
cmewiththemhandz@guerlinaughty
Yes! I shot it under city lights around 5-5:45am
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