Fragrance Sensitivity

[kyra_ojosverdes]

Anyone out there have it? I'd like to burn candles in the front office at work, but one woman (that I know of) is sensitive to many fragrances.

Does anyone know if natural scents (ya know, from natural oils as opposed to synthetic chemical stuff) make a difference for fragrance sensitivity?

Does anyone know of a source for candles made with natural ingredients? I'd love to find some soy-wax candles which are scented with natural oils.

(In other 'natural oil' news, I used some calendula baby oil to clean off the mascara that I'd applied last night. Now my eyes are all puffy and a little irritated. I Googled calendula, and it's used widely to *reduce* eye puffiness and irritation, so maybe I have a specific sensitivity to the stuff.)

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[samvimes.livejournal.com]

Sensitive as in allergic. She sneezes and gets stuffy.

Just as another data point, senssuzy has multiple chemical sensitivity, which gives her the allergic reaction and (as a result) the super-acute olfactory sense. In that situation, candles are one of the first things to go. The only candles she can be around are pure beeswax candles. No scented anything. (No perfumes, no scented detergents or cleaners...)

So, I second canyonwren's comment: Ask around, see what everyone says they're OK with. An air filter sounds like a great idea.