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.)

Comments

[canyonwren.livejournal.com]

I think this is kind of what I was referring to. A keen sense of smell (or someone over-sensitive in other areas, like I am with noise) can definitely be seen as intolerant. However, if it's a working environment, even us intolerant folks need to be able to concentrate. My current officemate and I have an agreement that he can play NPR, which doesn't distract me, but Van Halen is right out. And personally, I would love to have the scent of a vanilla candle around me as I work, but I think people who are allergic or intolerant need to be in consensus that this would be a good thing. Again, personally, someone burning patchouli around me would be on my hit list. For some reason, heavy patchouli makes me nauseous. Even a small amount does. It has to be a very dainty droplet of that scent, mixed in with lots of other things, for me to stomach it.

[kyra-ojosverdes.livejournal.com]

I hear you on both the scent and music fronts. When I play music at my desk, it's at a low enough volume that you have to be *right* next to my desk to make out what's playing. At a distance of three feet, you can hear that music is playing, but it's very soft.

As I told Tori, my reason for wanting candles is to freshen the air in here. It gets really stale sometimes. A sachet seems like it would have too limited an effect... other ideas? I don't necessarily want to *add* a scent to the air, if there's another way to just make it nice and fresh and good. :-)

[canyonwren.livejournal.com]

I think you're being very courteous, if I wasn't clear on that before. You might try the air filter idea, but I honestly can't remember what I paid for my little one and don't know if you want to part with the money. And a good air filter is just heaven--like getting fresh mountain air. I bought my parents a big one for their house (mainly so I could go there without dying, being allergic to cats and dust). One reason my allergies are so bad is growing up in a house with cats, tons of dust, no vacuum (but a carpet in my room), and a woodburning stove.

[roguespirit.livejournal.com]

Oust air sanitizer, maybe? Or one of those not really scented, odor eater candles (not odor eater as in charcoal shoe inserts).