iloveshopping
Registered Shopper
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2012
- Messages
- 3,646
I would hazard a guess and say that it is because those smells are popular. We need to like the smell of the creams.
Thanks all - much appreciated. I do have stressed skin and getting some lines (have a severe chronic illness and on a number of nasty med's) but sounds as if I may be better off with phytomineral range.
I didn't know rose was an irritant - thought it was opposite because a lot of the all natural brands like Balance Me and Lavera put it in everything!!
I would hazard a guess and say that it is because those smells are popular. We need to like the smell of the creams.
I think the majority of us can use fragranced creams and it is a factor in us preferencing one cream over another, assuming that they meet their use. The first thing we do when we open a new jar is to smell it.Why not just make them all fragrance free? Then there can't be any offensive smell. Fragrance free is better for the skin anyway. There's no actual need for any kind of pleasant smell, obviously it's desirable for a lot of people but there's nothing that makes it essential.
Not everyone has a good sense of smell. I used to have an extremely good sense o smell to the extent that I felt sick when outside as a child...smells of dog pee in the street, petrol and diesel fumes from cars etc. Now the sense has considerably dulled. So what is strong to one person is faint to anotherI can't use anything strongly scented, no matter how good it's supposed to be.
I remember trying a face cream on the back of my hand once, it was by Lancaster, don't think they are still around. The cream had a lovely velvety texture, but smelled exactly like Opium perfume. The smell was very strong and I could not imagine putting it on my face. Why use such strong scents in face products?
I think the majority of us can use fragranced creams and it is a factor in us preferencing one cream over another, assuming that they meet their use. The first thing we do when we open a new jar is to smell it.