I wear body spray and deodorant. But since I was dxed with RA three years ago I have become very allergic to some perfumes and can't stand the smell of them. I have only found two that I can tolerate wearing and only do so on special occasions when I go out, which isn't often. I don't know whether it's the disease or the drugs that gave me the perfume allergy but something happened.
I love perfume! I have so many favorites and use one of them almost everyday of my favorite perfume into it before using. I also have allergies, but this does not bother me and I get lots of compliments and people asking what it is. It's actually musk.
I'm addicted to perfume. I have lots, wear it daily, and even spray my sheets when they come out of the dryer. I've just rediscovered a lotion I used years ago. It is now called "Vaseline Intensive Rescue". It used to be Intensive Care. I have severe Sjogren's and my skin has suffered horribly because of it. My hands were so dry, they were flakey and would split open on my fingertips and bleed. I went to bed with Neosporin and bandaids on 4-6 fingertips each night.
The very first time I used Intensive Rescue, my hands looked and felt better than they have in ages! And, to keep with the topic, the scent is great. Very clean and fresh.
Now, aside from that, my favorite perfume is Chanel #5. I've used it for years and put it on almost every day. It just makes me feel feminine and a bit pampered. My Mom got it for me for my birthday every year until she died 10 years ago. She lived on her social security, but that was something she wanted to do for me. Since then, my Sweet Husband has made sure I always have it.
Hummm.... seems like everyone has allergies.
I have bad sinuses, probably allergic to quite a few things, but I am not going to go messing around with finding out, as that means a lot of needles at one time.
Oh back on track... I do not wear smelly stuff, well that was until I went with daughter around Christmas time to Bath & Body Works to get her a small bottle of her favorite spray. Well... I ended up buying myself one, just because I kinda liked how it smelled.
Today I found it in my junk drawer and decided to spray some on me. It acutally smells pretty good, and is not overpowering at all. But not an eveyrday kinda thing.
I LOVE the smell of rose scented purfumes and lotions. And I was in LOVE with baby fresh lysol and anything that smelled like baby powder. Yep... at one time my whole house smelled like a nice freshly cleaned babies bootay LMAO!! They even had air freshners in baby powder scent!! I was in heaven when I found those for for 2!!
I am allergic to lots of lotions especially ones with flowerly scents. I do like Lucky perfume. My hubbie buys it for me on my b-day & Christmas. I spray the air then walk through it. I have always done this because I don't like it overpowering me and plus that's how my substitute mom used to do it. LOLJust about every year... I restock my mom's favorite perfume or body splash. Jean Nate.
Yep... that is how I remember my mom smelling every since I was a kid.
Well if we're talking lotions, my absolute favorite is Creative Scentsations from Creative Nail Design. Right now I have Tangerine & Lemongrass, but all their flavors are delicious. It actually did better at moisturizing my extremely dry hands than any of the Neutrogena/Vaseline/Cetaphil type stuff.I cannot have lotions that smell like actual fruit or food and smell delicious.... because I hate to say it.... I would be eating it. I swear I would be. I use to when I was a teenager.
And I almost relapsed around Christmas time. I found this perfume that smelled just like cotton candy... was going to get MIL to buy it for daughter for Christmas, and I sprayed it on the back of my hand to let MIL smell it, and well... the whole day I had the compulsive urge to lick the back of my hand to taste the cotton candy that was on my hand.
I know... ya'll are thinking I am a freaking loon.... guess what you are RIGHT, and not the firsts to think or say it
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Do you wear purfume or body spray or anything like that? [/QUOTE]
Aveeno "Stress Relief" lotion (lavender & ylang ylang) in the fall and winter; in the summer, whatever my sunscreen smells like I wear "Tommy Girl" when I want to feel especially pretty. someimes I wear "Heaven Scent" When I take a nice long bath I use lavender bath salts, and I make sure all my dressser drawers have "Country linen" wax tartlets or candles in them, its a scent from Yankee Candle.
In the house I have Yankee Candles in Sage and Citrus in every room..
mostly I like clean fresh scents.
I only wear Beautiful perfume and thats just occasionally. I put on Bath and Body lotion after a shower. I mix it with Jergens Shea Butter Lotion for a lite smell. Sweet Pea is my favorite. I'm a perfume adict too. My signature smell is Dolce Vita by christian dior, it always reminds me of sherbert!, all the girls in my office love it. Like innerglow I also absolutely love the creative sensations lotions, my favourite one (I use for the legs and arms) is the lavender and jojoba and the one I use at work for my hands is the cranberry. They smell so good you could eat them.
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