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Return Your Fragrance Gifts to Vendor #Returntovendor

Re-post: [Language warning] [This post is for satire, entertainment and education purposes only] A parody of an ad for Viktor&Rolf, Spicebomb: Viktor&Rolf launched its first headache inducing bomb: a chemically concocted profusion of imitation flower ‘essences’ created from fragrance-chemical irritants, solvents and petrochemicals magically morphed into a feminine ‘perfume’, pretending to be sensual to the point of […]

REPOST: Fragrance Free Room at Victoria University

REPOST Wednesday May 2019 This is the sign on the door of one of the study rooms inside the library at St. Alban’s Victoria University (VU). It’s a fragrance free room, so in effect, it’s actually a fragrance free policy, yes? For me, the best thing about this room (besides that I can book it […]

Going to University with MCS [or symptoms of chemical sensitivity]

Today I’d like to share with an article I wrote for AESSRA magazine, Sensitivity Matters. I’m eternally grateful to AESSRA for continuing to publish my work as it honestly keeps my potty mouth in check… while also helping prevent my mind forming cobwebs from lack of use. And it’s always helpful to be of help […]

Something smells off: Kate Grenville’s case against fragrance

Fragrance is intimately linked with our memories and feelings. J. Sibiga Photography/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Ian Musgrave, University of Adelaide Scents, fragrances, perfumes. These words transform the mere concept of odours into something more evocative. Fragrance is intimately linked with our memories and feelings. For me the heavy smell of eucalyptus is forever associated with summer. […]

Full Text of the Latest Australian Fragrance Study by Professor Anne Steinemann—for Translation Purposes

Health and societal effects from exposure to fragranced consumer products (For the purposes of being able to translate this document into your preferred language, here is the full translatable text. Our translate button is up to the right of the page. Use the dropdown menu to choose your language, then copy and paste into a text […]

Bras, Underwear and Activewear for Chemically Sensitive People

What are the best undergarments for people with allergies and sensitivities? [Post updated with new collections and garments for men also] This post centres on undergarments for people who are sensitive to chemicals in clothing. This collection ranges from certified organic fabrics through to conventional. If you have any tips on good brands of organic or generic underwear,

More Bras for the Chemically Sensitive (and undies!)

There's a reason for showing my underwear today, back at Victoria University, in one of my very last classes the teacher was talking about blogging. They said, in relation to disclosing personal information, "There's no need to show the world your undies." A teacher once said... So I'd like to share with you how finding undergarments that not laced with chemical-irritant

Bendon Wire Free Bras

Bendon have 40% off everything. Use the code LOVE40 In continuation of Labyrinth Press's most popular posts: The Bendon Body Padded Wireless Bra is great because it's wireless and offers a little boost for us women on the smaller side. Another goody I just discovered is the Cotton Soft Underwire Bra in pink champagne; the black is also delightfully pretty. In answer

Organic Bras

The fabric used in the manufacture of organic bras is made up of non-toxic materials; usually it’s cotton or hemp. The elastic can be a problem for some people because it has petrochemicals in either the rubber (or spandex) of it. For others it is hardly noticeable, if at all. And for most people it goes away after a few washes (oh, all right, a lot of washes for the severely

What it’s Like to Wear a Mask, Part II (9.2 years later)

There are some people who need to wear a mask over their face to help them try to avoid symptoms bought on by breathing in allergens they are allergic to. There are other people who do the same because they have become sensitised to some/or all of the chemical ingredients in fragrances. And, more controversially so, there are people who wear one because they have become

Take off your bra!

Okay, I'm having a terrible day, all because I drove my daughter to school this morning. (We usually leave at 8.00 am to avoid the traffic but today we were running late and left at 8.20 am, and had to crawl our way through the backstreets, and noxious traffic fumes that stung my eyes and nostrils like the fumes from caustic soda.) And now I'm sitting, writing this, with a

How the Mask Can Hinder

Back before I had an 'Access Plan' (called a Disability Plan, in other countries perhaps? Oh wait, is it only Victoria University (VU) who're up to speed on this?) created for me by VU In 2012, I began to get sicker; I thought that was as sick as I could get. I didn't know that it can much worse than that. When I had to wear a mask to school, and found even that didn't help

How to Get Your 3M Mask to Seal Tight

Hello! I've not been around this blog much due to having an awful winter where I lost tolerance to a lot of my safe foods (and as I've just discovered via testing with my Allergist and Immunologist, this was due to the mould, Pullaria). I've spent most of my time holding onto the furniture while feeling as if I am spinning uncontrollably out of control. Not fun. Woodsmoke

Do It Yourself Air Filtering Mask

Do you have problems wearing the 3M masks? Does the fabric or the cost of the I Can Breathe masks rub you up the wrong way? Well, this could be the solution for you. Linda Sepp from Seriously Sensitive to Pollution posted up some awesome ideas that chemically sensitive people could use to make their own masks. There is a link to a pattern, instructions and all you need to

BOLD NATIVE: a film about Animal Liberation

Today, I'm sharing the fictional film 'Bold Native', a movie about Animal Liberation. If you enjoy watching this film, please click on the links below it to support the filmmaker so that more movies can be produced like this one. You can also visit The Vegan Revolution channel (where I found this movie) for more re-educational information on the plight of our animals, how we

How Going Vegan Helped my Relationship with My SuperMan

(This post discusses adult topics and uses adult words written in an Australian vernacular.) I've spent 13 years, 14 this September, practicing the only known treatment for inhalant allergies to chemicals: avoidance behaviour. Due to digestion issues related to food intolerance that hit in 2002-3, at the age of 33 after years of normal chemical use, although I did love the

How To Explain Why You’re Vegan

(Post updated: April 2017 to reflect new beliefs, improve grammar and clarity.) From: The Vegan Activist, comes one of the most helpful videos so far. I have issues with being vegan, well not with the practice of being a committed vegan, it's just(-ice) spend the-socially-interactive part of my life asking people to please not wear fragrance and sprays so I can access

See the World Through Vegan Eyes

[ UPDATE: 24 August 1019 ~ I was led to veganism through my dietary intolerances, allergies and complications from CIRS and MCS. There's actually nothing virtuous about how I got her; yet!, vegan bashing is still in thing--even in my own community. Every conversation that ultimately leads to a statement or question about veganism is led by a statement on 'ethics'. You'd think

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