07/05/2025
from Belgium MSC site .. a good graphic for relationships .....
When we say, remove all fragrance from the house/ home / person - we mean this chart !
You understand how the folks who have pollen allergies are feeling right now, right? No matter how many antihistamines, etc. they take, the nose burning, eye burning, throat burning, coughing, sneezing, massive mucus release, brain fog, and multiple other ongoing symptoms continuing and never seeming to stop, until the pollen stops.
Imagine the same thing happening to you ALL YEAR 'ROUND every single time you enter a space or get near a person that has some kind of scented product in it/on them, be it synthetic or natural. You can't simply take meds to try to improve the symptoms because the chemical constituents/fillers/etc. in the meds/supplements create even more symptoms. It's not "just" an allergy.
But people rarely, if ever, take you seriously and just keep on using the scented products/essential oils/etc. anyway, regardless of the facts and direct experiences kindly (and repeatedly) shared in an attempt to get the most basic of needs met. Be it hospitals, medical offices, dental offices, nursing homes, vet offices, shelters of any kind, retail spaces, wellness practitioner offices, eateries, gyms, service providers coming to your home to provide maintenance or care of any kind, homes of friends and family, etc., etc.
As a fellow canary peer, from [Seriously "Sensitive" to Pollution has perfectly expressed what it's like living with fragranced chemical reactive symptoms, "Discover a reality beyond belief: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities". Start believing the canary peeps in your life, please. Not just for them, but for you, too. Imagine if the coal miners had ignored the canaries in the coal mines back in the day.
