Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high as cars

Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by IntronExon on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:37PM (#16395901)

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but all of the people irl who have tried to tell me this stank to high heaven. I don’t doubt that anyone could adjust to that, for themselves, but how about the rest of us? As to the hair, maybe it works for you, but some people have very dry hair, or very greasy hair and what you’re saying simply doesn’t fly.

Not to mention those of us in customer-facing roles, who can’t really afford to hope we’re not offensively ripe that day.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by arkades on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:44PM (#16395990)

Seconded.

I tried exactly this when I was working from home for a while. The hair worked out wonderfully - better than any product I’ve ever used.

But the BO? It... well, my wife called it a manly musk. She gave it a doubleplus good at home, but i was not allowed to leave the house like that. Even I could smell myself.

I tried adding some probiotic body lotion into the mix, but it didn’t help at all.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by dashundchen on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:49PM (#16396052)

You could just soap the most important areas that cause odor - armpits, groin and feet every time. Sometimes neck and behind the ears to exfoliate. Everything else plain water, unless I've been hiking etc. I do this with a plain unscented soap, takes only a minute or two to shower and no odor problem. Light soap on face maybe every other day. Skin feels much healthier this way.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by IntronExon on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:09PM (#16396296)

I totally support this, assuming your body odor and oil type accommodates it. For me, I find hot water hair rinses with less frequent shampooing is much better. By the same token god help anyone around me if I didn’t soap my armpits that day. I see a huge difference between finding what works for you, and absolutist approaches to hygiene.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by stephengillie on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:15PM (#16396380)

It would take me more time to selectively lather certain parts of my body. It's faster to just lather my whole body with a soapy cloth.

And what happens if you accidentally get soap on part of your arm or leg?

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by dashundchen on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:11PM (#16396938)

I could shower and soap everything quickly in a few minutes to, bit the GP comments were talking about taking 15 to 20 minutes to shower, which seems extremely long to me.

Nothing happens if I get soap elsewhere, I just don't intentionally soap outside those regions daily. In my experience arms, legs torso etc aren't particularly dirty on a daily basis and the skins seems more mostrurizied and healthy if I just use water on them. YMMV depending on skin type.

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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by 3pt14159 on Friday February 16, 2018 @07:31PM (#16397971)

I'm pretty romantically active and I'm not saying I never smell, sometimes after a couple hours of exercise I do, but I can tell when I do and my romantic partner will tease me about it.

This isn't a case of me not smelling it. I just have another cold shower whenever I need one. But generally speaking most exercise is fine.

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