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Scented products cause indoor air pollution on par with car exhaust

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371 points clumsysmurf | 3 comments | 19 Feb 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.66s | source
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theodric ◴[20 Feb 25 01:16 UTC] No.43109960[source]▶
I don't understand why you'd want anything in your house to release smells independently of delivering some essential function. I find it distracting at best, and headache-inducing at worst. Cosmetic products are particularly offensive. Let this study serve as a call to eliminate stinky products!
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1. jjk166 ◴[20 Feb 25 17:16 UTC] No.43117422[source]▶
Generally the "pleasant" odor is meant to cover up some combination of "unpleasant" odors. It's nice when the area around a liter box doesn't smell like cat piss.
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2. theodric ◴[20 Feb 25 19:08 UTC] No.43118757[source]▶
I would counter that it now smells like a combination of perfume and cat piss
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3. jjk166 ◴[21 Feb 25 13:39 UTC] No.43127270[source]▶
Well if it's weighted heavily enough towards the perfume side that's still preferable.