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giantg2 ◴[] No.44415200[source]
With how bad for us the common fragrances are in regards to things like cancer risk, endocrine disruption, etc, its surprising that nothing has changed. Most products have fragrance free alternatives.
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FredPret ◴[] No.44415554[source]
I once worked for a large consumer goods company. We had a conference about scents.

We saw a clear correlation between richer consumers and a preference for subtler scents or even no scent.

This even applied across countries: third-world consumers liked aggressive floral scents, but in Northern Europe and North America, the scents are way less concentrated and tend to be more toward subtle alpine or linen.

All this was 15-20 years ago; today I notice that no soap in my house smells like anything at all.

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1. tyre ◴[] No.44416225[source]
Personally, I prefer neutral lotions and detergents because I wear my own cologne. It could be because

It could also be because we’re using more products. If my face moisturizer and sunscreen had different scents, that would be unfortunate. It would limit my options to those that went together.

I don’t normally want my face to smell like anything (again, cologne) but if I did I would choose only one product that’s scented. Probably beard oil.