Chanel No. 5 Heartbreak

[Dixie_Amazon]

I need replacement suggestions for Chanel No. 5.

I have been wearing Chanel No. 5 for thirty-five years and this summer my skin started breaking out wherever I applied it. I currently have little bumps on my neck and wrists from when I wore it last Wednesday.

They may have to reformulate it soon which I think is ridiculous even though I have become one of the minority of those who are allergic to it.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...rmulate-under-new-eu-regulations-9451331.html

[video=youtube_share;Wo8UtWiYiZI]http://youtu.be/Wo8UtWiYiZI[/video]

I am going to miss it.

 

[fgradowski]

I have been using Chance by Chanel for several years now. But it all depends on your own personal preferences.

 

[TimeWarpWife]

Guerlain has already kow-towed to the IFRA asinine rules and both Mitsouko and L'heure Bleue have gone from being beautiful classic fragrances to smelling like chemical messes. And now they've got No. 5 in their sites. Grrrrrrrrrr! The IFRA is nothing but a front for people who don't like perfume in order to force the rest of us to stop wearing it. IMHO, the IFRA and their ilk need to go take a long walk off a short pier and mind their own business!

 

[Dixie_Amazon]

Guerlain has already kow-towed to the IFRA asinine rules and both Mitsouko and L'heure Bleue have gone from being beautiful classic fragrances to smelling like chemical messes. And now they've got No. 5 in their sites. Grrrrrrrrrr! The IFRA is nothing but a front for people who don't like perfume in order to force the rest of us to stop wearing it. IMHO, the IFRA and their ilk need to go take a long walk off a short pier and mind their own business!

Amen. If a fragrance bothers my allergies I don't wear it. If some lady in church is wearing a pint of perfume I move.

 

[sheeplady]

I think there's places and times you shouldn't wear perfume (for instance, if you work in a hospital, it's likely a bad idea to wear heavy perfume).

Irregardless, you shouldn't dump the whole bottle on yourself. But I think that is pretty much common sense.

That said, I'm not sure if all this reformulating is even good. What's to say that the new formula won't cause allergies to individuals once they wear it for a period of time? What happens if one of the new ingredients is even worse than the old ones? Despite all the testing, you don't actually know until you release a substance into the wild (so to speak) how it will interact with individuals and situations you could not predict or controlled for in your testing.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A lot of personal-care and beauty products are now using a preservative called methylisothiazolinone which causes violent skin reactions in some people -- blisters, scabs, agonizing itchy ratches. I myself, it seems, am one of these, and it took me all of last winter to figure out what was going on. Keep an eye out for this on ingredient/formula lists if you're having reactions.

 

[Grnidwitch]

No need to stop using Chanel. I have seen caged/filigree charms that you can put a piece of cotton with your perfume on it into the cage. The heat of your body will still disperse the scent but it won't touch your skin. There really isn't anything quite like Chanel No. 5. I've been wearing it since the 80's. The formulation now are different then they were. I can't get cologne anymore and that's all I used to wear. Good luck.

I need replacement suggestions for Chanel No. 5.

I have been wearing Chanel No. 5 for thirty-five years and this summer my skin started breaking out wherever I applied it. I currently have little bumps on my neck and wrists from when I wore it last Wednesday.

They may have to reformulate it soon which I think is ridiculous even though I have become one of the minority of those who are allergic to it.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...rmulate-under-new-eu-regulations-9451331.html

[video=youtube_share;Wo8UtWiYiZI]http://youtu.be/Wo8UtWiYiZI[/video]

I am going to miss it.

 

[Dixie_Amazon]

That said, I'm not sure if all this reformulating is even good. What's to say that the new formula won't cause allergies to individuals once they wear it for a period of time? What happens if one of the new ingredients is even worse than the old ones? Despite all the testing, you don't actually know until you release a substance into the wild (so to speak) how it will interact with individuals and situations you could not predict or controlled for in your testing.

You are so right, many allergies develop over time and repeat exposure.

A lot of personal-care and beauty products are now using a preservative called methylisothiazolinone which causes violent skin reactions in some people -- blisters, scabs, agonizing itchy ratches.

Thanks for the heads up. My skin is reaction prone.

No need to stop using Chanel. I have seen caged/filigree charms that you can put a piece of cotton with your perfume on it into the cage.

I will keep an eye out for one of these. Thank you.

 

[sheeplady]

A lot of personal-care and beauty products are now using a preservative called methylisothiazolinone which causes violent skin reactions in some people -- blisters, scabs, agonizing itchy ratches. I myself, it seems, am one of these, and it took me all of last winter to figure out what was going on. Keep an eye out for this on ingredient/formula lists if you're having reactions.

That's good to know.

I just found out that the commercial "green" wipes I use for my daughter when we travel (I use cloth at home) have Sodium Benzoate in them as a preservative. I am highly allergic to sodium benzoate when it is used in food. It's going to be the last time I buy a brand of something for my daughter without looking at ingredients. I just always bought these wipes because they were fragrance free, people said they were gentle, etc. I'm worried about her exposure to something I'm allergic to as it could increase her chances of allergies.