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DeniseLosar
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12 Oct 2007, 8:26 am

I was having a coffee in the cafe downstairs, it is the first time i went out of the house in two weeks.
The man a few tables was eating something with cinammon in - and the smell was overwhelming.
I wept, i cried like a child.



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13 Oct 2007, 12:49 pm

DeniseLosar wrote:
I was having a coffee in the cafe downstairs, it is the first time i went out of the house in two weeks.
The man a few tables was eating something with cinammon in - and the smell was overwhelming.
I wept, i cried like a child.


Ohhh. Wow. I can relate. If this is any comfort (?) I'm now dealing with diesel and burning garbage. So maybe everything's relative. .........

Gosh. I wish all the noxiousness would just dissapate. For all the sensitive souls - which we are.....


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15 Oct 2007, 6:09 am

Cant say there has been a scent that has made me weep, but i can relate to the cinnamon smell. Every christmas season, stores have these bags of pinecones dipped in cinnamon oil and i cannot stand to even be near them. They irritate my nose so. Smells like that really do cause some kind of physical or emotional reaction in me too. At my job, we have this salad dressing that we make that i HATE. It makes me angry to smell it.