I have a terrible time going into big department stores, the perfume counter is always at the front, so you HAVE to go through it to get to the rest of the shop. I'm asthmatic, so all those lovely perfume droplets to me are a slow and agonising death by choking.... I have to run through one particular shop (mentioning no names, but Al Fayed owns it.....) and collapse into the umbrellas.

And talking of deodorants.... there is a link with the increasing rate of breast cancer - those who defoliate their armpits, then apply deodorant AND anti persperant block the pores and the natural toxins cannot get out in sweat as they usually do.... This leads to a build up in the glands just to the front of the armpit, and this leads to cancerous cells forming.

The suggestion is that you shave rather than exfoliate, leave some of the folicle in, and use a deodorant rather than an antipersperant.

And perfume was invented to cover the fact that people couldn't be bothered to wash!

LTS