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Ladies:

Deodorant/Scented Tampons and/or Sanitary Pads fucking stink to high heaven and do nothing but announce (loudly) to everyone within fifteen feet of you that you are menstruating.

Gods.

Why do people think these are a good idea? I can barely stand to buy my own, plain, unscented products at the store because I have to go in the aisle of wretched scented tampon stink and the overwhelming fumes make me sick.

Not an exaggeration. The smell of them really do turn my stomach and make me slightly dizzy. Why in the hell would you put something that smelled so foul in your vagina? Seriously. Why?

No, never mind. I don't care to hear any pathetic excuses or rationales. Just shut up and STOP USING THESE PRODUCTS. They are an abomination.

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You know, I had heard of vaginal deoderant (while being told the downsides of it and not to use it) but can't say I had ever heard of scented TAMPONS or pads. *shudder*

But my nose pretty much shuts down in a grocery store, so I never noticed any particular smell in the 'Feminine Needs' section.

can't say I had ever heard of scented TAMPONS

They're marketed as "deodorant." In reality, they're anything but "de-odor."

my nose pretty much shuts down in a grocery store, so I never noticed any particular smell in the 'Feminine Needs' section

You are so lucky. I have a crazy sensitive nose.

This is exactly why, other than the fact that the chemicals on conventional pads irritate the living fuck out of your bits, we use Natracare pads or Glad Rags (http://www.gladrags.com/).

No chemicals, no dyes, no perfumes. A pox on conventional pads, I say.

A pox on conventional pads

There's an image.

Since we're on the subject, can we please add a Cease & Desist on vaginal deodorant of any kind? I had a girlfriend who used that crap and going down on her was like getting maced in the face with Lemon Pledge.

going down on her was like getting maced in the face with Lemon Pledge

I applaud you for trying it more than once. You are A Good Man who deserved Much Better.

And yes, certainly:

Cease and Desist, Women!

Jesus Christ.

Shucks, thank you. :)

Honestly, there was ever just the two tries. Both times, I'm sad to say I actually started tearing up AND my gag reflex started acting up before I got even close to getting started.

*BWAHAHAHA* No kidding! There's a quote from "The Vagina Monologs" that my hubby loves, something about "vagina shouldn't smell like strawberries, it should smell like pussy!"

I can't stand any fake chemical smell anywhere, a store, the laundry and certainly not in my crotch!

You know, it has the same effect on me as the diaper aisle. yuck.

.. and to be fair.. men's arm pits should smell like MEN. Not like some unnatural "sport scent" or limes or perfumes of any sort. Do you know how hard it is to find unscented mens' deodorants?

Well, there's not really such a thing as an unscented deodorant. If you mean an unscented anti-perspirant, though, I highly recommend Mitchum unscented. It smells like...nothing. And it keeps me from coming home absolutely offensive after a day out at faire, so I know it works.

UGH!

I can't even imagine going back to unscented ones, now that I have a Keeper.

Scented? Jesus. I can't imagine that's doing anyone's health any favours.

Huh. I hadn't thought of it that way.
I *have* found such things as Unscented Deodorants and such in the womens' lines.
It's not the anti-perspirant that needed so much, my guy doesn't sweat much at all, and I like the smell of a touch of funk.. you know, like one day's worth. I just hate all the crappy "ooh Bod-poor excuse for good cologne" scents they foist off on men.

The only thing that's keeping me from going to a Moon Cup or similar product is I don't have a private toilet here at the office. Just a big bathroom with five stalls and five sinks outside the stalls. Dealing with that in a public restroom would be gross.

Heck, I don't even brush my teeth after lunch anymore 'cos our bathrooms are so nasty here.

...I'm still snorting over the "lemon pledge" line...whoever invented such things (scented tampons and the like, not lemon pledge) had major issues with women's bodies, I suspect...and no gynecologist worth her salt would ever recommend using such products...so if they aren't healthy, and they generally aren't pleasant...one must ask the rhetorical "why?"...

Women are brainwashed. Look at everything around us: We're fat, we smell bad, our hair looks like crap blah blah blah. It's all a crock of shit.

Well, except for the hair looking like crap part. Mine totally does.

Think I posted this link some time ago, perhaps you should print a copy for distribution in your office. ;)

http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?full=1&set_albumName=oddities&id=piratetampon&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

There is nothing more vile. As horrible as they smell in the package, it should be abundantly clear from the get-go that they aren't going to smell any better once you add heat and moisture to them.

Plus, they give me an asthma attack. One time, I bought "fresh" scent tampons by mistake, and I screamed when I opened the box. Needless to say, I didn't use them. Unthinkable.

Needless to say, I didn't use them.

Were you at least living someplace where you could deposit them in an alleyway dumpster? I can't imagine leaving a box of those in my trash can in my house.

*shudder*

Yes, that is wonderful.

Your user icon has conflicting messages--is that supposed to be an insult, or an expression of camaraderie? =D

*SHE* is a *smelly* pirate hooker. Nothing wrong with being a Pirate Hooker. ;) (we don't like the smelly ones though)

Actually, I think I did dump them outdoors, come to think of it. VILE!

Yes. Vile.

I think maybe my next art piece will be an interpretation of the vile abominations that are deodorant tampons.

I think they just put way too much scent in the men's stuff, and since men don't usually shave their pits, the stuff clumps in their hair (ew) and smells to high heaven.

You can get women's armpit deodorant that isn't super duper offensive. It's applied in a thin layer, and you can't smell it all the way across the room. Mens? Notsomuch.

Oh, and old spice? Smells like rancid spice to me. Ick.

Actually, I've used Insteads at work in a similar public restroom setup, and it wasn't so bad. You don't have to take them out during the day, which makes it even more convenient than more traditional solutions. I usually stick to something like OBs on my heaviest day and then switch to the Insteads after that.

LOL, yes it's Old Spice, alright!

It reminds me of old men, since my granddad and several uncles used it. I *think* even my dad did at one time, til Mum made him change.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here. I know plenty of attractive women (like yourself) who all claim that their hair looks bad.

It doesn't! Unless you look like alfalfa, most men don't notice or care that you weren't in a hair-care commercial today. It may not be perfect, but good's all you need! And if every other woman is worrying about imperfect hair, I don't think they're judging, either.

My two cents. I'll confess, though, that I've never understood this.

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So with you! Amen sistah!

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Amen, and amen again

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Lemon Asthma

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Camaraderie ;)

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