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applegrove

(118,749 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2014, 02:35 AM Feb 2014

My $40 bottle of vanilla pineapple perfume

makes me sneeze and itch. What should I do with it? Isn‘t it sacrilegious to pour it down the drain?

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My $40 bottle of vanilla pineapple perfume (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2014 OP

What a terrible shame libodem Feb 2014 #1

is it from lush? n/t orleans Feb 2014 #2

Have you thought of returning it to the store? In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #3

Do you like the scent? Chan790 Feb 2014 #4

libodem

(19,288 posts)

1. What a terrible shame

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 02:55 AM

Feb 2014

Maybe re-gift it or donate it to goodwill? Sounds like an interesting combination. A friend of mine is into aromatherapy. I like the grapefruit and geranium.
Weird, huh? It smells very clean. Surprisingly cilantro lotion smells good to me, too.

orleans

(34,071 posts)

2. is it from lush? n/t

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 02:56 AM

Feb 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Have you thought of returning it to the store?

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 08:52 AM

Feb 2014

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

4. Do you like the scent?

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 12:07 PM

Feb 2014

There's a lot of uses for perfume you don't want or can't wear, most of which are of the air-freshener variety.

-You can spray the insides of the TP-roll...it'll soak into the cardboard and slowly evaporate acting as an air freshener. Dowse cotton balls with it and leave them in your dresser as sachets. Likewise, spray it into the air before you leave in the morning and it'll settle into the carpets and act as a room spray.

If you hate the scent, spray it on old rags and leave them on the perimeter of your garden...the scent deters herbivores from eating your plants.

If you're crafty, you can use them to make bath salts...one 2oz. bottle of perfume will make several pounds of bath salts for gifting.

Mix Epsom Salts, a little glycerin, a little of the perfume and even a touch of food coloring if you want a particular color. I've made this concoction for gifts putting the mix into jars and pretty bottles and tied with ribbons or bows. Add a tag or card that advises the receiver to throw a handful into their bath water. http://community.tasteofhome.com/community_forums/f/30/t/254577.aspx?PageIndex=1

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