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forest fern
Dec. 30th, 2006 09:31 amWe got back from my mother-in-law's today. She's past the worse of the diverticulitis, though still not entirely back to normal. I think she'll be okay though.
Went into the library where my parents had been sleeping (they went home two days ago) and rapidly opened a window and beat a hasty retreat. It still smells of 'forest fern'.
The smell makes my asthma take off and was so pungent that even Richard and Henry were noticing it (and Henry has no sense of smell at all). The first day they were here, I couldn't even sit next to my mother without wheezing.
Once we figured out what was causing the problem, I wrapped their shower gel in a plastic bag and banned it. That helped a bit (made it possible to walk across the landing as long as you didn't linger), but I hadn't realised at that point that they had a total armoury of the stuff - everything from talk to mositurising cream.
Broad hint to any future visitors - scents are bad. Some scents are VERY bad.
Went into the library where my parents had been sleeping (they went home two days ago) and rapidly opened a window and beat a hasty retreat. It still smells of 'forest fern'.
The smell makes my asthma take off and was so pungent that even Richard and Henry were noticing it (and Henry has no sense of smell at all). The first day they were here, I couldn't even sit next to my mother without wheezing.
Once we figured out what was causing the problem, I wrapped their shower gel in a plastic bag and banned it. That helped a bit (made it possible to walk across the landing as long as you didn't linger), but I hadn't realised at that point that they had a total armoury of the stuff - everything from talk to mositurising cream.
Broad hint to any future visitors - scents are bad. Some scents are VERY bad.
