I'll take twenty bottles, please: Cloud of Protection from By Nieves, in a handy 30 ml spray. "Envelop yourself in a Cloud of Protection safe from illness, bad vibes and stinkiness. When theres sickness in the air its nice to have a defense at your fingertips. Essential oils work very effectively on airborne pathogens. The essential oil molecules are very small. They stay suspended in the air a long time, providing you with a shield from airborne bacteria and viruses. Because essential oils vibrate at a high frequency, they not only protect you physically they can lift your spirits as well. Bad vibes can pollute your space and bring you down. Cloud of Protection empowers you to change your surroundings, making room for good fortune and happiness. Clear the air, clear the space, proceed gracefully." No idea what it smells like, but the ingredients include eucalyptus, juniper, rose, cedar and benzoin. $7.50 at Beautyhabit (also available in 120 ml for $18).
I had a bottle of this once and liked it well enough. It smells pretty much as you would expect from the list of notes, a little more dense than something from Juniper Ridge, a bit more transparent than an Aesop.
I’ve no idea if the essential oils work as advertised, but the smell catches your attention enough so that you can formulate an intention not to be brought down by whatever somewhat dismaying circumstances you might find yourself in. That sometimes helps.
Thank you — that’s about what I would expect it to smell like!
I have a bottle of rosewater with an ingredient label that says “Vor-mag Water (water that has been vortexed and magnetized to raise the energy to a higher vibration that we believe to be more beneficial) and Rosa Damascena (Hydroessential Rose) Flower Oil.” Insert Picard facepalm here.
LOL!
The cloud of pseudoscience around that copy sickens me. “Because essential oils vibrate at a high frequency, they not only protect you physically they can lift your spirits as well.” Really?!?! Tell me more, dear capitalizers of ignorance. Why can’t they just say “this smells nice and may make you feel better”? Why do they have to make up lies?
Really? It does not sicken me at all, it just makes me smile — I mean, once they say it will protect me from bad vibes, it’s all just funny to me.
I’ve spent a decent part of my life in a crusade against pseudoscience. I’ve led “common science” seminars to educate non-scientists in chemistry-related subjects that are relevant to everyday life (homeopathy, GMOs, carcinogens, etc.). In this context, the pseudoscience in the copy may be relatively harmless. In many, many, MANY others, it is very dangerous. Giving people pretend-drugs to treat illnesses that respond to real ones, for example, can kill them. I’m also personally offended by people trying to make money off of ignorance. That doesn’t start and end with pseudoscience, but as a PhD in chemistry (as I mentioned below
), that’s the one that upsets me most viscerally. This is an issue I’m very passionate about and invested in!
There is so much pseudoscience in the fragrance and beauty categories that I pay it little mind, but fair enough!
I showed the copy to a friend with a PhD in chemistry and it got quite the eyeroll from her. However, she agreed that, the nonsensical claims notwithstanding, it sounds like it smells pretty great.
I would think if you had a PhD in chemistry the PR description of nearly any scented product would get an eyeroll, right? This is not to me noticeably worse than any other fragrance description I post here!
PhD in chemistry here! That should explain part of my reaction.
Very true, Robin!
Sounds like I can use this to ward off Commuting Woes that feature armpit and/or other body odor, oh and the sickies.
Exactly!