The horror of scented sanpro!

I HATE HATE HATE those smelly Always pads . It's such an unpleasant smell.

I wish mumsnet would get Always to come on here and defend their vile air-freshener sanpro! It would be fun

I only use the liners and look for the twist n flex ones now which are un scented, but they are blooming hard to find . Almost as if they don't want you to buy them, then they can discontinue them because there was no demand for them! Alternatively I guess they are out of stock because of all the desperate women trying to escape the scented ones....

Hear hear!

Scented pads are brilliant if you've not got a magic tree air freshener handy and someone's spewed in the car. Self adhesive and everything.

God yes, they should definitely say!

I'm in!

I think it's bloody awful...

I wrote to Waitrose after being tricked into buying their towels with 'triple protection' (PERFUME!!)

They replied with some crappy explanation about the towels being 'hypoallergenic' and totally ignored (deliberately) the fact it was their euphemistic term 'triple protection' I had the issue with especially as this was in fact PERFUME & yet nowhere on the packaging was this stated.

I was sent a 'keep your mouth shut' gift card but I definitely want to take it further. Trading standards??Advertising standards?

I detest the cynical marketing and think it's just part of the shaming of women that goes on ever so subtley to make women vulnerable to the relentless advertising campaigns out to convince women they need product upon product of crap. It's all about the money...Keeping women ashamed of their bodies, their smells, their hair etc is powerful and makes companies rich.

I do wonder how far we've come in terms of women's liberation etc...
'Automatically' pulling on leggings when I have hairy legs shows just how conditioned we are.

Freedom is all in the mind because in reality it's got a long way to go...

Marking my place to see if they reply. They wouldn't even need to use the words scented/unscented, an indication of what the scent is supposed to be, e.g. Lilac fresh, or marking it as "sensitive" would be sufficient for us all to avoid the itching.

I'm in.

I'm post menopausal but always wear pantyliners and can't use anything perfumed near my fanjo.
Am finding it increasingly difficult to find unscented products and was sniffing packets like a loon in Sainsbos the other night. It's not ok!

Currently using Bodyform daily fresh string liners with no scent/drama if that helps anyone.

Thanks for sending that email OP.
I spent ages the other day sniffing all the packets in Boots because I couldn't see from the ones which weren't scented. I must have looked like a real prat

I am in. Love the moon cup but sometimes need pads as well and hate thrush inducing scented horrors.
I have never needed to smell like cheap air freshener!

I'm in.

I'd support this. I won't (knowingly) buy anything scented and definitely support clearer labelling in that regard.

Yy Crochet 'acti pearls'. I have a feeling that a MNetter has already written to always about this. I'm sure I read it on one of the threads a few months ago that encouraged me to switch to washables.

Always have repeated just fobbed off people's complaints, or said that they have some products that aren't scented (but lots of them do contain 'acti-pearls', which DO SMELL whether they are officially the 'scented' ones or not). They have a couple of types without scent, but almost no choice at all - and no pantyliners (at least not decent length ones). I always used to use their long pantyliners, but have had to stop now and use Tesco ones - but they aren't really big enough. It's better than the revolting artificial smell though, which is obvious from miles away. It's a shame, as I used Always from when I first started, but have stopped for the last couple of years.

I'm in. Full marks to Boots, on the side of their panty liners they have a box saying 'scented' and 'non-scented' with a clear tick to indicate which one.

I'm in as well. just labelling them properly would help enormously.
natracare is really good btw. I always --

I'm in. I switched to washables and a meluna cup a few months ago due to the horrendous itching scented/absorbent pearl pads gave me every single month. I know that is not everyones cup of tea so I'm happy to support any campaign that helps other women.

I'm in too.

And now, we wait. while doing so?

I'm in. I hate the scented ones. Have used Always since I was 12 and don't any more. They stink!

I'm in! Hate it!