Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Slightly scented tampons - what fresh hell is this?

198 replies

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 27/02/2013 07:19

I was in Tesco yesterday buying tampons. I normally get the Tesco own-brand non-applicator ones, because applicators are just more environmentally unfriendly unflushable septic tank destroying crap. Annoyingly, however, Tesco were out of any non-applicator tampons in anything other than super-plus plus. After some deliberation, ruling out Tampax Pearl because of the infuriating adverts, I picked up Tampax Compak Fresh, because I couldn't see any difference between them and the unfresh ones. Not until I opened the box this morning did I clock the 'slightly scented' bit. Readers, I feel sullied.

AIBU to think that slightly scented tampons are the most ridiculous idea ever?

OP posts:
monkeysbignuts · 28/02/2013 09:48

My husband bought me scented always ultra after I had our baby. He didn't know but blimey they made me itchy!
I can't begin to imagine how much more itchy inserting something would be :/ such a stupid Idea

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 09:57

Those scented tampoons and pads smell digusting anyway, gotta be the worst attempt at a nice smell ever, ewwwww.

Tolly81 · 28/02/2013 10:05

Definitely YANBU. Hate thise synthetic "fresh" smells. Who thought of that for crying out loud? And go for the mooncup, wish I'd discovered them sooner. Kind of thought they'd be a bit grim but way way better than messing about buying tampons, pads, liners and actually a lot less mess than any of those as well as being hugely environmentally friendly.

Beehatch · 28/02/2013 10:32

This whole thread makes me want to cry (for the moon)

ChairmanWow · 28/02/2013 10:41

mrsjay Shock at your SIL. Why would you buy someone a gift that says 'you have a stinky fanjo'? Even if you did (and I'm sure yours is as fresh as the morning dew Grin), it's still a completely bizarre Christmas pressie.

mrsjay · 28/02/2013 10:45

chairman she once bought me a 3 size to big coat that smelled a bit dusty we dont really see them anymore knew she never liked me Grin she bought her own family lovely thoughtful gifts and ours not so much unless it was BIL who bought them oh god Shock

VisualiseAHorse · 28/02/2013 10:48

Bit late to the thread, but have followed in Chaos footsteps...sent a link to this thread to their email.

pumpkinsweetie · 28/02/2013 12:42

OmgShock mrsjay!

pinkyponk67 · 28/02/2013 12:46

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerwwwwwwwwwwwww!

That is all.

allibaba · 28/02/2013 13:04

I went in to Sainsburys this morning to buy some panty liners and after first reading this thread last night, actually noticed for the first time just how MANY scented pads/tampons/period stuff there actually is!

Also for the first time I had the thought cross my mind - "No I do not wish to smell of Febreeze" and so went for the non-secented option Grin

OxfordBags · 28/02/2013 13:17

You know what? I'd genuinely rather smell someone's periody fanny stink than vile, cheap, synthetic sanpro scents. At least it's meant to be coming out of there. Not that I ever have done.

I got an infected episiotomy after having Ds and it took ages to heal. It smelt a bit. At times, I felt like Mel B, imagined by Bo Selecta: "Eeeh, me minge is kicking out a reet pong!". But I never saw anyone wrinkling up their nose as though they had just detected Eau de Healing Clunge. And if they did smell anything, so what? They clearly masterfully coped with those few seconds of a vague, unpleasant aroma as though it was natural and okay, or something equally crazy like that.

And it still never occured to me to stick some scented nastiness up there. Because if there's one place you're not meant to shove anything chemical, it's your vagina.

So put THAT in your pipes and smoke it, misogynist Sanpro cretins.

Sunnywithshowers · 28/02/2013 13:33

'Eau de Healing Clunge'

We need a laugh/boak emoticon for that one... :)

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 13:38

Eau de Healing Clunge

I nearly wet myself, but really does a period ridden vagina smell that bad, because i must say, i've never noticed.

gimmeanaxe · 28/02/2013 13:47

wtaf

OxfordBags · 28/02/2013 15:17

No, of course it doesn't. That's the point. Even my briefly foetid vag only smelt very slightly.

crochetcircle · 28/02/2013 15:24

Ladies I'm glad I'm not on my own. I just came out of nearly three years of pregnancy / Breastfeeding horrified onto the sanitary aisle. Who on earth they had in their focus groups I will never understand it.

There is at least one type of always pad that I can get at big supermarkets called Always Simply Fits. They have no scent and are drier than the silk ones which I didn't like. They are like a basics range I think, as they are cheaper.

Does anyone know if the 'Actipearls' on Always Ultra are scented too? On their website they list it as unscented but they look pretty scented to me!!!

noddyholder · 28/02/2013 15:25

God I would be itching for england

pigsDOfly · 28/02/2013 15:47

Viz may have been making a joke of it Scarletlady, but back in the 70's (I'm 300 years old) 'intimate feminine sprays' actually existed and we were all told that in order not to stink like old fish - that wasn't actually the advertising slogan - we had to spray our fannies with it several times a day.

The whole fashion for them lasted a few years and seemed to just disappear over time. Can't imagine why, probably the mass outbreaks of virginal itching, thrush and various other nasties.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 16:24

According to the lovely Dr Christian Jessen, vaginas are self cleaning, washing them too much can lead to issues, because it gets rid of all the good bacteria. It only smells due to yeast levels and stuff.

LightTheLampNotTheRat · 28/02/2013 16:26

My mother uses 'feminine deodorant' - it's in her bathroom cabinet. Just grim. Sadly we don't have the kind of relationship where I can say "what are you thinking of, mother?"

I loathe and detest cheap artificial scents to mask 'unpleasantness' - nappy sacks, wipes, air freshener, all hideous.

Have realised I don't properly know what a mooncup is and how it works. Off to google...

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 16:32

I think i might get a mooncup, i hate tampons and pads make my fanjo itch after 3 days.

Schnarkle · 28/02/2013 16:46

I bought a mooncup last week, purely from reading about them here on MN. It's fantastic, the first time using it was a bit invasive. I got over that and I'm converted.

So they can stick the scented rubbish in their pipes and smoke it.

daisydoodoo · 28/02/2013 16:53

Another who didnt realise and was about to accuse my dp of straying and infecting me as had an itchy rash ridden fanjo but then noticed the slight ly different coloured packaging and the fresh claims.

Used a non scented product for the last few days and lo and behold no more itching or rash!

BegoniaBampot · 28/02/2013 17:00

You've all got me paranoid now and I've resorted to sniffing my pads. Got a bit of a cold so not sure if they are scented or not. Definitely getting a mooncup - just for the name alone!

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 17:06

To anyone who has got a mooncup, What size should i get since:

A) Over 30 and all who have given birth vaginally.
B) Under 30 and who havent given birth vaginally.

Well im nearly over 30 but i didnt give vaginally.