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Slightly scented tampons - what fresh hell is this?

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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?

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GlaikitFizzog · 28/02/2013 17:16

Well I am over 30 (just) have been pg but not delivered vaginally and I have this www.femininewear.co.uk/meluna-classic-menstrual-cup-20-p.asp in medium with a stem and it does me fine. I have heard though some people need to try a few to find the best fit. I have been complemented on my pelvic floor though so I suppose it depends! (Bet you are doing your kegals now!!)

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 17:20

When i had my smear test the nurse quite openly said to me "You had a c-section didnt you", it must show that my snatch is still tighter than a vestal virgins.

GlaikitFizzog · 28/02/2013 17:22

Ha, do we have the same nurse!!

I have to admit I bought the meluna because it was the cheapest and I wasn't sure how I'd get on with it, but it really is great!!

Awizardsstaffhasaknobontheend · 28/02/2013 17:51

I used to be a marketing manager for Tampax..... [runs very fast from the room!]

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 28/02/2013 17:56

Awizard and did they decree that we needed flowery smelling fanjos?!

BabyMakesTheBellyGoRound · 28/02/2013 17:57

Yes,always have no doubt received my complaint. I am still unable to wear knickers and am still wearing old jogging bottoms. Very TMI but I also need to eat my body weight in prunes cause a solid motion makes me cry (swollen,cracked,bleeding skin). I wear a pair of dh old boxers with a flannel soaked in natural yogurt in the evening.
I am not someone who tends to react to products. I would never wish this hell on anyone. Painkillers and antibiotics because my fanny supposedly smells. Bastards.

Osmiornica · 28/02/2013 18:04

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GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 18:04

Baby I feel your pain, i had cellulitis in my fanjo and still have red raw skin around my backside, omg it was worse than childbirth.

Whatever shit is put on tampon and pads, most be horrific, i get itching but your case is just horrific.

Badvoc · 28/02/2013 18:12

It's only a matter of time isn't it?
Some helpful company will come up with what equates to a vaginal pine tree you stuff up your Nethers for "freshness"
Ffs.
Gives me the rage.

SpicyPear · 28/02/2013 18:15

I thought the scented pads thing was bad enough but tampons?! Shock

Last period I switched to washable sanpro and I really don't see myself going back. I was much more comfortable and less smelly!

Would also recommend Luxury Moon. The woman who runs it is very helpful if you don't know where to start.

GlaikitFizzog · 28/02/2013 18:15

Ooooooh

Badvoc · 28/02/2013 18:17

Well, am sure they would make it more...erm...ergonomic, but that's essentially what they will be touting soon.
You mark my words.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 18:18

Omg, and i thought having a vaginal speculum up there was bad enough, but a pine cone

SpicyPear · 28/02/2013 18:44

My bet for the next big thing in "feminine hygiene" is pants with a gusset pocket for an air freshener. Or one of those carbon pads you can get for stinky bins.

Will be a big hit in a few years when they've finished the job of brainwashing young women into thinking they are unclean because they have a vag and periods.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 18:51

Spicy I wouldnt them even if they paid me, those damn freshelle wipes you get with pads, are like wet wipes you get after a greasy takaway, ewww.

OxfordBags · 28/02/2013 18:58

Christ, they'll be making uterine inserts to literally make us smell 'fresh' inside soon.

(goes off to contact Charlie Brooker with brilliant concept fornext series of Black Mirror)

GregBishop, tis true about vaginas being self-cleaning (They sex! They birth! They self-clean!). With aforementioned delightful and fragrant epi nightmare, my consultant told me to not wash with soap, as it'd just make things worse.

Also got complimented on my full 70s bush by the MWs during labour, as that mofo was not letting any bacteria in, no sirree bob.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 18:59

Also got complimented on my full 70s bush by the MWs during labour, as that mofo was not letting any bacteria in, no sirree bob.

lmao!! that just made me burst out laughing. So not trimming the lady garden sometimes, is a good idea.

Badvoc · 28/02/2013 19:03

Ha! The midwives must have loved me then!
I look like I have a wookie in my pants :)
Seriously though...hair is there for a reason people! Like eyelashes and shit.

maddening · 28/02/2013 19:07

Mmmmm lavender scented fanny farts :)

BabyMakesTheBellyGoRound · 28/02/2013 19:20

I sport a full bush too and never had any fanny issues till the attack of the pad. The odd bout of thrush but that was about it. My gp mentioned I could be allergic to the bleaching agent in the pads. That cemented my belief in washable pads. I was very saddened when I spotted intimate wipes in my sisters bathroom. The chemicals in them.

ChairmanWow · 28/02/2013 19:48

Also got complimented on my full 70s bush by the MWs during labour, as that mofo was not letting any bacteria in, no sirree bob.

Amen to that! I hung out on Baby Centre for a while as I had the app, and was aghast at the number of young women obsessing about needing to have a bald fanny for birth) and claiming muffs are dirty. I got such a pasting for 'admitting' to having full-on muffage and was even told to go and sort myself out. Interestingly there were also lots of threads about thrush Hmm.

OxfordBags · 28/02/2013 21:19

I hung out there too, ChairmanWow, and experienced similar! I used to think, "PLEASE don't be letting these idiots be having girls!". They were just appalled that I might let someone see that I had pubic hair, as though that was the worst thing that couod happen during labour Hmm I used to think, you're not ready to have sex, never mind a baby, if you can't handle another adult knowing you have pubes, FFS. They're there for a reason.

ChairmanWow · 28/02/2013 21:28

Glad it's not just me. I hate that priggish attitude some women seem to have towards their fannies, and particularly about hair. I did point out that the midwife would probably be too busy wiping up their shit to notice their pubes Grin. Couldn't resist!

Our fanjos are our friends, innit. I have to say mine has provided me with much enjoyment over the years Wink. It deserves to be treated with the respect it has earned - ie no pine cones or Febreeze and a nice hairy coat!

musicmadness · 28/02/2013 21:40

I am so glad I have a meluna cup now (don't get on with the mooncup at all), I mainly use washable san pro for cost reasons but it's things like this that make me very happy with my choice.

Can't say I have a full bush though, my fanny likes having a haircut every now and then Wink. Never noticed any correlation between whether or not I'd recently trimmed and any reaction to San pro. Think I have skin like a rhino so I'm probably not the best judge of that.

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 28/02/2013 21:41

I had to see the doc about my fanjo, i had no issues in letting her look, its just a fanjo, jeez