It smells nice to me. Very strong yes, but never been irritated by it. Nicer than many toxic-smelling perfumes which make me gag! How anyone works with those day-in, day-out is a mystery.
I'd rather work in Lush than a sewage treatment centre.
I think I'd prefer the sewage, to be honest.
I don't 'get' Lush. I know some people who absolutely adore the place, but I can't bear the smell even from the other side of the road, let alone going in. I did once, and had to get out again pretty quickly - I could hardly breathe.
Someone gave me a bath bomb once and I did actually use it, but it smelled really overpowering, and brought me out in a terrible rash all over. I am quite sensitive to chemicals in soaps and shower gels and so on, so obviously it disagreed with me.
I don't get Lush either, OH raves about it but following a box of stuff at Christmas that was only in the living room a short while it took ages for the smell to go. I'd rather work in sewage than their shops, like others I find it really irritates my eyes and lungs. I have had to clear a couple of drains out in my time too and the experience of this is a bit wretching at points but still preferable to my eyes feeling red raw and finding it hard to breathe. (OH once put one of their bath bombs on some gloss wooden pipe boxing, the paint bubbled off within a couple of days and by the time I saw it I had to scrape all the paint off and regloss it).
I've never smelt any lush stuff, or been in a lush shop. My local town does have a body shop, and that's a bit overpowering. I expect it's the effect of having so many products in a smallish place. They may well smell nice enough singly.
It doesn't smell of soap - it's some kind of overwhelming chemical stink. God knows what they put in it.
its citric acid. I worked there once for 2 weeks. I sneezed every ten seconds, eyes were streaming. I had wicked pain in my face. I think it was sinusitis. sp. it was hateful for me but other people were all ok.
I have to hold my breath as I walk past, it's horrendous. I did try going in when they first opened but my eyes were watering and a migraine loomed! Surely it's harmful to the staff breathing that stench day in day out??!
I like it. And I'm not allergic to their products I've tried which is always a bonus. The godmother soap is epic, and people tell me I smell nice as though im just freshly washed, even hours after I washed with it.
While I doubt I would be able to work there, I find the smell pleasant enough to be able to walk around for a while, and is most definitely preferable to the horrible stench from those cheese melt shops! Now I really do have to hold my nose going past them, some of that cheese smells like sick!
You get used to it, I'd imagine. I bought a bath bomb from them once, it smelled like the sea. Put it in the bath and shortly after the fizz was done I realised that I was in fact, sat in a bath with a massive bunch of seaweed.
lol!
i think it would be cool to work in the factory where they make all the products lol - best job ever lol!
I've often wondered that. Can't stay in Lush more than a few minutes before my eyes and nose are streaming.
Same here - I have migraines set off by perfumes/ smells - I even have medicine to help - but ' Lush!' I Iike their products but find them very hard to use (even if bought as a gift) but walking past a shop is enough! I couldn't work there!:o
The smell also gets me. It's the mixture of all the smells I think. Overpowering
That's it. It's not that individually the smells are unpleasant, but together they are overwhelming, they meld into one unrecognisable scent.
It'd be like trying 50 different perfumes on your arm, you wouldn't smell of any single scent, just a mass of perfume, unrecognisable as any individual scent.
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I think I'd prefer the sewage, to be honest.
I don't 'get' Lush. I know some people who absolutely adore the place, but I can't bear the smell even from the other side of the road, let alone going in. I did once, and had to get out again pretty quickly - I could hardly breathe.
Someone gave me a bath bomb once and I did actually use it, but it smelled really overpowering, and brought me out in a terrible rash all over. I am quite sensitive to chemicals in soaps and shower gels and so on, so obviously it disagreed with me.
With custard?
I love custard! I could probably eat a bath of it. 😋
its citric acid. I worked there once for 2 weeks. I sneezed every ten seconds, eyes were streaming. I had wicked pain in my face. I think it was sinusitis. sp. it was hateful for me but other people were all ok.
My bathroom smells like that it's full if their bath bombs. Absolutely love it.
I love the Comforter-and the smell of Rock Star reminds me of something from my childhood but I'm not sure what
pear drops and candyfloss.
lol!
i think it would be cool to work in the factory where they make all the products lol - best job ever lol!
Me too!
Same here - I have migraines set off by perfumes/ smells - I even have medicine to help - but ' Lush!' I Iike their products but find them very hard to use (even if bought as a gift) but walking past a shop is enough! I couldn't work there!:o
It'd be like trying 50 different perfumes on your arm, you wouldn't smell of any single scent, just a mass of perfume, unrecognisable as any individual scent.