DMC Aroma Floss

I just saw a survey on About's cross stitch website on whether you would use the DMC Aroma Floss.

So far the vote was 75% no.

How many of you might use this product?

I vote no because of allergy problems.

Reply to
lucille
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Never. They probably all smell like chemicals.

Linda

Reply to
1961girl

I vote no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have more floss than I'll ever use but often don't have the color I need. I've made a vow not to buy more threads, fancy fibers or ribbons and use what I've got on hand unless I'm so taken with a project that I have to use what the designer says I must.

OTOH, I *might* buy interesting stuff if it was on sale ;-)

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anne

I know I'm in the minority here, but, I will use this. I've no allergies and love the smells of fruits and flowers. Knowing what I learned here so far, I will have to be careful to whom I would give a gift stitched with this floss.

Mag

Reply to
Mag

Same here--offer me a interesting bargain and I'm unable to refuse it.

Reply to
lucille

No for the same reason. I avoid the perfume section of department stores, throw out the Macy's ads straight from the mailbox if they have perfume adds. There's no way.

Nancy

Reply to
Nancy

I won't buy it for myself, but I know some one I'd give some of the lily of the valley too....

And my aunt would get a kick out a rose scented rose...

C
Reply to
Cheryl Isaak

whether you would

I vote no for the same reason. DMC needs to look at how many products are being introduced that are scent and fragrance free or hypoallergenic. Obviously there are a lot of people with allergies out in the world today!

Anne W.

Reply to
woodswell

With out a doubt

Reply to
Cheryl Isaak

Consider this - all smells (except the ones flowers make) are artificial and made up from chemicals. Why would you overload yourself on these chemicals and maybe become sensitized ? Leaving out who you give pieces to, what about people who sit in your house around pieces completed with this stuff ?

Reply to
lucretia borgia

Well, I'm not planning to take a bath in the stuff. Nor am I going to stitch a mural. Nor, am I going to get rid of my cat.

mag

Reply to
Mag

I wonder if the floss would last as long being scented. I vote no,because of my allergies. I would spend most of my time with my tissue box :-) Barbara

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Barbara

Eh ? I did not suggest you get rid of your cat ! The fact remains if the floss is in your house giving off 'aroma' - you are breathing in the chemicals that make that aroma. Would you knowingly inhale bleach fumes ? Just about as sensible.

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lucretia borgia

Perhaps your concerns would be better expressed to the WHO or the FDA. I'm not going to argue. You may have the last word.

mag

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Mag

I probably do not need to tell whomever those organisations are but you might like to read something that may open your eyes a bit.

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" It was eye-opening to me to find out that there are over 4000 different chemicals used in the fragrance industry, many of the most commonly used chemicals are known neurotoxins, and also known sensitizers. The fact that little research is done on the neurotoxic effects is shocking also. "

There are many other sites which explain in detail if you don't care for this one.

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lucretia borgia

I had infantile eczema and asthma which, fortunately, disappeared with puberty so I was able to spend 12 years in the Royal Air Force followed by 30 years in the British Civil Service - although the asthma recurred in my late 20s. However, sensitisation is a "hot topic" which deserves more exploration

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Bruce Fletcher (remove denture

I know exactly how I became sensitised. I carelessly worked on a boat using fibre glass and was not careful enough. I knew when the boat was finished I could not mix up anymore guck for fibre glassing but had no idea, then, that it was the acetone I was reacting to, which is found in most perfume products.

It is a problem to me playing bridge if someone wears a perfumed product as I can have a migraine almost instantly. People tend to think of perfumes, aromas etc and do not understand that for every smell they are sucking chemicals into their lungs. So often many people try to cover the smell of cigarettes with a perfume and don't seem to realize that is from bad to worse because there are now two things exuding chemicals.

I am sorry to see DMC bring something like this out - more chemicals in the air ! It's madness.

Reply to
lucretia borgia

I figure it's just another gimmick to sell even more floss to those of you who already have at least two skeins of every color and style on the market.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Reply to
Olwyn.Mary

I don't mind another gimmick, provided that gimmick is something I might love enough to buy it and use it. Of course, need has nothing to do with it.

This for me would trigger breathing problems and that seems to me to be a "floss of a different color."

Lucille

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lucille

Last night, I began gathering threads for the three dimensional patio project from my new favo(u)rite magazine, Stitches. I wasn't surprised that I had none of the Anchor threads so I hopped on over to yarntree.com for a conversion to DMC file.

Despite having many, many, browns and rust hues, I didn't have alot of the threads that were suggested. I pulled out my stash of Needle Necessities browns to see what might work and made a list of the missing ones.

I was about to hop into the car despite the heavy rain when I came to my senses. Paraphrasing the directions which say "don't worry about the colors. Use what you have," I realized that I didn't need all those colors to make an attractive wall having bricks formed by blending different colored threads at the same time to create a mottled effect.

Have you had an AHA moment recently?

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anne

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