Because I want my vag to smell like Christmas...

[BusBus]

It would have been twice as funny if she had asked for "new car".

My laptop nearly became a victim of this thread thanks to you!

Why would anyone want to smell like a tree down there? I can kinda understand scents like vanilla (even though that's still weird), but pine?!

[Polenicus]

Y'know, NOW you've put evil images into my head. My imagination is overactive, and doesn't need pixie sticks like this to get it worked up!

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Car Salesman: And this is our newest model *Inhales* Smell that? Fresh from the factory!

Car Buyer: *Inhales* Oh yeah, I love that 'freshly douched' smell!

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Daughter to mother: Mom... has your car ever felt 'not so fresh'?

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New for 2007! Mr. Clean Feminine Hygene products! Available in the Hygene AND Housecleaning sections of your local supermarket!

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Arrrgh! Make it stooooooop!

[CanadaGirl]

You're not meant to wash it though are you? Just use water! Soaps can disrupt the natural bacteria and give you thrush. According to Cosmo.

True, but over here we call it a yeast infection

[friendofjimmyk]

You're not meant to wash it though are you? Just use water! Soaps can disrupt the natural bacteria and give you thrush. According to Cosmo.

You know, actually, according to the two last OBGyn's I've visited, you're really not supposed to use douche's at all anymore because they can wash away the natural bacteria as well...I asked them, "Why are they still making them?" And they both answered - they are created by men!

[Dreamstalker]

I don't suppose pine would sting any worse than any other scent, but its a sad reflection that a woman would be so afraid of smelling like - well, like a woman - that she thinks her bits should be pine-scented instead !

Every so often I'll see commercials/ads for "morning breeze", "strawberry" etc scents. Beats the hell outta me why anyone would actually use those...there has to be some chemicals in the scents that are Not Good.

[Barefootgirl]

Do men really want women to smell like strawberries or a morning breeze "down there"? Or are the things selling because the message in the media is, every natural function that women do is disgusting and must instantly be covered up? Obviously, no-one wants to smell like a water-buffalo, but a bit of soap and water is all it takes to stop you ponging, and natural scent is much sexier than the msot expensive cologne or perfume in the world.

[Imogene]

That could be especially bad if you're also allergic to scents...
Just a thought.

[tollbaby]

*attempts to stop laughing long enough to form coherent post*...





*fails*

*thinks of Santa killing kittens*...

okay. I think I'll live.

Do you know what's *in* douche anyway? Vinegar Yup. Personally, I dunno, I'd rather smell like pine trees than dill pickles, but meh. I just, you know, WASH when I'm in the shower. I'd never put anything scented on my crotch, cause that's just bad, mkay? (most gynecologists recommend that you stay away from such things as scented or colored toilet paper - even that new "scented roll" charmin, or whoever makes it, isn't good for you).

But dude... PINE-scented! I've seen baby-powder-scented douche, but never pine

[Becks]

This is just way too funny. Words cannot express the hilarity I'm feeling right now.

What's next? Buffalo wings scent for the guy's benefit?

[digilight]

This is just way too funny. Words cannot express the hilarity I'm feeling right now.

What's next? Buffalo wings scent for the guy's benefit?

I was thinking maybe bacon and eggs....

*ducks and runs*

[CrazedClerk]

I agree that lot of people don't know how many chemicals are involved in creating those smells. You think they actually just crushed up a pine cone and put the remants on whatever is supposed to smell like pine? No way. It's all chemicals, some of which I wouldn't want anywhere near my nether regions.

I'm just waiting for the thread about the woman who asks for scented tampons, because I know that can't be far off.

[Witch of Endor]

"Why are they still making them?" And they both answered - they are created by men!

There are plenty of men out there who prefer the au naturel scent.

Regardless of whether it's a man or a woman who invented the thing, an awful lot of fashion and beauty and so-called 'health' products are only in demand because the maker created the demand. There's a sanitary pad that's advertised as being 'discreet' because it has a soft wrapper, and if you open it in a bathroom stall nobody else will hear the paper crinkling. There's another one that comes wrapped with a little wet wipe -- suddenly toilet paper isn't good enough when you're on the rag.

Whatever did we do without this stuff? We didn't worry about it, that's what we did.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I know they make scented pads, and let me tell you something. They smell far, far worse than any real or imagined smell a person might be trying to hide. You can smell those damn things through a sealed plastic bag. I don't know if they make scented tampon, but they just might.

Bathe, and change the cotton pony reasonably often. That will take care of any and all odors.

We had the discussion about the "crinkle-noise free tampon wrappers" on another board (one with Tuchuks on it, so it got rather...lively.). I said it there and I'll say it here...if you are so uptight, repressed, and neurotic that you are worried that some other broad in a ladies room, who is probably on the rag herself, will hear you crinkling a damn tampon wrapper, you don't need midol. You need a psychiatrist.

[DesignFox]

my apologies to the men...maybe TMI...

Last time I checked they did have scented tampons...although I think it is just the applicator that is scented, not the tampon itself...

I don't bother with tampons though, unless it's summer and I want to go swimming.

And I avoid scented ANYTHING because I am allergic to scents...and somehow I don't imagine the scented pad really doing much- I prefer to just be clean! To those few women how mess around with scented douches...here's a simple solution- It's called a shower, take one!

and yes, the OBG recommends you don't use them because it upsets the natural balance of things down there.

[Noelegy]

True, but over here we call it a yeast infection

, but I wish I could remember where I read this: In Europe special soaps apparently are available that are the correct pH level for washing girl parts. The same source said that this soap is not available in the US because the FDA won't approve it. I'm paraphrasing here, but it also said "It would be cynical of us to suggest that there is more money to be made from curing yeast infections than preventing them."

I want to say that it was the book "The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste" by Jane and Michael Stern, since there's an entry on feminine deodorant sprays...