I was flipping through an O magazine this morning, and I saw three full-page ads for different odor-reducing products: a spray, a plug-in, and a candle-inside-a-pretty-box thingie. Wow, I thought, there seem to be a lot of odor reducers on the market these days.
What I want to know is, to whom are these products being marketed? And who buys them? And why do they need them? If your house smells so bad that you need to plug in an artificial scent producer in every room, wouldn’t you try cleaning the house first? Are these products meant to be band-aids to keep people from addressing the real problem of having to do house work? Like, if I just cover up the smell of my overflowing trash cans, then I don’t have to take them out and I’ll have more time to sit around reading O magazine? What gives?
And why do we need products to improve the smell of our homes that are meant to be tossed into landfills when they run out of their chemical scent? What happened to just plain opening the windows? Or baking something that will send good smells throughout the house? Or baking soda? Or, like I said before, cleaning up your house from time to time? Seriously people, why does your house smell so bad in the first place?
I will tell you to whom these products are being marketed: WOMEN. Check it, K. http://current.com/items/90189621_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-lady-friends.htm
ReplyDeleteDude - I went there, and WOW does it makes me glad I only turn on my TV these days to watch DVDs of LOST! Do me a favor E, don't ever be my "Ladyfriend."
ReplyDeleteLove it. Dyl and I are forever curious what the hell people are doing and why they can't just MOVE the dead fish out to the outside garbage instead of covering it up. Really, is there a corpse rotting in the sofa and they can't be bothered to move the damned thing? Febreeze is just creepy to me. But then, my favorite odor is freshly cleaned laundry - preferably that has been hung out to dry :)
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