scent for cent a barrel
Yes it is true, scent is cents a barrel, it is chemical easily made this days. I know because I bought some.
In this modern era chemical stuff is readily available, no mater the consecuences, we have been slowly poisoned for so many years, we all know that.
It used to be very, very, very hard to have scented stuff or perfumes before.
Modern industry uses scent to hide other horrible chemicals from smelling in their products. It is comon. Plus there is the marketing side, if it smells good it must be "good".
And modern scents in all the modern personal hygene and cleaning stuff can very easily be overwhelming to the point that you cannot detect a source of infection or danger. It can be deadly to not detect gas, mold, fungi, heavy metals, biological waste, roten shit, etc...
A very good point about all this is that if something is clean and healthy it does not smell, it can't. For example: If a glass is clean, it is imposible to have a smell because glass has no smell, like pure water does not have a smell either. If something is clean it can only smell like what it is, a rose smels like a rose, period.
Putting scent on all things is a stupid modern practice for many reasons. for instance, if a bathroom smells bad for lack of proper ventilation, the correct thing to do is to open the window, put a window in it, or at least a correct air extractor. duh !
If you are clustered in a ship at sea with dozens of other people, (your life is at risk just for being in the ocean) you can use modern chemicals to numb your sense of smell , that's stupid to do. It is like wearing very, very, very, very dark sun glasses all the time; you cannot look, you cannot confront, you cannot be in comm with the environment. The correct thing to do is to not be a dirty lazy bum and take a shower, clean the decks, remove the garbage, etc.. and the place will have a correct smell.
The policy on scents is not meant to eliminate all smells from all things. It is a real warning about hidding your perception through the use of scents because they can mask very real dangers .
Really, some scented places are like being on drugs, you can't feel anything after a few minutes in such a place (at least not through your nose).
I know you all have been in such a place, like some old ladies' houses where not a window is open and every room has a scented something going off, the lady has 20 diferent scents on her own body from cosmetics and perfume, plus whatever she used to clean her house and wash her clothes, etc.. You can feel a barrier as you walk into the house, but after a few minutes inside you are just as numb as the lady, and you no longer feel, you even talk louder because your perceptics are down.
Have you ever been in a public place and someone that is wearing a strong perfume walks in front of you and the smell just drives you away. Imagine having to sit next to that person for five hours and having to concentrate on your study or work. You can't.
I think that the only reason why so many people dislike the scents policy is because LRH used a psych reason from way back in the track, and the course supes bother people with it and the reference is not real to them. Plus the asshole seniors that love finding any reason to yell at a junior.
Every one should beware of scents, it does not seem to be part of this thread but, did you know that deodorant is a cause of breast cancer?
I can explain that further if someone wants to know.