Tried to support a local candle brand after their 'woke' controversy and the scent gave me a migraine for 3 days

I lit the $28 soy blend in my Denver apartment thinking I was making a statement about second chances, but after 20 minutes my head was pounding so bad I had to toss it outside on the balcony and now I'm wondering if the cancellation was about the politics or just the terrible fragrance all along, anyone else ever regret jumping into the defense of a canceled brand based on principle alone?

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skyler_jackson275d ago

Fragrance companies have replaced their scent chemists with marketing departments.

robins835d ago

Marketing people are important but they can't mix molecules together. Pretty sure there's still chemists doing the actual work, the labels just changed.

williams.sage5d ago

I gotta push back on "replaced their scent chemists" a little. From what I've seen, most big houses still have a team of perfumers and chemists working behind the scenes, even if marketing calls the shots on what gets released. The job title might not always be "scent chemist" but the people mixing the raw materials are definitely still there. Your mileage may vary by brand though, some of the cheaper celeb fragrances might just be lab creations.