tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post6176654936558526685..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: The Scent Crimes Series: No 20 - Aggressively Laundered BeddingVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-89654763190723918992017-11-25T23:40:57.529+00:002017-11-25T23:40:57.529+00:00Hi Odiferess,
I think it was without question the...Hi Odiferess,<br /><br />I think it was without question the pokiest room in the joint. The rest of the hotel looks really rather nice in the photos, which would also account for its rave reviews.<br /><br />I can see the appeal of a 'smoker's window' at your Romanian Charity hotel. These days windows are often hermetically sealed - to stop people jumping out of them?<br /><br />I Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-86791078327771022152017-11-25T23:34:48.960+00:002017-11-25T23:34:48.960+00:00Hello Carol!
There is a lot to be said for doing ...Hello Carol!<br /><br />There is a lot to be said for doing that, space permitting. I once did the opposite, and bought my pillow at a Ramada Hotel in San Diego for $15, before proceeding to carry it on 11 flights and eventually get it home. I sleep on it to this day, 13 years later. (I am sure there's probably H & S advice against keeping pillows that long, but I am very attached to it!)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-2731894304152417412017-11-24T22:42:18.782+00:002017-11-24T22:42:18.782+00:00Hi Vanessa,
That room looks grim! The last London ...Hi Vanessa,<br />That room looks grim! The last London budget hotel I stayed in was run by a Romanian charity near Hyde Park. Despite the room being tiny, oddly arranged and having no bathroom it was rather charming and featured a window that you could sneakily smoke out of and kind of hang your legs out. Falling was a possibility but it was SUCH a good view. <br />I haven't encountered Odiferesshttp://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39660242807190753142017-11-24T14:14:11.018+00:002017-11-24T14:14:11.018+00:00Hello V! I always bring my own pillow and sometime...Hello V! I always bring my own pillow and sometimes my own blanket on my (rare) travels. As a huge homebody, I need a bit of home with me! Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-78343423111935499852017-11-23T16:15:30.655+00:002017-11-23T16:15:30.655+00:00Hi Hamamelis,
Learning about soap nuts and the as...Hi Hamamelis,<br /><br />Learning about soap nuts and the associated 'nut management' required in their use has made my day! And great to know they also work with delicate fabrics.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26478806124373412912017-11-23T16:12:58.049+00:002017-11-23T16:12:58.049+00:00Thanks! And yes, that would really have taken the ...Thanks! And yes, that would really have taken the edge off the weekend. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-81135299909332748422017-11-23T15:10:46.837+00:002017-11-23T15:10:46.837+00:00Not foolish at all to get up and check/splash your...Not foolish at all to get up and check/splash your face considering your sensitivity. Thank goodness you were okay and that didn't make matters worse. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74966089750834733072017-11-23T14:10:17.019+00:002017-11-23T14:10:17.019+00:00Oh what a horrid night! We can prepare with earplu...Oh what a horrid night! We can prepare with earplugs and eyemask, but this kind of ordeal requires a new invention alltogether. I use soapnuts these these, they have become quite mainstream here in the Netherlands with a big supermarket chain selling them (besides Persil etc). It is a bit of a hassle and requires nut management as you use them 3 times (they go 4 in a small bag). Sometimes I add Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-64067658812050350962017-11-23T13:47:28.095+00:002017-11-23T13:47:28.095+00:00Hi Tara,
I only wish I was exaggerating for comic...Hi Tara,<br /><br />I only wish I was exaggerating for comic effect, though I think I did flag up all the room's good points too. The mirror and adjacent plug sockets were a real feature!<br /><br />The truth was perhaps even worse, arguably, but I felt too foolish to include this detail in the post. Namely that I kept getting out of bed and putting the light on to check that my face hadn'Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-67012840447342479602017-11-23T13:40:12.457+00:002017-11-23T13:40:12.457+00:00Hi Sabine,
Hurrah for your successful comment pos...Hi Sabine,<br /><br />Hurrah for your successful comment posting!<br /><br />It is kind of you to think of putting me up, though I realise it is not practical. I do have friends I could stay with in various suburbs, but I only like to do that when the purpose of my trip is to visit them, rather than use their house as a hotel and go off to meet other people! So I shall continue to take pot luck Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62926304297919596652017-11-23T13:32:56.446+00:002017-11-23T13:32:56.446+00:00Hi Jillie,
Waking nightmare indeed! Ooh, that Per...Hi Jillie,<br /><br />Waking nightmare indeed! Ooh, that Persil Colour sounds equally bad as whatever my duvet cover had been washed in. I am similarly talking about a 'ghastly odour' with no discernible fragrance to it. Had there in fact been a scent additionally, that might have finished me off completely! I imagine this duvet would have been washed in whatever is used by commercial Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13027011326490667692017-11-23T13:29:19.013+00:002017-11-23T13:29:19.013+00:00Hi Undina,
I am glad I am not alone in being sens...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I am glad I am not alone in being sensitive to my sleeping environment. I have never used that kind of biodegradable washing powder, but I do have lots of clothes I wear only occasionally - probably most of them in fact! - so that is a timely tip off.<br /><br />Oh, your mention of Tide was unwittingly terribly nostalgic for me. As a child, my mother took exception to the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-36335677337684430942017-11-23T13:24:03.725+00:002017-11-23T13:24:03.725+00:00Hi Tiffanie,
That is a very reasonable suppositio...Hi Tiffanie,<br /><br />That is a very reasonable supposition, based on my bad past experiences with cat-related bedding spoiling, but luckily the microchip cat flap is still holding its own. ;)<br /><br />Less soap and an extra rinse would have helped for sure.'Space-efficient' is a nice spin to put on such hotel rooms, hehe. I am not surprised you struggled to sleep in Zurich, a pricy Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69904240351654840132017-11-23T10:31:55.887+00:002017-11-23T10:31:55.887+00:00I'm really hoping you are exaggerating even sl...I'm really hoping you are exaggerating even slightly for comic effect,V! Very generous of you to leave a balanced review. It sounds like you had a grim old night. <br /><br />I'm considering moving to the eco type of cleaning materials. Did you know there is even a warning on the back of washing-up liquid saying it causes long-term damage to sea life? I imagine there is less fragrance in Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-14691762329828421642017-11-23T10:17:58.755+00:002017-11-23T10:17:58.755+00:00Oh dear. It’s a shame that we don’t have a spare b...Oh dear. It’s a shame that we don’t have a spare bedroom, otherwise I’ be more than happy to invite you over whenever you stay in town. I can’t remember a duvet smelling so strong of laundry, but we switched once to a Persil detergent that was so awfully strong that we had to re-wash everything. <br />(Trying the anonymous mode, Sabine)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52058550590368875272017-11-23T09:37:47.018+00:002017-11-23T09:37:47.018+00:00Oh my goodness - what a nightmare (if indeed you h...Oh my goodness - what a nightmare (if indeed you had been asleep and therefore were able to have a nightmare!). <br /><br />Smells stop me sleeping and I have problems with most detergents (I think it's the laundry "musks" added to them) but had been happy with Persil Colour for years until - disaster - they "improved" its scent this year. It's so overwhelming that I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-77393714496725159622017-11-23T05:46:37.062+00:002017-11-23T05:46:37.062+00:00I'm sorry you had to endure that. Not being a ...I'm sorry you had to endure that. Not being a good sleeper myself, I suffer from any inconsistencies in my sleeping arrangements.<br />The worst sleep I've ever had was at friends' house: I couldn't understand why the pillow cases smelled that badly... until several years later when I myself switched to the some "less harsh/natural" detergent. As I discovered, their Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-88978477914034483092017-11-23T04:45:47.327+00:002017-11-23T04:45:47.327+00:00I feared the title of your post was an introductio...I feared the title of your post was an introduction to a Truffle-sponsored adventure in housecleaning, or that the errant neighborhood cat had made again invaded your home. <br /><br />That detergent smell sounds awful. I imagine the duvet needed less soap and an extra rinse. The photo of the bed snugged up to the door frame reminds me of an extremely space-efficient hotel room I once endured in Tiffaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917124988123716515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50533692889855828322017-11-23T00:55:02.469+00:002017-11-23T00:55:02.469+00:00Hi Portia,
Oh I say, there's a coincidence! I...Hi Portia,<br /><br />Oh I say, there's a coincidence! In fairness I didn't really get to see much of the area, except the short walk to the tube station (another plus ;) ). I did clock a Thai street food restaurant that I would have fancied trying had it been open at the time I was passing.<br /><br />It did amuse me though that the B & B tried so hard to align itself with more Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70289244276677684752017-11-23T00:00:52.118+00:002017-11-23T00:00:52.118+00:00Hey Vanessa,
We lived in Kilburn for a year of my ...Hey Vanessa,<br />We lived in Kilburn for a year of my two year London experience 1994/5. It was the place I liked the best by far.<br />Sorry to read about your bummer sleep, bet you were glad to be home.<br />Portia xxAustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.com