I’ve been listening to this all week. I adore listening. I have a question though. I notice amber is used a lot and I can’t with Amber. I don’t like the smell and it hurts my body a lot. I get instant headaches and can even have all my energy drained where I feel like I need to eat and lay down at the same time and get tunnel vision. There are scents I would love except when I look down the list and Amber is a note. The question is: Is all amber the same or are there varying qualities that are used and maybe I wouldn’t be bothered by a higher end Amber? Should I stay away from using any scent with Amber if I’ve previously had bad experiences or can it be different based on quality and how much is used? I would love to hear an episode where you have a guest who talks about perfumes for the very sensitive people like me. I can’t use many floral perfumes due to instant havoc on my body response and it’s super hard to find a vanilla scent because ppl tend to put lemon and amber and other scents I haven’t identified yet that not only make it not so vanilla, but also hurt my body. Having a whole episode of recommendations from a person or people who are also very reactive to perfumes would be amazing. I’ve found several on my journey so I know they are out there and I would like to continue exploring without bad physical reactions.

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