Hello, my name is Natalie, and I’m germophobic. I wash my hands (for the recommended 30 seconds) many, many times every day. I clean my cell phone more than I want to admit. I carry socks in my purse so I won’t ever find myself barefoot in an airport security line. You get the idea, and I’ll stop there before any of you become concerned about me. Thank goodness I was a tomboy for the first twelve years of my life, since my immune system clearly needs all the germs it collected back then.
These days, as you can imagine, hand sanitizer is very important to me. And when I say “very important”, I mean that there are days when, if forced to choose between hand sanitizer and food, I would choose hand sanitizer.
I am a big fan of Cleanwell (some of their products are scented with fragrances created by Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes). Their hand sanitizers dispense a fine, refreshing mist that is more like aromatherapy than “sanitization.” Certainly, it is 180 degrees from the typical experience of dumping sanitizer onto your hands and trying to rub it in while inhaling alcohol fumes (ahem, Purell) and fake florals (cough, Bath & Body Works).
My current favorite Cleanwell scent is spearmint lime, but I also keep a canister of the Orange Vanilla hand wipes in my office for cleaning my desk anytime a coworker touches it. (I’m kidding. No really, I am.*)
What I’m trying to say is this: well done, Cleanwell! It is a treat to use a product that is well designed, with both function and the experience in mind. I would, obviously, continue to use hand sanitizer even if the only thing available was Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom “Pocket Bac”, but thank goodness I don’t have to.
*Okay, I’m not kidding.
Excessive amounts of Cleanwell cleaning products have been my own purchases. I am not affiliated with the brand in any way, except in that my consumption of their product has got to be helping their bottom line.
And by the way, the winner of the Six Scents giveaway is Susan. Shoot me an email!
I love confessional tales!! I have one for you, if someone takes food off my plate without asking I can’t eat it anymore.
Portia xx
I agree – that is so wrong! How/why would anyone do that?
People think it’s OK. no one except you has ever agreed that it’s outrageous. thanks.
Portia xx
I completely agree that it’s outrageous!
I just have visions of Divine in Pink Flamingos going around Marbles’ house licking everything!! Haha, I bet that scene is like your idea of hell! :’)
I probably do but maybe nobody tells me I have them and I don’t notice it yet.
I don’t think I have many strange confessions
Ha ha. I don’t think I’ve seen that, but yes, it sounds a little horrifying.
I’d love to recommend it you, but it’s one of those brilliant but mentally scarring films :’) A film about a drag queen insisting she’s the filthiest woman alive… you see… things…
Oh.
I think I’m good without watching that then!
First I read the headline like “Fictional Fragrance…” and was intrigued
I hope I’ll make you feel not alone: for airport security I bring disposable shoes (something like these); my plane trip starts with me going with alcohol wipes over all surfaces I’ll touch; I have a special plastic bag with me for my purse to put it in before shoving it under the seat in front of me.
Thank you for sharing! I feel so much better knowing I am not the only perfumista with a germophobia.
I’m not a total germophobic, but am really grossed out by keyboards and phones. I carry wipes and liquid sanitizers at all times. I do not understand while people insist upon shaking hands during a meal. OK–maybe I”m in denial?
Undina, I also wipe things down on airplanes. I cannot use the TV/video /audio stuff without sanitizing them first, nor, or course, the tray table. Now you have me thinking about a plastic bag for under-seat -yucky storage.
Portia, who takes food off your plate? That is so wrong.
Thanks for the tip, Natalie! I am going to try this product ASAP!
Don’t forget to turn that bag inside out before folding if you decide to reuse it on your return flight
I didn’t even think of that!
Just went tot one of those cocktail parties where everyone shakes hands while handling/eating hors d’œuvres. I thought of you and Natalie!
I have thought this, too!
Phones. Yuck! You and Undina are cracking me up with wiping down surfaces on planes, but I have to admit I may adopt this approach, rather than just compulsively sanitizing my hands throughout the flight.
CleanWell is an awesome line. I’m a huge fan for all the reasons you’re a fan
Hmm…now what should I confess?
It is a great line! I’m glad to see other germophobes ‘fessing up.
Ooo, I love recommendations for functional scents!!! Thank you, I look forward to checking out this brand.
Those BBW hand sanitizers can clear a room! I don’t know how or why they make them so potent. :-p
Thank you also for sharing a part of yourself at the same time. I’m not yet ready to reveal my idiosyncrasies. Maybe for a draw. ;D
They should really share their secret for potency; it could be used in some perfumes!
WOW…you carry socks in your purse? That’s deep. Nevertheless, thanks for sharing this product. I’ll try it out.