Planck's Constant

Soap needs to do only 2 simple things:

1. break the surface tension of water so that it wets the skin. For this it needs surfactants.


2. wrap itself around dirt, oil, and germs. For this it needs fatty acids.

Without getting deep into the chemistry of soap, there is no purpose for perfume or scents other than to introduce an odor to mask your natural smell. So buy plain, plain, plain soap such as Ivory and if you have to stink up the room, spray some dog pee on yourself.

Speaking of stinking up a room, want the air to be fresh and clean? Then get an Oreck Air Cleaner. It filters dust, dust mites, lint, pollen, pet dander, bacteria, mold, carpet fibers, tobacco and cooking smoke without shoving chemicals into your nose or lungs.

According to the EPA you unknowingly inhale two teaspoons of dirt each day. Air fresheners such as Bahama Breeze by Ball certainly do not 'freshen' anything. They just add another layer of chemical smells into your home.

Oust Air Sanitizer does attach itself to bacteria but that means it also attaches to some good bacteria on your body. It kills bacteria with chemical action, chemicals which you breathe in; so as I said, get the Oreck Air Cleaner.

And please, don't use candles to try to freshen the air. I've already reported that There is nothing more insidious than candles and that Glade Scented Candles Kill Pet Birds!

And for God's sake stop putting fabric softener in your laundry. It's no wonder so many young people walk around with skin problems.

Disclaimer: I do not own stock in any of these companies nor have I been paid to mention these products. I offer this as a public service in an effort to stop people from spending thirty bucks on a bar of perfumed soap and to ask the public not to stink up my walking space with polluting, stinkorous odors. There is nothing more wonderful than the smell of the natural human body. If you need to have some foreign smell on your skin at least keep it natural - have flowers in your kitchen when you eat breakfast and you will carry some of that fragrance on your person. Perfume is not a natural scent. Perhaps there is a reason you have that rash on your neck or under your arms or wherever.

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