#Cologne School

[conformi]

Stefan Lochner, Bible, about 1450 VS Barnett Newman, Onement V, 1952

[homocidalpotat]

I made a petition to ban/minimise perfume use in schools

You can find the petition on change.org here

Reblog for a greater audience!

(Under the cut is promotion/reasoning and relevant articles)

WHY IT'S BAD

This petition is mostly for people to show to headteachers or similar. Its not exclusively for me and its not exclusively for schools but I made it for schools originally.

Just to clarify, I still think perfume is an okay thing to use. If you put a normal or subtle amount of perfume on, there isn't really a problem. If it's not an overwhelming or obnoxious amount, it's not okay. That's why I made this for schools- students don't tend to be rational with their perfume use. Additionally, it's about where you spray it. If it's outside or not in a public place, it's okay, but if you spray it indoors in a classroom, it's a lot more dangerous. I'm not completely anti-perfume, I'm just fed up with the constant, dangerous, upsetting misuse of the stuff.

You can let me know if you can think of any other points to add to this list. I've already added a lot to it!

Dangerous for asthmatics

Sensory overload

Distracting/annoying

Overused

Smells bad to many people

Trigger meltdowns/arguements/overwhelm

Nausea

Severe allergic reactions (burns, sneezing, hives, swelling, and even anaphylaxis)

‎Skin irritation/triggering excema flares

Dizziness

Fainting

Migraines/headaches/light-headedness

Runny noses/sneezing fits

Air pollution

Dangerous to some animals

Seizures

Lupus flares

Minor allergies

Trigger traumatic episodes (for those who have trauma with someone who uses lots of perfume or a specific smell that reminds you of a traumatic event

Cancer

RELEVANT ARTICLES

Why smelling good could come with a cost to health - The Guardian

Evaluation of pollutants in perfumes, colognes and health effects on the consumer: a systematic review - National Institutes of Health

8 Things to Know About Toxic Fragrances - Force of Nature

Can fragrances be harmful to our health? - Quora

Fragrance Disclosure - Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Ubiquity, Hazardous Effects, and Risk Assessment of Fragrances in Consumer Products - National Institutes of Health

How to Know If Your Perfume Is Poisoning You - Healthline

What is fragrance? - Environmental Working Group

Is Your Perfume Poisoning Your Family? - Meghan Telpner

How fragrances affect health, and ways to reduce exposure - Ohio State Health & Discovery

Fragrance - Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

Side Effects of Chemical Perfumes - Natural Niche Perfume

Perfume stinks: how fragrances can affect your health - Healthdirect

[heterotopian]

The Tale of Two Cities according to Stephi and Heiko - Part 489

Ladies and Gentlemen, do you remember the days you went to school, especially that first day after summer break or even the first day ever?

Next week, school starts (again) in Munich and Bavaria, while pupils in Cologne and North-Rhine Westphalia already enter week four or five. For some reasons, summer break always starts last in Bavaria while others complain why they never get a break through the whole month of August. I have no idea why Bavaria has this kind of special treatment or who they bribed.

That’ why we show you school buildings this week, the firs one form Munich, the second one from Cologne. We might have shown schools before but it’s always a big day for so many people, especially pupils and parents whose kids have their first day. For the others it’s often a sad day after more than a six week break with lots of freedom, spare time and often a vacation (abroad).

I remember enjoying these weeks so much, sleeping in, going to bed late, being on the road with my friend or simply doing nothing. Those were the days.

How did you feel about the summer breaks and even more so about going back to scholl afterwards?

[germanpostwarmodern]

School (1962-64) at Stolberger Strasse in Cologne, Germany, by Fritz Schaller

[seventh-victim]

Blind Children at their Lessons, Cologne Germany c. 1930 (photo: August Sander)

[grahamcore]

hot take but this scene was actually relatable and not creepy at all because boys can smell so nice?? i am not immune to the scent of man musk and a little cologne. why should we shame hannibal for this he was just having a certified teenage-girl-with-a-crush moment

[secretly-a-catamount]

My ideal dynamic for Sebastian and MC

[everoutoftouch]

What was your signature scent in high school? Mine were these:

[no-time-for-your-stupid]

i'm crying

why do all the boys at my school wear so much fucking cologne????????????????????????

[jimmyspades]

psycho type of question to ask i'm sorry but do you know if anyone knows what kind of cologne james wears? i don't know why anyone would know this actually except if he made some brief mention of it in an interview somewhere along the way... okay i'm changing my question to something better: what do you imagine each of james' characters might smell like? :)

Omg no ur not crazy I think about the same things… Ok so I did a deep dive into everything I could find and there’s not MUCH info—Hisham Tawfiq said they’re not allowed to wear colognes and perfumes on the TBL set so he didn’t know about James and Karina Arroyave (actress who played Mierce) said the same thing, if he wore anything it was never noticeable to her

BUT according to my sources (a few fan forums and twitter lol) multiple people who’ve met him said he smells like Irish Spring soap 🥹😮‍💨 I’d imagine for a long time he smelled like cigarettes too but as far as I know it’s been about six years since he quit, unless he picked it up again

EACH of his characters oh man we’d be here all day… yk @robertcaliforniagf and I were just talking about this Willow made a list!!! I think it’s very accurate a lot of cigar smells and masculine woody warm notes… Also the internet rocks and I found this website that identifies colognes and other scents in movies—Max in White Palace uses Polo by Ralph Lauren and Graham in slv shaves with Barbasol… a very light classic creamy barbershop smell yeah I can picture that for him

[todayisafridaynight]

seonhee and sawashiro both being associated with purple's the most evil shit in the world now who the fuck am i supposed to put in my purple card holder

[mouseandboo]

Postcrossing US-10620304 by Gail Anderson Via Flickr: Postcard with a picture from a vintage advertisement for a German cologne. Sent by a Postcrossing member in the United States.

[germanpostwarmodern]

Extension (1924) of the Werkschule in Cologne, Germany, by Martin Elsaesser

[baravaggio]

Thinking of your blog today 'cause i got to go to a perfume boutique for the first time and just spend like 40 minutes smelling everything trying to figure out what i'm drawn to. I ended up with Androgyne 16020, but i was really close to getting parfume-roman La Croisée des Sillages. Thank you for posting about smells with such rich passion, it is infectuous!

Oooh that sounds like such fun!! Androgyne 16020 sounds so lovely real and bold based on the notes omg I'm gonna daydream about a soft leather chypre now...I hope you enjoy your new scent! 💛

[allamericansbitch]

why is it sooo hard to find a perfume i like

[littlegoldfinchh]

the Guy still texts me everyday even tho i ignore him like crazy agh