The lilacs are in bloom in southern Ontario - an event that used to keep me inside at this time of year. They used to smell very strong to me and I would get bad headaches and brain fog if I was exposed for more than a few seconds. With MCS, one can react to VOCs from any source - even naturally occurring ones in plants and flowers.
Now lilacs smell wonderful to me! I was out gardening for a few hours today and the wind was blowing a neighbour's lilac blossom scent my way. I loved every minute of it and had no negative reactions :-)
It is such a joy for me to be able to enjoy these natural smells again.
I've also been enjoying it when fresh cut grass smell wafts my way - something that a few years ago I would have thought impossible due to the high terpene level in grass.
I'm not yet at the point where I'd bring strong flowers like lilacs, hyacinths or lily-of-the-valley inside though I do bring some more mildly scented flowers in.
What flowers do you love?
Do you react to natural sources of VOCs?
Yipee! That's great news, Libby.
ReplyDeleteI love bulbs and roses the best, but am crazy about most flowers.
Thanks Shayla!
ReplyDeleteRoses are so wonderful - another one I can now smell and enjoy instead of getting sick!
I, too, love most flowers :-)
What a lovely, joyful gift for you to have received. I am so happy for you Liberty.
ReplyDeleteI find some flower scents too strong to have inside - some of the large lilys (sp?) I know there are others also, but I can't remember them right now! LOL Oh yes - geranium leaves is one.
thank you Katie!
ReplyDeleteit is really wonderful.
I know what you mean about certain lilies. i couldn't handle easter lilies or hyacinth inside even when i had no degree of mcs at all. they are sickeningly strong to me.