Pine Trees

[piping]

Hello all....does anyone react to the scent of Christmas trees?I brought one the other day as love the scent ,but my breathing got a bit more difficulf.Maybe just co-incidence.Merry Christmas to all, and my main least wish is for peace amongst men.

[diesel12]

Interesting, I haven't got a real tree but I have noticed that when we bring fire wood in and it's a bit damp, a similar thing happens to me where the smell seems to take my breath away. On the other hand Chanel No. 5 and a few other smells does it too.

The effect of the wood smell seems to go away once the wood has dried

[piping in reply to diesel12]

Well deisel...lucky to be allergic to expensive perfumes 😅

[Pam1952]

I react badly to them as well. Can't touch them either! Merry Christmas. XXX

[Jessy11]

Morning piping. 😀 It's strange how some smells affect us & others don't.

I was visiting my sister & she had new sofas in her sitting room. We sat in the room to watch a DVD & after about 20mins I could feel my throat feeling uncomfortable 😣 then I started coughing, a dry cough, which I don't usually have. Then breathless to the point I had to get up & leave the room & use my rescue inhaler.

It wasn't till later when I thought about it, it was the odour that comes off new furniture. I was fine after a while but never went in that room again!

Maybe you should invest in an artificial tree 🌲 I have a fibre optic one 🎄

Merry Christmas 🎉🎄🎁🎊🎅🏼

[piping in reply to Jessy11]

Jessy . .to me it's just not the same . Is strange as did not notice last year . Maybe because my FEV is a little lower this year.

[Jessy11 in reply to piping]

Yes I agree a real tree is beautiful but for the sake of breathing ok for the time I have it up, I'm happy with an artificial tree 🎄

[piping in reply to Jessy11]

Think it is because it takes me back to my childhood .

[Jessy11 in reply to piping]

Yes I'm sure nostalgia plays a huge part in wanting to keep things as they used to be. Sometimes though, we have to change some things for our own benefit 🌻

[knitter]

Hi piping, my middle daughter reacts badly to them, I was given a real tree once and had to put it outside quickly.

They make my skin itchy, but it's birch trees that give me hay fever symptoms

[sassy59]

We can't have a real tree because it does affect Petes breathing.

Best wishes for Christmas and the coming year. Xxxx

[piping in reply to sassy59]

Thank you Sassy...and the same good wishes to you and Pete😊