Stay in Touch
Get sneak previews of special offers & upcoming events delivered to your inbox.
Sign in
03-12-2015 09:29 PM
I have an Ulta rewards card and use it quite often. I like Ulta. Every few weeks I get a catalog in the mail with some kind of discount or notice of sales. I received one yesterday and started to look through it. I noticed that it had a strong perfume smell and took out the perfumed inserts. All of a sudden I began wheezing and had extreme difficulty breathing. I have asthma for many years but my asthma has been very well controlled for the last 20+ years.
My DH took me to the Urgent Care near our home and I was treated, kept for a few hours and sent home. I am back on prednisone which I haven't had in many, many years. I have an appointment tomorrow to see my primary doctor.
When we got home my DH threw out the catalogs and the inserts. He noticed that the smell was particularly strong. I am contacting Ulta to request that no more catalogs be sent to my home. I'll get the discount coupons online.
03-12-2015 09:35 PM
I hope your are feeling better. Fortunately I don't have any allergies, but it was full of samples and I can see how this could effect someone with allergies. You would think, that if they want to send samples, they would be sealed to avoid possible reactions.
03-12-2015 09:45 PM
What's interesting is I'm not allergic to a lot of stuff. I'm allergic to penicillin and sulfa drugs and that's it. I don't know what happened.
03-12-2015 09:51 PM
My asthma also kicked up a month ago after a 20 yr hiatus. Not sure if it was from the bad cold I caught, or from sniffing some of my very vintage fragrances (doc. said it wasn't the perfumes). I actually love the Ulta sniffies in the catalog, can't wait to get mine. Sorry if it got your asthma going.
03-12-2015 10:27 PM
03-12-2015 10:46 PM
I noticed that it was quite strong, too. I immediately took it out to our trash can in the garage.
03-12-2015 10:50 PM
I've really become sensitive to scents now. No allergic reactions, I just can't stand the smell. Everything has some nasty perfume scent.
Paper towels with Dawn...yuck. Walking past a B&BWs or Yankee Candle store...yuck. I can't stand when someone has dryer sheets in the dryer and you can smell it....yuck.
Everything has Febreeze odor control. Everything! What are people trying to mask?
03-12-2015 11:02 PM
Glad you're feeling better. They shouldn't put such strong scents in catalogs or magazines.
My mother is sensitive to scents--they can make her really nauseous. Back in the '80s when Giorgio perfume was so popular, the samples sometimes came in magazines or catalogs. My mom knew the second one of those hit the mail slot. She would run to the bathroom and holler for my brother or me to find the offending magazine, take the entire thing and pitch it in the neighbors trash.
03-12-2015 11:06 PM
I have had an awards card for about a year and never received a catalog. I myself love perfume but not the overpowering kind. overpowering perfume especially floral gives me migraines
03-12-2015 11:09 PM
If you contact the home office you can request a fragrance free catalog.
Get sneak previews of special offers & upcoming events delivered to your inbox.
*You're signing up to receive QVC promotional email.
Find recent orders, do a return or exchange, create a Wish List & more.
Privacy StatementGeneral Terms of Use
QVC is not responsible for the availability, content, security, policies, or practices of the above referenced third-party linked sites nor liable for statements, claims, opinions, or representations contained therein. QVC's Privacy Statement does not apply to these third-party web sites.
© 1995-2024 QVC, Inc. All rights reserved. | QVC, Q and the Q logo are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc. 888-345-5788