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Ulta Catalog - Beware!

ChouChou — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:29:43 GMT

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.

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Kind1too — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:35:45 GMT

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.

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ChouChou — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:45:03 GMT

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.

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Desi — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:51:58 GMT

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.

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FUTURE — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:27:15 GMT

I noticed the scent was extremely strong, too! I'm not sensitive to scents, per say, but this one was nearly overwhelming. Im sorry you had that reaction!!

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suzyQ3 — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:46:03 GMT

I noticed that it was quite strong, too. I immediately took it out to our trash can in the garage.

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:50:51 GMT

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?

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aprimo — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:02:02 GMT

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.

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kcladyz — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:06:34 GMT

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

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happygolfcartrider — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:09:29 GMT

If you contact the home office you can request a fragrance free catalog.

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ChouChou — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:17:27 GMT

On 3/12/2015 golfcartrider said:
If you contact the home office you can request a fragrance free catalog.

I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. I have never been particularly scent sensitive but this one was over the top.

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homedecor1 — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:36:14 GMT

If they are in my mail (Macy's or Ulta) I immediately put them in the garage garbage as I'm highly allergic to these perfume samples. I won't shop Macy's as they always have someone giving out samples or spraying perfume on cards & handing them out. And I love the Kirklands home store, Bed Bath & Beyond, but can't shop there because of those sachet packets they have all over the store -- I've complained to corporate to no avail! So I totally understand allergies to perfumes, candles, air freshners, etc. hope you feel better & hope these companies realize they are losing customers!

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 05:14:17 GMT

On 3/12/2015 kcladyz said:
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

It's not a 'catalogue' per se. It's more like an ad paper similar to what Rite Aid sends out weekly.

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share — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:26:25 GMT

So sorry this happened to you, I hope you are feeling better. I received the ULTA catalog as well and immediately removed the ANGEL fragrance insert. I smelled it without even opening it, I loathe this scent! This was also put into a magazine I subscribe too enclosed in a plastic bag and my magazine reeked of this scent for days. As a rule I am open to most scents but just cannot take the smell of ANGEL.

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cw88 — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 23:55:07 GMT

Mine did not come with the fragrance samples. They must have taken them out because of complaints. I hope those affected are feeling better.

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vmnsc — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:04:57 GMT

I hope mine doesn't come in with an insert of perfume. I don't like any sale catalog w/perfume inserts....so sorry you had to endure that.......and the dreaded Prednisone......breathing treatments, inhalers, etc... I hope you start feeling better soon.... I'm still trying to get mine under control.....

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Daysdee — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:07:43 GMT

On 3/12/2015 FUTURE said: I noticed the scent was extremely strong, too! I'm not sensitive to scents, per say, but this one was nearly overwhelming. Im sorry you had that reaction!!

Ditto

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deja vu — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:40:28 GMT

Hope you are feeling better...I received mine yesterday and put all the scents together and closed it up.

I just got it out and am very sensitive to scents myself, I usually just throw them out when I look through it. I just opened the 4 of them up and took a quick sniff of them. One was stronger than the others.

Anyway..I got a headache started from the quick sniffs of the scents..... from now on I'll just throw them out !!

Feel better soon..

deja vu

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SaggingGal — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:30:10 GMT

I am so sorry this happened to you. I have struggled for years with fragrance. The retailers can easily have their catalogs shrink wrapped but many don't care, they are cheap, the perfume inserts just spill out of the brochures and the catalogs, especially in Sunday newspapers.

I no longer use credit cards from retailers who insist on inserting a fragrance sample or two in the monthly statement. I have used unscented products for years.

I rarely take elevators because I have had several asthma attacks in them standing next to others with colognes and aftershaves. I am extremely cautious attending theater and church and concerts unless I can get an aisle seat near a doorway. Also I tend to steer clear of cosmetic counter areas at dept. stores since the scent can be overwhelming. I usually shop at them early in the day before the air is full of fragrance testing. Opening the door at some stores is enough for me, the warning goes off and I know not to step inside. Some smell so strong you can smell them as you walk by outside, esp. candle shops, cosmetic and skin care shops, and gift shops with potpourri, scented soaps and incense.

Please take care of yourself. I try to trash these items asap and not let them further than my front door.

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BaileyBop — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:09:53 GMT

I don't think anything with fragrance should be placed in the mail. I hear stories about this all the time. Those mailings even bother the people who deliver it to you.