Quote Originally Posted by duchessofnc View Post
Barb, while the woman probably won't appreciate the comment or critique of the garments she is producing are smelly, it would be doing her a disservice to her and her future clients if it wasn't gently commented on. I know for example, that I have asthma and just being in a space that is recently smoked in or sitting close to a person who is a heavy smoker can set my asthma off.

And I know that if I buy a fabric article that I expect said article to not smell of an individuals addiction ( I loathe the term habit ) . My concern about using a chemical like Febreeze is while Febreeze is fortunately not something that sets me off) that someone else may have an allergy to it and that the kilt may have to go to a professional dry clearner to deodorize.
Febreeze is just barely a chemical. It is actually a spray starch, so formulated to have a very high surface tension. The starch forms very small droplets, surrounds the small particles that create odor, and when dry, since the droplets are almost microscopic, just become a small amount of dust particles, with odorless starch on the outside. Since this particular starch is non-sticky when dry, the dust just floats away to be dusted or vacuumed with the rest of the household dust.

Geoff Withnell